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Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills

        

Timothy Stinson
Founder-Instructor

For nearly 4 decades Tim Stinson has honed his fighting skills to develop the Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills System.  As a child, Tim's first instructor, was his father John Stinson a highly decorated Korean War Veteran who believed that his five sons would some day be exposed to the cruelty and violence of war themselves. When most boys were learning to throw a football, the Stinson Brothers were learning the art of self defense.
Tims' skills were tested on the streets of a small community North of Boston and his proficiency in street fighting led to his enlistment in the US Marines in the early 1970's. While in the US Marines he studied various styles of Martial Arts before becoming involved in the Okinawan Karate Shorin ryu Shorinkan. Mixing okinawan karate and street fighting with Marine Corps hand to hand combat was a natural transition for Mr. Stinson and over the next thirty years he adapted and "bastardized" the learned techniques in countless fights.  Upon returning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan Tim Stinson trained in California with Jim Wagner earning his Instructor Credentials in Jim Wagner's Reality-Based Personal Protection Program. As a brawler, biker, former marine, body guard, security professional and teacher he developed a unique training regimen and evolving fighting style that has been tried and tested. 
Practitioner of Combat Marital Arts for 36 years

  • 1976 to Present Okinawan Karate:
  • Shodokan Karate under Sensei Ray Brock
  • Shorin Ryu Shorinkan Karate under Kyoshi Doug Perry
  •  5th Degree Black Belt Instructor Combat Martial Arts Association
  •  5th Degree Black Belt Instructor International Combat Karate Association
  •  International Combat Martial Arts Instructor
  •  International Combat Martial Arts Examiner
  • Trained under Sensei Karl Schmidt in Jiu Jitsu techniques
  •  Jim Wagner's Reality Based Personal Protection Instructor
  •  Served in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina
  • Served in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation MountainThrust and Operation Herrick IV and Task Force Leatherneck 
  • Security Operations Afghanistan 2006-2010

 

                                       

Sensei Chad "Robo" Robichaux

3rd Degree Black Belt Instructor

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Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills Founder and Head Master Tim Stinson is both Proud and Honored to announce that Chad Robichaux has been awarded the Rank of 3rd Degree Black Belt Instructor of Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills System, Combat Martial Arts.

As of 2008 Chad will be the Chief Instructor of the Bet Your Life system in Texas.

Chad Robichaux

Martial Arts Experience:

  • 2008 Chad Earned his Black Belt in Gracie Barra Jiu Jitsu under Carlos Gracie Jr
  • 2004  ELITE Martial Arts Brown Belt Instructor under the instruction of Eric Williams and Hai Nguyen
  • 2001-2004: Pitts Jiu Jistu / Ricardo Murgel BJJ. Brown Belt under Shane Pitts through Ricardo Murgel
  • 1997-2001: World Grappling Association, 1st Dan Black Belt Instructor in American Jiu Jitsu under Ross Kellin and David Hurley
  • 1996-2001: Reality Self Defense / Alfredo Ramirez BJJ, Black Belt under Alfredo Ramirez
  • 1998-2004: 11 Pancrase / MMA Fights w/ a 9-2 record, 3 Professional MMA Fights w/ a record of 3-0 record
  • Reality Combat Superfight Champion

Personal Accomplishments:

  • Off the mat, Chad has a lovely wife of more than 12 years and 3 wonderful children
  • Chad has recently earned his MBA from New York Tech
  • Medal of Valor Recipient
  • United States Marine Corps Veteran
  • USMC Force Reconnaissance Marine Instructor
  • U. S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor
  • U. S. Federal Special Agent Training Officer

Chad brings to Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills System years of dedication, discipline, integrity and skills that are unquestionable. He is a tenacious, respected, highly developed and skilled instructor in hand to hand combat self defense. Chad's friendly and humorous approach camouflage his technical and explosive style. He understands how to instruct and develop grappling skills for both light and heavy students. Chad has had the opportunity to be part of the development and implementation of many training programs for real world armed and unarmed combat.

Chad currently is the Chief Instructor at Gracie Barra The Woodlands, 606 Rayford Rd. Suite A, Spring, Texas 77386 chad@mmathewoodlands.com 

Keep your eyes open for Chad in future fights that will demonstrate his skill and tenacity.                                    

                                                                             

Sensei George Watton
3rd Degree Black Belt Instructor
Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills International
Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills Founder and Head Master Tim Stinson is both Proud and Honored to announce that George Watton from South Africa has been awarded the Rank of 3rd Degree Black Belt Instructor of Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills System International, Combat Martial Arts. Sensei Watton brings his Traditional Karate Skills discipline and experience combined with his vast Military experience and Combat Martial Arts Training to provide unparalleled real world training seminars and Certificate Programs.





