Glen Gardiner commenced his martial arts training in the early 1980s and has since trained in 16 different martial arts systems. He has trained with many noted and experienced martial artists adding considerable depth to his understanding of many systems. His brother Martin Gardiner Sensei and Senseis John Whipp and Gordon Armstrong had a pivotal influence in his development. He qualified as a Military Unarmed Combat (MUC) Instructor training Army units throughout Australia and members of specialist Australian policing organisations. From 1990-1998 Glen instructed on nearly every MUC Exponent and Instructor course conducted in the Australian Army in Australia during that period. In that time he met some of the most respected names in Australian MUC including Mr. Ken Blue Curran, Denis Gaskell, Greg Mawkes, his teacher John Whipp, and many more. Glen considers himself as having been extremely lucky being exposed to many exceptional instructors and mentors who have assisted the development of his martial arts experience. He teaches Zen Goshu Goshin Jutsu, IBF Batto Do, and Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima from the CDPE WF system. He is a founding member of and the current Senior Instructor at the Combined Martial Arts Academy, a non profit organization for the development of martial arts. Martial Arts / Military Unarmed Combat Qualifications: 7th Dan Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation CDPE WF 7th Dan Cacoy Doce Pares Pangamot CDPE WF Senior Instructor Black Eagle Arnis/Eskrima 4th Dan Tae Kwon Do 4th Dan Zen Goshu Goshin Jutsu 1st Dan Australian Style Tae Kwon Do A Class Military Unarmed Combat Instructor (Australian Army - Retired) Training / Other Qualifications: Level One and Two Sport Coach, Coaching Accreditation Program, Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Sport ANTA Australian Government Cert IV Training and Assessment Qualifications First Aid Qualified Competitions / Events 2006 - Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation, World Championship, Cebu City, Philippines. Men’s Middle Weight 40-50 year Double Stick Division – Gold Men’s Middle Weight 40-50 year Single Stick Division – Silver Men’s Open Kulata Division – Bronze 2007 - Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation, World Championship, Jakarta, Indonesia. Event Promoter and Tournament Director 2008 - Inaugural New Zealand Council of Kali Eskrima Arnis Instructors (NZCKEAI), National Stick Fighting Championship, Christchurch, NZ. Men’s Open Forms Division – Gold Men’s 40+ up to 79Kg Single Stick Division – Silver Men’s 40+ up to 79Kg Double Stick Division – Bronze 2009 - Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation, World Championship, Cebu City, Philippines. Men’s Middle Weight 40-50 year Single Stick Division – Gold Men & Women Double Weapon Forms Division - Silver Awards: Cacoy Doce Pares World Federation Hall of Fame: 2008 For Excellence in The Promotion of Sports Eskrima 2010 Valuable Doce Pares Master Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame: 2008 Martial Artist of the Year World Karate Union Hall of Fame: 2008 Martial Artist of the Year Memberships: Member of the International Close Quarter Combat Association Director Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame -2010 Member Sokeship Council Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame - 2010 Began training Rhee Tae Kwon Do with John Ivanov Sensei, Started training Judo with John Whipp Sensei, Commenced training Okinawan Go Ju Karate and Japanese and Okinawan weaponry including sword with Bryson Keenan and Gordon Jock Armstrong Sensei, Started training Australian Style Tae Kwon Do with Chris Maskiel Sensei, Continued Modern Arnis training with Martin Gardiner Sensei (Martin is Glens older brother) 1984 Began training Doce Pares Arnis with Shane Finnigan Sensei (Shane was a student of Martin Gardiner Sensei), Started training Wing Chun Kung Fu with Sifu Tony De Costa, Tai Chi Chuan with Sifu Randal Waddell. 1985 Obtained 1st degree black belt Australian Style Tae Kwon Do, Graded 1st degree black belt Okinawan Go Ju Karate, Completed Military Unarmed Combat (MUC) Exponents Course at 92 MP (Military Police) Platoon in Townsville, (Australian Army), Started competing in tournaments in the Townsville region. 1986 Graded 1st degree black belt Doce Pares Arnis Eskrima, Ran Arnis Eskrima seminars at Mt Isa Sikaran Philippine karate club meeting John Harris Sensei, Trained with Benny The Jet Urqidez and Bill Super Foot Wallace, Trained with Anthony Kleeman Sensei (Anthony was a student of Martin Gardiner Sensei). 1987 Graded 2nd degree black belt Doce Pares awarded personally by Grand Master Cacoy Canete, Graded Senior Instructor Black Eagle Arnis under Grand Master Carlos Navarro. 1988 Conducted martial arts seminars in Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, and Mt Isa, Started training with David Briggs Muy Thai and boxing instructor, Started training Aikido, Trained with Mark Haseman Sensei in Jujitsu and his son Chris Haseman Sensei, Studied Olympic wrestling with Mr. Stiven Kuss, Studied Northern Style Shaolin, Pau kua Kung Fu and Dan Inosantos kali system with Sifu Dean Lawler later training with Inosanto Sensei, Trained Shorinji Kempo Karate part of the full contact Koshiki organization. 1989 Graded 4th degree black belt Doce Pares, Began training Wing Chun and Bag Wha with Sifu David Crook in Canberra. 1990 Qualified B Class MUC Instructor at the 1st Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment, Accredited Sports Coach Level 1 and 2 sponsored by the Australian Institute of Sport, Learned Bali song Butterfly Knife from Jesse Diestro Sensei, Sikaran Philippine Karate, Met Vincent Palumbo Sensei (Vince was a student of Martin Gardiner Sensei). Registered instructor World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF), Trained Hokushin Shinoh Ryu Japanese swordsmanship with Alex Nowachatko Sensei. 