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INTERNTATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF
COMBAT SPORTS
MEDICINE
Mental and performance training organization for athletes and coaches
ABOUT the
IACSM
The IACSM-International Association Of Combat Sports Medicine exists to provide the best science, safety, technology health and wellness programs to Coaches, Trainers, Performance Agents and Athletes involved in Combat Sports. Combat Sports include but is not limited to Traditional Martial Arts, Mixed Martial Arts, Wrestling and Boxing.
The IACSM is a 501 (3) (c) Non-Profit Corporation incorporated in the state of Hawaii.
meet some of our team
dr. joseph bannon
Dr. Bannon is the USMAA International Director of Chinese Martial Arts and currently holds the rank of Shidan (10thDegree Black Belt) under the United States Martial Artist Association’s Board of Elders, as well as a (15) time inductee into multiple Halls of Fame.He is a former international student and course graduate of the Golden Lion Academy of Dim Mak - Gung Fu in Australia where he traveled to and studied Chinese Medicine and Dim Mak Gung Fu under Grandmaster / Dr. Tsui Po....
GM Bannon is also a senior instructor / disciple at the Lau Kune Do Taoist Temple of Chinese Gung Fu in Southern California directly under Founder and Grandmaster Hing Woo Tsim. He formally studied Holistic Medical Philosophy domestically and abroad as it relates to both healing and the martial arts. He was further certified in Addiction Counseling and Post Trauma Intervention at Cornell University, RBC, and California State University along with several other college accredited in-service training courses and mandatory annual CEUs.
paul lozada
Paul Lozadahas been a student of the martial arts for the past 47 years, and a Master Instructor since 1979. He holds the ranks of 8th Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate, 2nd Dan in Jiu Jutsu, Master of Hung Gar (5 Animal System), Instructor of Wing Chun, and Master of Escrima (Filipino Stick and Knife Fighting).
He is a Master Instructor and police (close quarter) combat expert, as well as a 20 year police veteran, detective, and one of the most highly decorated police officers in the San Francisco Police Department in California. He has survived a countless number of street fights, as well as several armed gun and knife confrontations. He has authored two books relative to police baton and knife defense techniques.
In 2001, he worked directly with Denzel Washington in his character development for the movie "Training Day" which won Denzel an Academy Award. Grand Master Lozada has also provided technical advice and choreography to many action movies directed by Film Director Antoine Fuqua. He recently published his autobiography, “Officer 1 Eight 7” (Trials and Tribulations of an Undercover Cop).