The head instructor of the club is Renshi Robb Wickham.  Renshi Wickham is an eighth degree black belt in Ashihara karate under Hanshi Scott Maczuga  He is also ranked in Koei Kan karate, Shotokan karate and is a Basic Level Close Quarter Combat Instructor under Hock W. Hochheim and the Scientific Fighting Congress. 

Renshi Wickham is currently a Brown Belt instructor in Krav Maga through Krav Maga Worldwide headquartered in Los Angeles.  Renshi is also a Level 6 Krav Maga Force Training Division Law Enforcement instructor.  Renshi 

Wickham has also studied Judo under Sensei Neil Simon at Shojin judo. Finally, he has attended several courses with Kembativz Instructor, Kelly Mccann.

 

Renshi Wickham works as a full time police officer/firefighter in a suburb of Detroit public safety department.  Renshi Wickham was a SWAT team member for seven years and is a defensive tactics instructor with Krav Maga Law Enforcement and Gracie Survival Tactics where he is an arrest/control, knife defense and ground defense instructor.  Renshi Wickham has trained at the European headquarters for Ashihara karate in Denmark and received his 1st degree black belt from the Japanese Hombu, (headquarters).  Renshi Wickham is also a member of the American Ashihara Karate Association/Vortex Martial Arts, headed by Hanshi Scott Maczuga, where he received his karate black belts.

 

The 2013, promotion to the rank of sixth degree black belt came with the new title of Renshi, which loosely translated means, "instructor who polishes."  This is a great honor and is only given to one who is 38 years old or older, has practiced for twenty years or more and contributed extra to an organization besides normal teaching.  A Renshi is the 'enforcer' of the organization and expects/keeps high standards in all areas of the organization.