John Hutchison
Chief Instructor
Tactical Defense Training™

John Hutchison began his martial arts career in 1971 while in the United States Navy with the study of Japanese Jiu Jitsu. This started a decade long quest for knowledge and skill in traditional fighting arts that led him to study Kenpo, Wado Ryu, Shorin Ryu and earned him a Black Belt in Shotokan Karate.

Hutchison became a Police Officer in 1985 where his martial arts skills were put into practice as a Defensive Tactics Instructor. In the years that followed Hutchison became an Arizona POST certified DTI, Impact Weapons, and POST NRA certified Firearms Instructor.

Always searching for new and better methods, Hutchison met Richard Ryan in 1990 and began the study of Dynamic Combat™. Four years later he earned his Instructorship and currently holds the rank of Combat Expert Level IV (4th Degree Black Belt) in the art, where he has earned the reputation of being one of the arts most proficient and knowledgeable instructors. Hutchison is also extensively trained in Ryan's Tactical Edged Weapons™ and Tactical Defense Training™ system where he holds Advanced Instructor Certificates. As a police officer Hutchison is an experienced Yavapai County SWAT team leader and a Gunsite Training Center instructor where he has taught both armed and unarmed tactics.

Currently Hutchison is a Sergeant on the Yavapai County Sheriffs Office, the head Defensive Tactics Instructor for the Northern Arizona Police Academy and Chief Law Enforcement Instructor for the RDS, Inc.® Tactical Defense Training™: Law Enforcement Training Division.