SAMURAI COP

Sensei Dye served the community of Costa Mesa, California as a police officer for a total of 34 years. During his tenure his duties included Patrol, Investigation, Court Liaison Officer for his department and the District Attorney's Office, Custody Officer and the department's Lead Defensive Tactics Instructor. He has been involved in Defensive Tactics training of law enforcement officers worldwide and has produced an 8 volume set of video tapes on the use of Yoshinkan Aikido for Law Enforcement. He was the first Costa Mesa Police Officer to receive a letter of commendation for his years of service to the community from the President of the United States. His fellow officers gave him the nickname of the "Samurai Cop". Sensei Dye currently teaches part-time as an Assistant Defensive Tactics Instructor for the Orange County Sheriff's Academy... Sensei Dye began his martial arts training in 1962 and continues to this day to teach and study the martial arts. With over 40 years of training..

Primary location: Costa Mesa United States