certifications

The Professional Black Belt Association offers the highest level of certifications found anywhere in the world for students, Black Belts, and Instructors. The curriculum that is taught by all Professional Black Belt Academy/Association schools blends four different styles of training and promotes a wide array of training skill sets from martial arts forms to practical street self-defense to various weapons and weapon disarmament training. Every PBBA Instructor under Grand Master Hudson’s lineage is cross-trained and certified in American Karate, American Taekwondo, KickBoxing, and Brazilian JiuJitsu. The blended curriculum that is taught was developed and written by Grand Master Hudson with the help of many mentors including the Father of American Karate, Grand Master J. Pat Burleson, the Father of American Taekwondo, Grand Master Jhoon Rhee, world-renowned Grand Master Scott McNeely, and JiuJitsu Master James Wadley.