Sensei Alik Karic
3rd Degree Black Belt Instructor
Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills International
Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills Founder and Head Master Tim Stinson is both Proud and Honored to announce that Alik Karic from Brcko District Bosnia has been awarded the Rank of 3rd Degree Black Belt Instructor of Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills System International, Combat Martial Arts. Sensei Karic brings his Traditional Karate Skills discipline and experience combined with his personal close combat experience and Combat Martial Arts Training to provide unique real world training seminars and Certificate Programs.


3rd Degree Black Belt Instructors
 Master Gunnery Sergeant Ron Couture USMC Ret; Helmand Province, Afghanistan
             Sgt Major Bill Thomas USMC Ret; Helmand Province Afghanistan
             George Watton South African; Helmand Province Afghanistan
 Michael Gauthier, Danvers, Massachusetts
Alik Karic, Brcko District, Bosnia             

 

 

Sensei Karl Schmidt
2nd Degree Black Belt Instructor
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Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills Founder and Head Master Tim Stinson is both Proud and Honored to announce that Karl Schmidt has been awarded the Rank of 2nd Degree Black Belt Instructor of Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills System, Combat Martial Arts. Sensei Schmidt brings his tenacity, discipline and experience to every task he is confronted with. Karl is pound for pound one of the most dangerous Reality Based Fighters on the planet which is why he was once called "The Beast".
 

Martial Arts Experience:

  • 1997-2001: World Grappling Association, 1st Dan Black Belt Instructor in American Jiu Jitsu under Ross Kellin and David Hurley
  • 1996-2001: Reality Self Defense / Alfredo Ramirez BJJ, Black Belt under Alfredo Ramirez
  • 1998-2002: Professional MMA Fighter with a record of 9-3-0
  • 2002-Present: U.S. Marine Corps Black Belt Instructor Trainer/Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

Personal Accomplishments:

  • Off the mat, Karl is Married with two children
  • Iraqi War Veteran with awards of  "Valor" during combat
  • United States Marine Corps Veteran
  • USMC Force Reconnaissance Marine Instructor
  • U. S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor
  • U. S. Federal Special Agent Instructor in Firearms, Combatives and Physical Fitness

 

                           
                                            Sensei Daniel M Stinson

    2nd Degree Black Belt Instructor

    Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills

    Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills Founder and Head Master Tim Stinson is both Proud and Honored to announce that Daniel M Stinson has been awarded the Rank of 2nd Degree Black Belt Instructor of Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills System, Combat Martial Arts. 
     

    Martial Arts Experience:

    • Over 30 years of Street Survival and Combat Techniques and Skills
    • Trained at Crucible Security in-depth "Gutter Fighting" reality combative training
    • Trained numerous DoD and Government Combative Training Courses
    • Trained in the Gung-Ho Quan Style of Combative Fighting
    • Numerous Real-world Force-on-Force situations 

           Personal Accomplishments:

  • Off the mat, Dan is married with three children
  • United States Marine Corps Veteran
  • USMC Radio Reconnaissance Marine Instructor and Plank Owner
  • U. S. Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Instructor
  • Foreign Weapons Instructor
  • Airborne; Free Fall; U. S. Navy Diver
  • NRA Pistol, Self-Defense Instructor and Range Safety Officer
  • State of Virginia Private Investigator
  • Personal Protection Specialists
  • Served in Haiti Operation Uphold/Support Democracy
  • Served in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina Operation Joint Endeavor
  • Served in Columbia and other South American Countries
  • Served in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • Served in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
                                                                                                                                                           

                                                            
    Bet Your Life Combative Fighting Skills Head Master Tim Stinson is proud to announce the following individuals have been awarded their 1st Degree Black Belts:

       Bruce Kuzyk;  Calgary, Alberta, Canada
       Mike Nistor;  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
       James Schultz; Swampscott, Massachusetts
       John P Stinson; Swampscott, Massachusetts 
       Martin J Stinson; Lashkah Gar, Afghanistan
       John A Stinson; Baltimore, Maryland
       Duncan Bateson; United Kingdom

             Master Sergeant Joseph Curran USMC, Jacksonville, North Carolina
             Major Devlin Spradlin USMC, Quantico, Virginia 

             Dave "Gunny" Gambale USMC Ret; Fairfax, Virginia
             Captain Dale Dye USMC Ret; California
             Julia Henley USMC; North Carolina
             Major Jeffrey Hobaugh USA Ret; Macon Georgia
             Wilson John "Sammy" Samia, United Kingdom
             James "Gus" Gustar, United Kingdom
            
 

 

 

 

 

 

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