INSTRUCTORS/COACH
GM MANUEL R. TANINGCO
TAMA Founder/ISD/Krav Maga Instructor
Grandmaster Taningco has been active in the martial arts since 1964. In 1976, he founded the Taningco Academy of Martial Arts (TAMA) in Dayton, Ohio to provide the means to share his unique mix of martial arts training programs in a single martial arts training center.
At the forefront of these systems is his family’s Willow System Kali (Robles Family Style), where he is the lineage holder and a 10th Degree Black Belt.
He is an 8th Degree in Shaolin Kenpo by Grandmaster Tim Gasper. Grandmaster Taningco’s Kenpo lineage came from Grandmaster Timothy Gasper as was handed down by the late Grandmaster Donald Fong from China.
Kenpo Karate Instructors:
NOAH COX
Kenpo Karate Instructor
ELAINA GERDES
Kenpo Karate Instructor
Lee Spivey
Kenpo Karate Instructor
JADEN TANINGCO
Kenpo/Kali/Krav Maga/Muay Thai Instructor
Manuel Taningco
Kenpo/ISD/Krav Maga Instructor
TY WETZEL
Kenpo Karate/ Krav Maga Instructor
Muay Thai KickBoxing/Danugan Filipino Boxing Instructors:
JOHN (JAY) COSMATO
Muay Thai Instructor
CHRIS GREENWALT
Muay Thai Instructor
CHRIS GREENWALT
Muay Thai Instructor
JADEN TANINGCO
Kenpo/Kali/Krav Maga/Muay Thai Instructor
LEE TANINGCO
Muay Thai & Boxing Instructor
MANUEL TANINGCO
Kenpo/ISD/Krav Maga Instructor
Filipino Eskrima Kali Silat JKD Instructors:
John Mead
Kali (FMA) Instructor
DOUGH VAUGHAN
Kenpo/ISD/Kali/Krav Maga Instructor
DOUGH VAUGHAN
Kali (FMA) Instructor
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructors:
Nathan Hedrick
BJJ Instructor
Deion Jackson
Wrestler/Grappler
CHRIS MAY
BJJ Instructor
THOMAS REYNOLDS (JR)
BJJ Instructor
JARRELL ROBERTS
BJJ Instructor
Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu Instructors:
AARON ANGEL
Kung-fu /Yang Style TaiChi/Qi Gong Instructor
MANUEL TANINGCO
Kung-fu/Kenpo/ISD/Kali/Krav Maga Instructor
DR. MICHAEL TIMPONE
Kung-fu/Tai Chi Instructor
TY WETZEL
Kung-fu/Kenpo Karate/ Krav Maga Instructor
Tai-Chi/Qi Gong Instructors:
AARON ANGEL
Kung-fu /Yang Style TaiChi/Qi Gong Instructor
CHERYL BASIL
Kenpo Karate/TaiChi Instructor
DR. MICAH BEN DAVID NAZIRI
Yang Style Tai Chi Instructor
DEB JUTTE
Yang Style Tai Chi Instructor
GREG JUTTE
Yang Style Tai Chi Instructor
MANUEL TANINGCO
Tai-chi/Kung-fu/Kenpo/ISD/Kali/Krav Maga Instructor
DR. MICHAEL TIMPONE
Kung-fu/Tai Chi Instructor
Krav Maga/ISD Self-Defense Instructors:
NOAH COX
Krav Maga/Kenpo Karate Instructor
Lee Spivey
Krav Maga/Kenpo Karate Instructor
JADEN TANINGCO
Kenpo/Kali/Krav Maga/Muay Thai Instructor
Manuel Taningco
Krav Maga/Tai-chi/Kung-fu/Kenpo/ISD/Kali Instructor
TY WETZEL
Kung-fu/Kenpo Karate/ Krav Maga Instructor
Japanese Daito-Ryu Aikijutsu Instructor:
SHANE MCGILL
Aikijutsu Instructor
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