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The Founder
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Dr. Joe Bannon Ph.D., Former Government Special Agent; Police Sergeant; and Bodyguard to the President of the United States is the founder and developer of the Surgical Strike System™ of Chinese Dim Mak - Kung Fu. He is a seven time inductee into both the American Police; United States; and London International Martial Artist Halls of Fame and was honorably named; "Grandmaster of the Year" in 2004 and 2007 by the USMAA.
During his 25 year tenure in law enforcement and special operations; he has literally survived countless armed and unarmed violent street confrontations. He is considered to be one of the most highly decorated and diversely experienced specialized law enforcement officers in the nation - appearing on several national magazines, news articles, radio, and television talk shows including: six o'clock news spots; CBS 60Minutes with Mike Wallace -which won an Emmy Award in 1994; and The Phil Donohue Show.
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Dr. Bannon most recently served as a Special Agent; Tactical Commander & Chief Defensive Tactics Instructor for the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice in Los Angeles, California. As a 25 year veteran of law enforcement, which included specialized assignments with the United States Secret Service – Presidential Protection Detail, he served as the close quarter bodyguard to three United States Presidents, Pope John Paul II, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and many other high level foreign and domestic political dignitaries.
He has held various positions and ranks including: Street Patrolman, Undercover Narcotics Agent, Sergeant-Inspector, Covert and Special Operator, Tactical Counter Intelligence Agent, and Undercover Anti-Terrorist Operator in the most violent, dangerous, high crime ridden areas and ghettos of Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, The Caribbean, and South America.
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(25) Years of Assignments Included:
Task Force Agent – DEA Covert Operations.
Police Bodyguard – (4) Mayors of San Francisco.
Task Force Agent – FBI Witness Protection Program.
Special Tactical Agent - DOJ Violence Suppression Unit.
Task Force Agent – Secret Service Presidential Detail.
Police Counter Sniper – San Francisco Police Department.
Air Assault Raid Commando – U.S. Department of Justice.
Tactical Commander – Attorney General’s Protection Detail.
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal – "America’s Most Wanted" Detail.
As well as other classified and extremely sensitive high risk assignments with SWAT; Covert Spec-Ops; Tactical Intelligence; Anti-Terrorist and Homeland Security Groups.
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Martial Arts Rankings:
He holds several "Master" designations; black belts and certifications within a diverse cultural array of traditional; non-traditional and Specialized Martial Arts Disciplines including:
Master – Kuochi Kalikar - (Hung Wing Choy Kuen System).
Grandmaster – Shin Tai Wushu (USMAA) (Lozada Lineage).
Chief Defensive Tactics Instructor – Department of Justice.
Master – Tactical & Specialized Police Combat.
Grandmaster / Founder – Surgical Strike System™ of Kung Fu.
Red Sash – Lau Kune Do - Kung Fu - Senior Temple Instructor.
Certified Instructor - Devil Hands of Shaolin Dim Mak.
Full Instructor – Jeet Kune Do - Street Fighting Concepts.
Master Candidate – Dim Mak & Chinese Medical Philosophy.
Formal Lineage (click here).
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Education: Dr. Bannon, Ph.D., D.Ch., FACC, has personally studied and trained under some of the greatest professors, doctors, psychologists, metaphysicians, warriors, martial arts grandmasters and Asian family lineages in the world. He holds academic teaching doctorate degrees in Health Science with an emphasis on Holistic and Oriental Medical Philosophy, Human Nutrition 1-5, Biochemistry and Physiology; and a second doctorate degree in Theocentric Clinical Psychology with specialization in the field of Physio-Psychology (Brain - Body Synergy) especially as it relates to Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and Combat. He continued post doctoral studies and received certification in Nutritional & Oriental Medical Philosophy at AKSEM Holistic Oriental Medicinal Education School in Asia. He is a Fellow of the Council and Academy on Chiropathy; as well as a graduate instructor from both the Golden Lion Academy of Dim Mak - Kung Fu in Australia; and the Lau Kune Do Temple of Chinese Martial Arts in the USA.
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Philosophy:
As a doctor, retired law enforcement officer, and martial artist; it is Dr. Bannon’s greatest desire to empower people to survive and live without excessive fear; to become healthier, and to feel more confident in their abilities. He does this by restoring back to both the medical and survival arts, the true and original intent; the "family & temple secrets" that were passed on to him; the true essence; original philosophical meanings; as well as the "spiritually" and "medically based" combat applications of the martial arts as were written in the ancient and original documents known as the Bubishi; the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine; the Bible; the Silk Book; and the I – Ching (Law of Changes) that have been lost and hidden throughout the course of history; cultural segregation and passage of time. Photo Album (click here).
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Dr. Bannon has been an innovator over the years in combining ancient Shaolin Wisdom with Modern Medical Science; which breeds a “New Age – Old Age” perspective of the martial arts. If an ancient fighting or healing art or technique has a current application to either healing or combat, then we keep it, study it, explain it and improve on it if possible. If it does not; then we accept it, respect it and honor it for its place in history, learn from it, and leave it as "information only" in the historical archives of either martial or healing artistic knowledge.
As a Police Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Counselor and Debreifer, he is an authority on the subject of Physio-Psychology and The Role of the Human Brain in Physical Combat, which led to his development of:
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All Rights Reserved. Bannon Institute Copyright © 2004
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