Biography                                                

Chichi-Soke Oushi Jack Sandlin

Founding Father of Sandlin Ryu his family discipline of Martial-Arts since 1970

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Chichi Soke / Father and Head Founder

Sandlin-Ryu / A Family Discipline since 1970

Judan / 10th Dan / White, Black and Red Obi (Belt)

Christian Martial-Arts Organization since 1990

Competition Martial-Arts Team since 1968

Instructor of Martial-Arts since 1966

Competitor of Martial-Arts since 1959

Martial-Artist since 1958

 

International Combat Martial Arts "2004 Hall of Fame"

United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance "2004 Hall of Fame"

International Mixed Martial Arts Association "2004 Hall of Fame"

USA Martial Arts "2002 Hall of Fame"

Legends Of "t,ang shou" in "2004 (Martial Arts Pioneer)"

Southard Combat Systems "2005 Hall of Fame"

Diversified League of Martial Artists "2006 Hall of Fame"

World Budo and Bushido Organization 10th Dan

2004 Founder of the Year (USJJA) "For their dedication in promoting and teaching their founded system of the Martial Arts"

2004 Instructor of the Year (USJJA) "For their dedication to teaching the Martial Arts"

2005 DLMA Instructor of the Year Award

2005 DLMA Mixed Martial Artist of the Year Award

2005 United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance "Pioneer Of The Year"

2005 United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance "Founder Of The Year"

Senior Counsel Member and Illinois State Representative for the United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance

Advisory Board Member: Nubreed Martial Arts

Advisor for the "Global Black Belt Society"

Officially Recognized by Martial Arts organizations Around The World

Instructor and Martial-Art Instructor of the U.S. Military

Marine Corps. 1972 - 1978

Army 1979 - 1983

Air Force 1984 - 1985

 

The Five Sandlin-Ryu Disciplines

Sandlin-Ryu-Doki-Jiu-Jitsu           10th Dan

Sandlin-Ryu-Ketsugo-Jiu-Jitsu      10th Dan

Sandlin-Ryu-Jukado-Jiu-Jitsu        10th Dan

Sandlin-Ryu-Doki-Karate-Jitsu      10th Dan

Sandlin-Ryu-Doki-Bukiho-Jitsu     10th Dan

Sandlin-Ryu Judo Club of 2000     8th Dan

In 1970 Oushi Sandlin established his theory of Martial Arts training. It became known as Sandlin-Ryu. After returning from his United States Marine Corps. Tour of Duty in the early 1970's he resumed teaching Sandlin Ryu in the Danville and Tilton Illinois area where he still lives and teaches today. The title Chichi-Soke represents that he is the Father of our families philosophy of Martial Arts and the founder of our family Ryu or System of the Martial Arts. Soke Sandlin was known as the Iron Bull since the 1960's and took the name of Oushi in the 1980's which means "Bull". He was given the nickname Iron Bull in his youth due to his fierce competitiveness and his "Bull" like nature and strength.

Soke Sandlin began his Martial Arts career at the age of four. He was introduced by his Grandmother to the art of Judo at the local YMCA at a very young age.  After years of Judo he moved on to study from the Wongso Family of Martial Arts where he studied Ketsugo Jiu Jitsu and other systems of Jiu Jitsu.  In addition Soke Sandlin studied other styles of the Martial Arts during his time in the United States Military overseas in Okinawa and here stateside in California and Arizona.

Soke Sandlin is the founder of Sandlin Ryu Martial Arts, Sandlin Ryu Christian Martial Arts and the former Iron Bull Fighting Society in the 1970's. He has served in the United States Marine Corps and has been a martial Arts Instructor in the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army as well as U.S. Marine Corps. Soke Sandlin has served as security and as a bouncer on numerous occasions, also he has trained many local groups in Self Defense such as Church Groups, Recreation Groups and Neighborhood Crime Watch Units.

As a competitor Soke Sandlin was a fierce full contact fighter who won numerous tournaments in his career and has qualified for the U.S. Martial Arts Team as a competitor and coach. He has fielded a competitive Martial Arts team almost every year since he began teaching his founded system. In the early 1980's he did work as a stuntman and fight coordinator on television programs and full length feature films such as The A-Team, Knight Rider, Metalstorm and many more.

Stuntman: Television and Movie work

In the early 1980's Oushi Sandlin worked in Hollywood, California as a stuntman. He worked on a handful of television shows and full-length movies. He had small parts and did a lot of stunt work and fight choreographing.

