Richard Ryan

Richard Ryan comes from a long line of gifted athletes. The men in his family were all wrestlers and his grandfather was a champion boxer and police captain who taught defensive tactics for the FBI. Under the influence of his grandfather he also became fascinated with police tactics and also studied wrestling and boxing.

Ryan was soon captivated by the martial arts. As a teenager he studied Tae Kwon-do and Chinese Kenpo eventually earned his first Black Belt. A few years later after seeing a Bruce Lee movie, he sought out and began the study of Wing Chun Gung Fu. In two years he had learned the entire Wing Chun system, achieved a full instructorship and was awarded a third degree black sash (third degree black belt) and had become the youngest instructor in the history of the Arizona Gung Fu Academy. At the same time Ryan also started training in full-contact kickboxing. Seeking to expose himself to as many types of fighters and styles as possible, he formed a hard core sparring association called the Gladiator Club.

Over the next five years of his life he devoted himself with incredible intensity to his personal quest – to discover the core realities of interpersonal combat and become the best martial artist he could be. Ryan broke all ties with the past and the traditional styles he had studied and examined every combative art. Ryan also began to integrate firearms training into his repertoire. Following his new belief in a more total approach to combat, Ryan stepped out of the confines of his hand-to-hand and traditional weapons combat training and began training in all forms of combative firearms. He was anexpert marksman and firearms instructor at the U.S. Marksmanship Academy and Gunsite Academy. Ryan developed innovative programs for S.W.A.T. and special ops teams, and pioneer the development of reality-based integrated force tactics for civilians and law enforcement. This led him to become the author the vast majority of the Arizona Peace Officer’s Standards and Training (AZPOST) Defense Tactics Law Enforcement Training Manual, currently in use by every law enforcement agency in the state of Arizona – an accomplishment that is unparalleled nationwide. 

Ryan has emerged as one of the earliest pioneers of the reality fighting arts having spent decades in the study of the sciences of physics and kinesiology with the sole intention of developing new and better fighting methods. He is renowned for his vast knowledge of reality combat and understanding of the science behind the arts. He earned a reputation as an innovator and advocate of the scientific approach to fighting – a reputation that is with him to this day.

Richard Ryan's Dynamic Combat™ Method (D.C.M.) is the innovative, exceedingly effective reality-based martial art that Ryan invented and refined over the past several decades. It forms the foundation for all his teaching. A comprehensive personal survival system, Dynamic Combat™ addresses all aspects of violent confrontations including in-depth study of all forms of hand-to-hand and weapons combat. Dynamic Combat™ is unique because unlike other arts it is designed from the ground up and based on the correct application of physics and biomechanics. Moreover, its core techniques are designed around the ability to deal with the worst that combat has to offer. Dynamic Combat™ is the martial art of the worst-case scenario, designed to help its practitioner survive the most extreme situations and opponents.

Ryan is also the owner and publisher of Real Combat Online (RCO Magazine) a unique online publication that focuses exclusively on proliferation of reality-based fighting arts. His company, Ryan Defense Systems, Inc., offers a wide variety of services to the public, government and law enforcement agencies.

For more information on Dynamic Combat™ and its complete family of programs and products, visit: www.DynamicCombat.com

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