Lake Region Budokan ---Japan Karate-Do Ryobukai North Dakota

About Our Instructors:

Devils Lake Main Dojo:
ND School for the Deaf Campus

Sensei Rick Senger: Godan -- Chief Instructor. Karate, Jujitsu, Sword Arts.
Sensei Randy Yoder: Sandan -- Karate.
Sensei Deidra Brokke: Sandan -- Karate. Nidan: Jujitsu

Sensei Ross Hunter: Sandan -- Jujitsu.

Mary Rutten: Tai Chi.

Bismarck, ND Chapter:
World War Memorial Bldg.
Instructors:

Sensei Bill Froelich: Nidan -- Karate and Jujitsu
Nadir Torres: Shodan -- Karate and Nidan -- jujitsu
Sean Jacobson: Shodan -- Karate and jujitsu

Grand Forks, ND Chapter:
1632 Gateway Drive.
Instructor:
Taylor Azure: Nidan -- Karate

Sensei Rick Senger

Sensei Rick Senger

Married. Wife Jacque

3 children.

Born: February 9, 1946, Fargo, ND

Home: Devils Lake, ND BA Degree, Business, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND

Certified Instructor in Career and Technical Education, Valley State University, Valley City, ND

Teaching martial arts professionally since 1985.

U.S. Navy Veteran. 1964-1972.

1966 began training U.S. Naval Security Group Basic Defensive tactics.

Yoshinkan and Goshin Aikido.
Godan 5th degree black belt, Shindo Jinen Ryu Karate Jitsu.
Sandan, 3^rd degree black belt, Hakkoryu Karate Jitsu.
Yondan, 4th degree black belt, Kaisho Goshin Budo Jujitsu.
Yondan 4th degree black belt, Taiho Jitsu (police arresting arts)

Former Director, Hakkoryu Karate Jitsu Federation.

Member of the Japan Karate Do Ryobu-kai.

Member of the Seishin Kai Goshin Budo Jujitsu Union.

Member School for Nippon Budo Jinmukan Sword School, Sensei Howard High.

Chief Instructor for North Dakota, Japan Karate Do Ryobu kai.

Chief Defensive Tactics Instructor since 1990 for the Lake Region State College Police Academy.

Licensed Peace Officer, State of North Dakota.

Certified Peace Officer Instructor, State of North Dakota.

Certified Redman (force on force) Instructor.

Certified P.P.C.T. (pressure point control techniques) instructor.

Certified O.C. Instructor.

Charter Member International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association.

Former Deputy Sheriff, Ramsey County, North Dakota.

Owner and Chief Instructor, Lake Region Budokan, since 1985.

Instructed in Taiho Jitsu, Japanese Police Defensive Tactics, by Shihan Darrell Craig, Houston Budokan, Houston, TX.

And Tsuneo Sengoku, Keishicho-Shihan, Chief Instructor, Tokyo Police Dept. Tokyo, Japan.

Instructed in Taiho Jitsu, Goshin Budo Jujitsu, Hakkoryu Karate Jitsu, Judo with Sensei Timothy Cruff.

Instructed many different organizations in self defense seminars. Including: Police, Military, Nurses, Teachers, coummunity organizations, Public School students and Teachers, State Government organizations, Canadian RCMP personal, and private security personnel.

Tai Chi instructor.

Sensei Randy Yoder --Sandan, Shindo jinen Ryu Karate Jitsu, Shodan, Shotokan Karate do.

Mr. Yoder began his Karate Carreer in 1982 while living in Minot, ND, studying ShotoKan Karate under Mater Fusaro, 5th dan and Sensei Deede, Nidan.
In 1986 he moved to San Mateo California and achieved the rank of Shodan from Sensei Dela Pena 5th Dan of the Doshin-Kai Karate-do Dojo.
Randy came to the Lake Region Budokan in 2003 and earned his Nidan and most recently the rank of Sandan from the Japan Karate-do Ryobu-Kai in 2009.
Sensei Yoder is a very valuable asset to the Lake Region Budokan and an excellant instructor and competitor.

Sensei Ross Hunter-- Sandan Goshin Budo Jujitsu

Served in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper 313th Military

Intelligence Battallion.
Bouncer Circus/Circus International at Reno and Las Vegas properties. Private security for Eye of the Tiger Bodyguard Service. Training at Lake Region Budokan since 1991.
Rank: Shodan Kumo Ryu Jujitsu, Sandan, Seishin Kai Goshin Budo Jujitsu, Paramedic Supervisor Lake Region Advanced Life Support Ambulance. Emergency
Medicine for 18 years. Assistant Instructor of Defensive tactics Lake Region Law Enforcement
Academy.
Ross has been Senger Sensei's Uke for many seminars and demonstrations. His knowlege has been tested both in the dojo and on the street. He is a very effective Martial Artist.

At present Ross teaching our Jujitsu, Kenjitsu and Iaijitsu classes.
Ross is also an Instructor Coordinator for the National Registry of Emergency Medicine.

Mary Rutten:
Mary has been with the Budokan since 2000 and has been instructing Tai Chi since 2005. Mary graduated from Minot State College in 1968 with degrees in Education of the Deaf, Speech Pathology and Elementary Education. From 1968-1979 she accompanied her husband, John, in his career overseas with CARE Incorporated. The couple lived in the Dominican Republic; Calcutta, India, where their twin daughters were born; Guatemala City, Guatemala, where their son, Andrew, was born; La Ceiba, Honduras; Santiago, Chile: Islamabad, Pakistan. Mary started teaching at the North Dakota School for the Deaf in 1979 and retired in May of 2006. She is the proud grandmother of 7 grandchildren.

Bill froehlich

Bill Froelich--Nidan Hakkoryu Karate and Goshin budo Jujitsu

Bill is the senior Instructor at the Bismarck Dojo. Bill has been involved in Karate for over 20 years and is a very good competitor and instructor. He became a member of the Japan Karate-Do Ryobukai in 2008 and an affiliated member of the Lake Region Budokan the same year. Bill is a great asset to the Martial arts. He is also brings his Jujitsu skills to the Budokan which are greatly appreciated.

Taylor Azure

Taylor Azure--Nidan, Shindo Jinen Ryu Karate-do

Taylor has been a student of Sensei Senger since 2000. Taylor is a great competitor and has won grand championship trophies in recent tournements. He takes his martial arts seriously and is knowlegable in his art. He is well liked by his students and fellow karateka. Taylor is a Graduate of the Univertsity of North Dakota and is Head Instructor at the
Grand Forks North Dakota Dojo at 1632 Gateway Drive.

Devils Lake Dojo Black Belt Assistant Instructors

Deidra Brokke -- Sandan, Shindo Jinen Ryu Karate
Nidan, Hakkoryu Karate Jitsu
Nidan, Goshin Budo Jujitsu

Mike Yoder-- Shodan, Shindo Jinen Ryu Karate Jitsu.

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