Biography and Career

Career time line:

Teenage: Golden Gloves boxer in Kansas City 86-3

1977: Joined Bushidokan martial arts program training under Jim Harrison, Ed Byxbe and Steve Mackey. Bob began to study kickboxing with boxing coach Dave Cannady and professional kickboxer, Steve Mackey. Became known for his tenacity and aggression. 1979: Bob turned professional and amassed a 19-1 record and earned a world title fight with then World Middleweight Champion Alvin Prouder. 1982: In a fight still considered one of the greatest fights in professional kickboxing Bob stunned the professionals and fans with a victory over Prouder. Bob defended his title 22 times, as well as fighting many non-title bouts. Professional record 51 wins, 3 losses 47 knock outs 1989: Bob's life took a drastic turn when his wife Betsy was shot in the head by a mugger outside a Bushidokan dojo where he was training. Betsy was pregnant with their daughter, Maggie, and Bob was suddenly faced with the possibility of losing the ones he loved most in the world. Betsy pulled through the ordeal, as did Maggie, but Bob now saw a new direction for the passion he had so long put into his kickboxing - teaching others how to defend themselves in what was becoming an increasingly violent society. He fought the two fights remaining on his contract and retired the undefeated World Super-middleweight Champion.

Consulting with police officers, social psychologists and other law enforcement professionals, Bob developed a personal safety training program that addressed not only the physical aspect of self defense, which his Bushidokan and kickboxing years had amply taught him, but the psychological aspects as well. Bob felt that being able to share the psychology of threats and attacks with his clients would enable him to present a more well rounded program than many others, and that his clients would benefit.

1991, Bob has dedicated himself to providing personal safety and self defense training to groups and individuals across the country. His unique blend of serious intensity and humor brings reality to class participants while arming them with tactics, techniques and the attitude to successfully respond to a personal threat situation if they should ever have to. 1992 -2002, St. Luke’s Plaza Health Systems, Security Officer Emergency Room on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night.

2005 – 2014 Global Check Recovery, Marketing and Sales Manager, went of out of business

A partial list of CounterAttactics clients:

Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Allied Administrators

Anderson Consulting

Association for Continuing Education

AT&T Communications

B&E Sports Marketing

Bethany Medical Center

Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

Chiefs of Police Association of Minnesota

Cinergy Corporation

City of Kansas City, Kansas

Citicorp Credit Services -

Clinical Reference Laboratory

Colorado Safety Association

Cushing Memorial Hospital

DST Systems Inc.

Employers Reinsurance Corporation

Farmland Industries

Federally Employed Women National

Training Program

Federal Reserve Bank

Fleming Foods

Fogel Anderson Construction

GE Capital Fleet Services

Grand Gulf Nuclear Power of Port Gibson,

MS

Hallmark Cards

Hennepin County Medical Center

Hoosier Safety Council

IBT Corporation

IKON Office Solutions

Kansas City Health Department

KPL Gas Service

Kansas City Power & Light

Kansas Medical Society

Liberty Hospital

Louisburg, NC College –

Med James Insurance Company

Medtronic Corporation

Meeting Professionals International

Missouri Dpmt. of Conservation

Missouri Western State College

Missouri School Teachers Assoc.

Missouri Bankers Assoc. -

National Assoc. of Health Unit Coordinators

National Emergency Nurse Assoc.

National Steel Corporaion

Nebraska Safety Council

North Memorial Medical Center of

Minneapolis

Olathe Medical Center

Overland Park Medical Center

Owens Corning

Professional Secretaries Intl.

Prudential Summerson/Burrows

Puritan Bennet Corporation

Rockhurst College -

School Services Leasing Co.

Southwestern Bell Mobil Systems

Sprint / United Telephone

Sprint Publishing & Advertising

St Francis Hospital

St. Luke's Hospital

State of Washington Taxpayer Advocacy

Sunflower Medical Group

3-M Pharmaceutical

The March of Dimes

Job Corps Women in Comm. Service

The Schooley Company

Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance

Company

University of South Carolina

University of Kansas -

University of Kansas Medical Center

Upward Bound / UMKC

US Engineering

Wellsville Joint Recreation

Western Resources

Wisconsin Safety Council

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