Ron Van Browning

About Grandmaster 

Ron Van Browning:

Grandmaster Ron Van Browning, founder and director of Trainers Elite and the Accelerated Fighting System, has an impressive background with over 48 years experience in the Martial Arts, beginning with judo, karate, and Jiu-Jitsu at the age of 17 while in the Navy. He continued on to earn Black Belts in 5 different systems: 1^st Dan Judo, 1^st Dan Danzan Ryu Ju-Jitsu, 10^th Degree San Soo, 2^nd Degree Bujinkan Kamiyama, 5^th Degree Modern Arnis.  In the early sixties, Grandmaster Browning began training with Grandmaster Jimmy H. Woo, with whom he studied for over 28 years.  Grandmaster Browning has also fought professionally as a middleweight boxer out of the Main Street Gym in Los Angeles, California.

In his quest for knowledge and excellence, Grandmaster Browning has studied and trained with Grandmaster Professor Wally Jay in Judo and Small Circle Jiu-Jitsu; Grandmaster Remy Presas in Modern Arnis; Sensei Bill Sosa in Aikido; Reylson Gracie in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; Carlos Machado in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; Ken and Frank Shamrock in submission grappling and Oleg Taktarov in Russian Sambo, Jiu-Jitsu and judo. Over the years Grandmaster Browning has had the honor of working with and being on tour in Europe with Grandmasters Rick Moneymaker and Grandmaster Tom Muncey of Dragon Society International.  

Grandmaster Browning has trained FBI and law enforcement personnel all over the United States, as well as private security personnel and bodyguards.  In the entertainment industry he has created fight scenes, trained actors and stuntmen for movies and television, and has appeared in movies himself.  Grandmaster Browning also trains boxers, kickboxers, and submission fighters, both professional and amateur, and has been employed to teach assault and rape prevention to employees of major corporations.  He has produced training tapes in martial arts, and is writing a book on the Accelerated Fighting System.  GM Browning is also one of the original partners & is the current technical advisor for Bodyguard Magazine which is now TapouT Magazine.

Grandmaster Browning has developed practical, basic techniques that can easily be added in a few hours of training to other martial arts systems.  These techniques complement and enhance existing systems, as his Accelerated Fighting System is a combination of the fighting arts he has studied and trained in over the years.  Taking only those techniques that are practical in street and self defense situations, together with full contact fighting and submission grappling, Grandmaster Browning has developed a streamlined program which separates fighting art from form and set patterns.

Grandmaster Browning travels all over the world doing seminars.  His goal is to open minds to the exploration of other arts and to unite these arts to connect missing links in each style.  Cross-training broadens skills, develops new awareness, and expands students’ knowledge and ability.