Instructors

Jim Corn is the executive officer for Force Options and oversees operations abroad. Mr. Corn served both as a US Army paratrooper as well as a police officer. Additionally he is one of the highest ranking Kyusho Jitsu instructors in the world. He travels around the world teaching the practical use of pressure point techniques. He has been active in teaching pressure point work and combatives for almost four decades. He has been featured in numerous DVDs on the subject and is one of the best known experts in the world.

Mr. Corn is the founder and president of Copperhead Road Defensive Firearms Training. He is a master pistol shooter and considered to be a gifted gunfighter. His firearms experience adds a depth to Force Options that can not be matched by any civilian organization.

My name is Jim Corn and I started Karate in 1969. My first instruction was at a Seibu-Kan dojo in Washington Indiana , at the age of 15. I had received the rank of brown belt before entering the United States Army at age 18. While I was in the Army I trained as a light weapons infantryman and paratrooper. At that time I was assigned to the 1^st/509 Airborne Brigade in Mainz , Germany as part of the 8^th Infantry Division. During my time in the military I competed on the 1^st/509 Airborne Brigade Boxing Team. My military training also afforded me the opportunity to study other forms of martial arts, such as Tae-Kwan-Do, Judo, Fencing, and Shoto-Kan Karate. Leaving the military in 1974 I started studying Katai-Te-Ryu under 8^th Dan Gene Gross. Master Gross was a personal student of Mamoru Yamamoto, the founder of Yoshi-Kai. Master Gross also trained Doctor Chitose, the founder of Chito-Ryu. After an extended study of the martial arts in Japan , Master Gross returned to the United States . Upon his return he created a style known as Katai-Te-Ryu, which is a blend of the principles of Yoshi, -Kai and Chito-Ryu. I studied under Master Gross until 1986 when I began studying RyuKyu Kempo under Master George Dillman. Having attained a 4^th Degree Black Belt Katai-Te-Ryu, I found the principles of Kyusho-Jitsu and Tuite to be the missing key that I had searched for in the martial arts. I then became a full-time student of Master Dillman.

I met Master Dillman at Indiana University and became fascinated with Master Dillman’s theory of Kata Bunkai, according to the principles of Chinese medicine. I began to follow Master Dillman around the United States in order to learn his principles and theories. Along the way, I was fortunate enough to train with other notable instructors. Those instructors included, Professor Wally Jay, and Remy Presas. I currently hold the rank of 8^th Dan under Master Dillman. During my study with all instructors I owned and operated my own martial arts school in Petersburg , Indiana from 1979-2004.

I considered myself very fortunate to be able to take part in spreading the principles of Kyusho-Jitsu throughout the world. Now as a founding instructor and Master Level instructor for Kysho International, I have expanded my interest in Kyushu-Jitsu to include Chi Projection and other energy work and mind-body intregration through visualization. I consider the Kyusho International curriculum combined with visualization techniques the fastest way to learn Kyushu-Jitsu. I continue my research into Chi development and Mind-Body Integration by teaching seminars in the United States and around the world on these topics and other aspects of the Kyusho International Syllabus.

During my studies I have developed four training DVD’s that contain several aspects of the arts that I teach. These DVD’s are broken down by levels and contents so that they are educational on all martial arts levels. The DVD’s are sold through Kyusho International and private sales in the US and Internationally.

Having grown up in a rural area I literally grew up carrying a .22 rifle, through the fields and the woods. I was also very lucky in having a father that had a vas knowledge of all types of firearms. I benefited from that knowledge long before I ever entered the military. After the Army I became interested in handguns and have been a competitor in USPSA/IPPSC matches since 1979.

I have attended shooting schools throughout the country to include both rifle and pistol courses. I have attended courses at Front Sight, Handgun 101 with Cumberland Tactics, and Advanced Tactical Handgun with America Small Arms Academy .

I was asked by Evan Pantazi to create a defensive firearms course for Kyusho International in 2006. This resulted in the Kyusho Tactical Applications Course (K.T.A.C.) which is a unique course that contains several different area. The course combines pressure point striking, defensive handgun, weapons disarms, and offensive edged weapons techniques.

I have been a Master Level Instructor with Kyusho International since it’s inception and continue to teach their syllabus for pressure point striking throughout the world. I presently work as an instructor for Kyusho International as the head of it’s Tactical Program and Master Level Certifying Instructor. I am also an Executive Officer for Force Options.