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In 1993 Randall Brown was awarded the rank of 12th Degree Black Belt and the title of Soke (Head of Family) of Akumu Bujutsu by the all Japan Seibukan Martial Arts and Ways Association and the all Okinawan Seidokan Martial Arts Union. This ranking and title was listed in the 1995 issue of Black Belt Magazine, and was awarded as a result of his mastery of the Samurai warrior arts of :

  • Kenjutsu (the sword)
  • Tantojutsu (the knife)
  • Yumi (the bow and arrow)
  • Jiujutsu (hand to hand combat)
  • Aikijutsu (the art of controlling the enemy)
  • Shinobi no jutsu (ninjutsu)
  • Yari (spear)
  • Heiho (military strategy and tactics)
  • Etiquette (reigi)
  • Kitetsugaku bushido (philosophy of the warrior's way)

Later that same year Soke Brown also received his Doctorate in Oriental Philosophy and in 1997 was awarded the title of Kyoju (Professor of Bujutsu).

 

The Soke's other instructor rankings include:

  • Instructor (Blackbelt) in Judo-Brazilian Jiujitsu
  • Full Instructor in Jun Fan - Jeet Kune Do
  • Kru (Instructor) Muay Thai Boran 
  • Guru (Instructor) Kali/Silat

For more information about the Soke, please visit www.thesoke.net
John Hertlein as Soke-Dai  is the inheritor of the Akumu system and the highest ranking black belt under the Soke.

His other rankings include:

 4th Degree Black Belt in Goshinjutsu
 3rd Degree Black Belt in Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu
Guru in Kali Silat
Black Belts in Kenpo and Shorin Ryu Karate
Doctorate in Oriental Philosophy

Silas Beaner:

His rankings include:

 5th Degree Black Belt Akumu Ryu Bujutsu
 Akumu 1st Degree Black Belt Goshinjutsu
Wilderness Training Instructor

Head Instructor for the Trybz Children's Program
Professional Mixed Martial Arts trainer
Admissions Director - TRYBZ LLC

Silas's History:  Silas moved to Fort Collins in 1987.  He graduated from Poudre High School in 1990.  In the summer of 1993, Silas started training in martial arts with John Hertlein and Randy Brown and has been training there, full-time, ever since.  Silas has a bachelor's degree in business from CSU and a bachelor's degree in Oriental Philosophy. 

Sebastian Puente:

His rankings include:

Professional MMA Fighter
 Kickdown Middleweight MMA Champion
Coach for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
 6th Degree Black Belt in Akumu Ryu
 2nd Degree Black Belt in Goshinjutsu
Trained in Native American Warrior Arts
Robin Scoville:

Robin is the head of the Women’s Training at Trybz Martial Arts. She is the main instructor for the Women’s Class and Women’s Self Defense. Robin holds a 4th degree Black Belt in Akumu-Ryu Bujutsu, a 1st degree Black Belt in Goshin-jutsu. Robin has been training in martial arts for 17 years. 12 years under Soke Randall Brown.
Brian Elsasser:

Brian holds a 1st degree Black Belt in Akumu Ryu Bujutsu and is one of the main instructors for the children’s classes at Trybz Martial Arts. Brian is also a 1st degree Black Belt in Goshinjutsu and a Level 2 ranking in Jeet Kun Do.
Ian Stonehouse:

8 years of wrestling
5 years of kickboxing/muay thai
4 years jui-jitsu
Competing in MMA for over 4 years
13 MMA fights (9-4 overall with 8 Ko’s/Tko’s and 1 submission)
Undefeated amateur career
Two-time ISKA Lightweight Champion
Defending Kickdown Lightweight Champion


Ian's History:
Growing up I always found myself to be a very competitive individual. I was raised in a good neighborhood my entire life and yet I always found the need to want to compete in everyway. I always enjoyed team sports but the moment I tried out wrestling my 8th grade year that quickly changed. Individual sports, while there is a great amount of people to help you and push you along the way, have different aspects to them that I absolutely love. Around my junior year of high school I tried out taekwondo and it came to me more naturally than did wrestling. While I have more experience in wrestling there is something about the stand-up game that really draws me in. The raw nature of striking punch for punch and being able to come out on top is the most rewarding feeling. Long story short, I began training in mma my freshmen year of college and I have been in love with it ever since. The adrenalin and the rush that is associated with mma is something that can’t be explained, and it is something I plan to pursue to the fullest.


 
   
Amber:

Amber Grammer started teaching fitness classes in September 2007 at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina. She has always loved working out, and found that the fitness industry is a great place to inspire others to develop healthy and active lifestyles. She is AFAA Group Exercise Certified and Pilates Certified and has taken workshops to become a more effective instructor. Over the years she has taught a variety of classes which include Pilates, weight training, deep and shallow water aerobics, cycling, kickboxing and cardio/core conditioning. In the spring of 2010 she began teaching at Trybz, and is really looking forward to challenging the students to improve their cardio endurance and core stregth through her classes!

 

HISTORY

In 1993 after more than thirty years of research & training, Randall Brown was proclaimed a Soke of Bujutsu by Asian Grandmasters from both Japan and Okinawa. So frightening and vicious was his system, that these venerable Soke (headmasters) agreed that it should be called Akumu Ryu Bujutsu (the Nightmare Tradition of warrior arts) and that he should be considered above rank.

For years he taught Akumu Ryu and quickly gained the reputation of being "the master's master" as black belts from many different disciplines filed through his door to learn his way. Some said that it was the most beautiful and brutal system they had ever seen, while others felt that they had found the art of their dreams and the perfect master to teach it to them. The praises began to roll in as Akumu proved itself in military skirmishes and violent ports around the world.

Not contented to rest on his laurels, the Soke next took on the world of mixed martial arts competition. Believing that Akumu could stand toe-to-toe with any fighting art, he began training a select group of men for this most extreme contest. His students won many local and regional titles, a world championship and eventually received an invitation to fight in the UFC. Akumu had proven itself once again and the Soke soon had one of the largest schools in his region. But he was still restless...

It was no secret among his black belts that the Soke was becoming disenchanted with the state of the martial arts and was again searching for a better way. He no longer wore his belt and gi, he withdrew himself from the Asian Societies that had awarded him his titles and he began distancing himself from the mixed martial arts scene.

Years earlier the Soke who is part Apache, had studied the Native American warrior way under the guidance of two elderly Native Americans, one Seminole and one Comanche. While their Tribes have no systematized martial arts, their warfare methods remain as intact as their bond with nature. In their past, he found the earth philosophy that would guide him on as a martial artist and free him from servitude to styles. From his early journey in traditional Japanese, Korean and Chinese disciplines, into his wanderings through Thai, Indonesia and Phillipine arts, and back again to the earth philosophy of his ancestors, the Soke had come full circle. Thus began his second expression of the martial arts and the pathway known simply as Trybz.

Here in this hall of words, you will come to understand why people from all over find Trybz to be a celebration of warrior hood in one of its most beautiful, deadly and thought provoking forms. The natural warrior...

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