Including:

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) Starring: Richard Moll, Kelly Preston, Jeffrey Byron, Tim Thomerson, R.Davis Smith.

Kung-Fu Fighters (Movie)

Hollywood Nights (Movie)

The A-Team (Television)

Knight Rider (Television)

Tales of the Golden Monkey (Television)

The Fall Guy (Television)

Recognition:

Academy Of American Fighting Artists / Member

American Bujutsu Council National Yudanshakai

Asian Brotherhood of Lethal Defense

Brotherhood Of Martial-Artist / Member

Christian Martial Arts Award 1996

Christ-Mission Martial Arts Alliance

Combat Warrior Martial Arts Association

Diversified League Of Martial Artist

Dom Nai Arts Inc International

Eagle Federation

European Association of Daito-Ryu-AIKI-Bujutsu

European Jujitsu / Jujutsu Union

European Samurai Ju-Jitsu / AIKI Society

Filiado a International Kung Fu Federation

Gelinas Kajukido Kempo Ryu Federation

Gelinas Ryu Jujitsu Federatio

GH Productions / Membership

Illinois State Martial Arts Award 1990 (2nd Place Team)

Internaional Martial Arts Association

International Combat Hapkido Union ICMAUA

International Combat Judo Union

International Combat Jujitsu Union

International Combat Karate Union

International Combat Martial Arts Founders Union

International Combat Martial Arts Organizations Union

International Combative Arts Association

International Fist law Society

International Martial Arts Union Association Hall Of Fame (Inducted in 2004)

International Mixed Martial Arts Association

International Ninja Society / Membership

International San-Ryu-Do Federation

International Tinh Vo Dao Federation

International Tranjitsu Federation

Jutsu Akademie Harms Organisation

Karate For Christ

Karate School Inc / Membership

KIKA/KBMA WORLD GB Member

National Dragon Council of Martial Arts (Lifetime Member)

National Kempo Karate Federation

Nihon To-Jutsu Karate-Do Kai

Nippon Yawara Ryu AIKI-Ju-Jitsu Renmei

Shojukempo International

Southard Combat Systems 2005 Hall of Fame

Tang Shou Society Of martial Artists

United Jujitsu Federation of America

United Martial Arts Alliance

United Martial Arts Alliance Charter Membership Sandlin Ryu Doke Jiu Jitsu Christian Alliance

United Martial Arts Alliance Charter Membership Sandlin-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu

United Martial Arts Alliance Charter Membership Sandlin-Ryu Martial Arts

United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance / Lifetime Charter Membership

United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance / Lifetime Individual Member

United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance Hall Of Fame

Universal Knight Council

Universal Martial Arts Club

Universal Society of Black Belts

USA martial Arts Hall Of Fame

Wongso Martial Arts

World Black Belt Alliance International

World Budo and Bushido Organization

World Combat Martial Arts Association

World Ju-Jitsu / AIKI-Bu Jutsu Federation

World Martial Arts Association

World Martial Arts Federation

World United Martial Arts Federation

 

Some of the ranks below have been awarded as Honorary and Cross Promotion

Aikido                     6th Dan

Aiki-Ju-Jitsu             8th Dan

Buki-Nobo-Jitsu    4th Dan

Cobra-Te-Karate (Black Dragon)    2nd Dan

Combat-Ju-Jitsu    4th Dan

Combat-Karate-Do (Red Dragon)    2nd Dan

Dim-Mak-Hishen (Black Dragon)    2nd Dan

Freestyle Kickboxing    6th Dan

Goju-Do-Karate        2nd Dan

Goshin-Ho-Jitsu        8th Dan

Hapkido                     7th Dan

Hwa-Rang-Do           2nd Dan

Ito-Ryu-Jitsu              6th Dan

Katho-Ju-Jitsu           4th Dan

Kempo-Ju-Jitsu         8th Dan

Kito-Te-Ju-Jitsu        8th Dan

Kobudo-Jitsu           6th Dan

Kumiuchi-Jitsu        4th Dan

Mawari-Ju-Jitsu       7th Dan

Okinawan-Te-Karate (Black Dragon)    2nd Dan

Shotokan-Karate-Do    6th Dan

Taiho-Jitsu              6th Dan

Tai-Jitsu                  6th Dan

Yawara-Ju-Jitsu       8th Dan

Yumo-Do    2nd Dan