American Combat Judo and Jujitsu a.k.a. American Combat Self Defense
is a system for self defense created by Kenneth L. Haugland he holds high ranking black belts in different martial arts including Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do, Judo and Jujitsu.[citation needed] American Combat Judo and Jujitsu was designed to be useful in situations of real-life survival combat, with little or no formalities or safety rules as often seen in traditional Judo, Tae Kwon Do and Jujitsu . Founder Kenneth Haugland was born on the, May 21, 1938, in Mc Ville, North Dakota. He graduated in 1957 from Oak Grove Lutheran High School, Fargo ,ND and entered the U.S. Navy Reserves and entered active duty a short time later. It was in the Navy that he began studying Judo while stationed in Japan. He was Honorably discharged two years later in 1959 and started college working toward a degree in business administration. It took him many years to finish school because of finances- he didn't have any. In 1962, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and in 1965 was Honorably discharged from the United States Army Airborne-Ranger Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia. He return to school a year later and graduated from Minot State College in 1968. He continued his studies in what martial art was available both in the military and in civilian life and in 1970 he began teaching school in Columbus, GA, where he studied Judo, Karate, Jujitsu and Tae Kwon Do as often as possible. He also wrestled professionally for a number of years to supplement his teacher salary. Then in 1982, he moved to Yakima, WA where he currently lives. During the 80's and 90's, he studied Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido . Doing a minimum of 1,000 kicks per day was the norm for him. This in addition to hundreds and thousands of punching and blocking exercises . On June 18, 2000 he was promoted to a double 6th Degree Black Belt receiving a 6th Degree Black Belt Master in Kang Moo Kwan Tae Kwon Do-Kwon Bup Kang Moo Kwan Federatio[citation needed]n and also a 6th Degree Black Belt Certificate of Qualification as Instructor in the same organization.Finally on the 22nd of June he was awarded a 7th Degree Black Belt Master level in Dae Han Hapkido- Kwon Bup Kang Moo Kwan Federation. On Saturday Night, June 29 , 2002, he was inducted into the Universal Martial Art Hall of Fame at Biloxi, Mississipi. On July 1, 2002, he became the office Washington State Director for this prestigious Organization. On October 1, 2002 he receive the rank of Professor, 10th Degree Black Belt, Soke, and Ph.D., M.A. from the Supreme Sokeship Council in collaboration with the Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Haugland now heads up the unique American Combat Judo and Jujitsu Association as Soke and 10th Degree Black Belt. he is Today a Bible-Believing, Born-Again Independent Baptist and has been for over 30 years since his conversion and baptism by immersion in Phenix City, Alabama in 1978. UNIVERSAL MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME http://www.umahof.org WASHINGTON STATE DIRECTOR FOR THE UNIVERSAL MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME – 07/01/2002. SOKE, PROFESSOR, PH.D., MA., 10TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN THE AMERICAN COMBAT JUDO & JUJITSU – 10/01/2002. INDUCTIONS INTO THE UMAHOF [ http://www.umahof.org Man of the Year – Hapkido 06.29/02 0118 Head Founder of the Year 07/12/023 7002 Journalist of the Year 07/30/05 073005004 of the Year – American Combat Jujitsu 7/08/06 070806002 Self Defense Senior Grandmaster of the Century 07/07/07 070707003 Teaching Methods Ken's teaching methods include personalized one-on-one intensive training in Judo, jujitsu, Tae Kwon Do , Chin Na and Aikido. For Ken all the traditional routines of formal martial arts instruction are "nonsense" and a "waste of time" so a regular class in American Combat Judo and Jujitsu consist in 100% hands on combat training. "...I have thrown out all the silly nonsensical karate and tae kwon do forms which are designed to do nothing more than waste valuable training time in addition to creating a thin film of perspiration..." Ken Haugland. [edit] Belt Ranking System Belt ranks or degrees are not regarded as important. Belt ranking is not directly related to years on the discipline or philosophical views, but knowledge, wisdom and physical agility level are. Belt ranks are awarded in accordance with the afore mention criteria.
Belt ranking starts as follows:
▪ White Belt,
▪ Brown Belt,
▪ Black Belt,
▪ Intermediate Black Belt,
▪ Master Black Belt,
▪ Grand Master Ken, states: "... all the belts that an average student must go through in the traditional (western) system are design to extract "tuition/test" money, and waste precious time more that educate them in the wonderful world of martial arts..." ; "... if you know the techniques and can use them when it counts then you get the belt..."
Professor Haugland, has written 4 books, including,
“Broken Boundaries –Total Training of Mind and Body.” written with the collaboration of prof. Guerra, world famous martial arts teacher and president of The Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame http://www.umahof.org ,
"Jujitsu" (Not yet published),
“IS AMERICA FINISHED?" ISBN 0-9760992-1-71 .
He has also written a article entitled “UMAHOF UNIVERSAL MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME” which appeared in the April/May 2005 of MMA Magazine.
