Tae Kwon Do Kom Do Kwan: An Introduction For New Students (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781440451676)

Jason E. Thomas is a 7th Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 1st Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate-Do. Mr. Thomas has been training in the Martial Arts for over 30 years and is the President of the Kom Do Kwan(tm). Mr. Thomas spent 9 years in the US Army, serving in both the Military Police Corps and the Military Intelligence Corps assigned to elite units such as the 10th Mountain Division. Mr. Thomas taught martial arts to US Service men at Military Recreation Centers at Ft. McClellan, AL, the Presidio of Monterrey, CA, Ft. Drum, NY, and Kelly Air Force Base, TX, and trained in Korea several times while on temporary duty assignment. Mr. Thomas serves as the president of the Kom Do Kwan and is a member of several well known marital arts organizations such as the Amateur Athletic Union's (AAU) National Tae Kwon Do Program, the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF), Japanese Karate Association (JKA), and serves on the Board of Directors of the United Martial Arts Society (UMAS). Mr. Thomas holds a MBA, a Bachelor's Degree in Business Information Systems and is pursuing a PhD in Higher Education Administration. Thomas is also a graduate of the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterrey California and an adjunct instructor at University of Phoenix teaching organizational behavior, management, and business finance classes.