Martial Arts Credentials:
6th Degree Black Belt
Shorinji Toraken-ryu Karate
4th Degree Black Belt
Okinawan Tozan-ryu Karate
Shorinji Toraken-ryu Kobudo
1st Degree Black Belt
Shorinji Toraken-ryu Kempo-Karate
Shorinji Toraken-ryu Ju-jutsu
Other Credentials
Instructor Rating in Unconventional Personal Combat (UPC)
Shihan Zingg began his Karate training in 1969 studying Okinawan Isshinryu Karate. Two years later he began studying Okinawan Tozan-ryu Shindokan Karate under Bobby Joe Blythe, 6th Degree Black Belt. From 1972 through 1984, Mr. Zingg was the Senior Assistant Instructor at Shihan Blythe's school in Dumfries, Virginia and became the school manager in 1979. In 1984 he moved to Charles Town, West Virginia where he opened his own school. Mr. Zingg met Soke Cherry and Nidai Soke Ferrell in 1987 and began his training in Shorinji Toraken-ryu shortly thereafter.
Shihan Zingg also serves as the Team Leader for the US Kempo Team and he is the Pan-American Director of the International Kempo Federation (IKF).