1991 Registered instructor World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF), Trained Hokushin Shinoh Ryu Japanese swordsmanship with Alex Nowachatko Sensei. 1992 Conducted seminars in Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia, Graded 4th degree black belt Three Style Tae Kwon Do with the World Tae Kwon Do Federation (WTKDF). 1993 Graded 5th degree black belt Doce Pares Arnis Eskrima 1994 Posted Operations Officer (Ops O) Military Unarmed Combat Training Wing 11 Training Group Lavarack Barracks Townsville, commanded by Major John Whipp. 1995 Met and trained with Tom Goldsworthy Sensei, 4th degree Goshin Jutsu 1996 Posted Headquarters staff, 7th Task Force Enoggera Barracks Brisbane as the Task Force Headquarters Liaison Officer developing MUC in the Task Force and supporting other units in Australia, Worked as a security consultant in Mindanao Southern Philippines and competed in Arnis tournaments in Mindanao while training Doce Pares and San Miguel system with students of Mumoy Canete, Cacoys older brother. 1997 Continued Training 1998 Qualified A Class MUC Instructor at Headquarters 7th Task Force, Australian Army, Qualified Certificate IV Category - 2 Workplace Training and Assessment. 1999 Continued Training in Indonesia 2000 Continued Training in Indonesia 2001 Traveled to the USA meeting Anthony Kleeman Sensei in L.A. running several seminars, Maintained personal training while in Indonesia. 2002 Continued Training in Indonesia 2003 Continued Training in Indonesia 2004 Traveled to the USA training Doce Pares, grappling and open hand with local martial artists in Seattle Washington State. 2005 Continued Training in Indonesia, approached to establish a formal martial arts club as a non profit organization. 2006 Graded 3rd degree black belt Zen Goshu Goshin Jutsu. Established the Combined Martial Arts Academy (CMAA) in Jakarta Indonesia, and trained a team from Indonesia to fight in the Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation (CDPE WF) 2006 World stick fighting Championship participating as the team captain and coach while also competing. The team consisting of 7 competitors won 2 Gold, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze in the sparring divisions of the competition. Glen personally won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze after being absent from the ring for a period of ten years. Graded 6th degree black belt in the CDPE WF system by Grand Master Cacoy Canete. 2007 Trained the Indonesian team who fielded 27 competitors for the 2007 Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation (CDPE WF) World Stick fighting Championship, the team won a total of 12 Gold, 13 Silver, and 13 Bronze medals in the events sparring divisions. Glen promoted and raised sponsorship for the World Championship hosting the event in Jakarta Indonesia with representation from 11 countries, he was the event Tournament Director for the event and hosted the Australian Ambassador, Polish Ambassador, Head of the Indonesian National Police and other Diplomatic and Embassy, Indonesian Government, Military and Corporate Sector representatives during the event. Later in the year Glen travelled to Timor Lestè where he headed a Review Team for the Royal Norwegian Embassy Section Dili in Timor Lestè to establish the feasibility of conducting nation wide sporting programs for Martial Arts and Ritual Arts gangs in the country as part of an overall peace capacity development program for the government of Timor Lestè. 2008 Inducted into the Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation Hall of Fame For Excellence in The Promotion of Sports Eskrima in March 2008. Inducted into the Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the World Karate Union Hall of Fame under the Martial Artist of the Year Category on 4 October 2008 in the Gold Coast, Australia. Glen attended the inaugural New Zealand National Stick fighting Championship in Christchurch on 26th October 2008; was the team coach for the Indonesian team and competed, winning a Gold, a Silver and a Bronze in the competition, the team won a total of seven medals. Assisted Irwan Hermawan and other members of the CMAA organize the Inaugural National Indonesian Knife Fighting Competition, Blademaster 2008 with over 80 competitors, Under Glens guidance the Combined Martial Arts Academy, developed fitness, body awareness and self defence training programs for International Schools in Jakarta Indonesia. 2009 Coached the Indonesian team comprising 17 competitors for the 2009 Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation (CDPE WF) World Stick fighting Championship in Cebu Philippines and competed in the event winning a Gold and a Silver. The team won a total of 6 Gold, 10 Silver, and 8 Bronze medals in the events sparring and form divisions. Graded 5th degree black belt Pangamot CDPE WF. 2010 Became a Director of Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame Became a member of the Sokeship Council Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame Conducted seminars and workshops on stick fighting, knife fighting, and self defence Inducted into the 2010 CDP WF Hall of Fame in the Valuable Doce Pares Master category. Continued training at CMAA Jakarta Indonesia 2011 Graded 4th degree black belt Zen Goshu Goshin Jutsu. Graded 7th degree black belt Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima World Federation (CDP WF) Graded 7th degree black belt Cacoy Doce Pares Pangamot CDPE WF Conducted martial arts seminars in Australia and Indonesia Continued training at CMAA Jakarta Indonesia
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