Edged Weapon and Hand-to-Hand Combat Instructors

STAFF
INSTRUCTORS

A former Sgt. in the United States Marine Corps, Robert Ross began his career as a Police Officer in 1991 in the Denver Metropolitan area where he served as a S.W.A.T. Team member. Rob is currently a member of a major Metropolitan Police Department in the Baltimore / Washington D.C. area and is assigned to an inner city patrol division.

Rob's experience includes the following; S.W.A.T. Team operator, the advanced hand-to-hand combat and edged weapon tactics instructor for his former S.W.A.T. Team, Field Training Instructor and has a background in Gang Enforcement having served two separate Gang Enforcement Unit tours with previous Police Departments. Rob is also a Certified Arrest Control and Defensive Tactics Instructor, Baton Instructor, Tactical Edged Weapons Instructor, F.B.I. certified S.W.A.T. Chemical Agents and Less Lethal Instructor, Factory Trained Department Armorer for Colt, Para Ordnance, Smith & Wesson, H&K, Glock, Remington, Ruger, Sig Sauer, and Beretta, and has specialized in the area of officer safety and survival. Rob is a survivor of several lethal force confrontations, and is a Police Medal of Honor recipient.

Seeing a lack of lethal force options provided to Police Officers, Rob solicited the help of Luis Lopez and Kurt Scheuermann, and developed the Law Enforcement Edged Weapon Tactics course in 1995. In 1996, Dynamic Defense Systems was founded and the course has been offered nationwide to Police Officers and Military Personnel.

A former Sgt. in the United States Marine Corps, Luis A. Lopez began his career as a Police Officer in 1997. Luis is a member of a Denver Metropolitan Police Department in Colorado and is a member of the S.W.A.T. Team.

Luis is currently a Sniper / Sniper Instructor on the S.W.A.T. Team, and is assigned to the Investigations Division as a Detective. Luis has studied martial arts since 1982 and has trained exclusively in the style of Shizen-Do Karate with Robert Ross since 1991.

Luis, who is completely bilingual in Spanish, became a Dynamic Defense Systems Staff Instructor in 1997 and currently oversees the Central United States training division and all bilingual instruction.

A former Sgt. in the United States Marine Corps, Kurt Scheuermann began his career in law enforcement in 1992. Kurt is currently employed with a Denver Metropolitan Sheriff’s Office in Colorado, and is a member of the S.W.A.T. Team.

Kurt is also a Field Training Officer, Ground Tactics Instructor, Arrest Control and Defensive Tactics Instructor, and an Intelligence Officer. Kurt has trained in several styles of martial arts, and currently studies the art of Shizen-Do Karate under Robert Ross.

Kurt, who is also bilingual in the Spanish language, became a Dynamic Defense Systems Staff Instructor in 1997, and currently oversees the West Coast Training Division, and assists in bilingual instruction.