Dr. Leonard "Doc" Holifield, Ph.D./M.A.
PRESIDENT / FOUNDER
Phalanx Training Academy, LLC.
President - Founder - Chief Instructor
Honor Graduate/Staff Instructor - ESI
ESI - Executive Security International
Marquis Who's Who in America 2004
Marquis Who's Who in the World 2005
Military Police Officer, U.S. Army
LEOSA - Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act
Close Combat Instructors Association
Former U.S. Army Chief Combatives Instructor
U.S. Army Decorated Combat Veteran - Gulf War, POW Capture
International Combat Martial Arts Encyclopedia
7x World Martial Arts Hall of Fame Instructor of the Year
International Protective and Security Academy
Bannon Institute of the Arts, Council of Masters
World Academy of Martial Arts Philosophy & Sciences
WOMA - World Organizer of Martial Arts - PHD/MS Degree
World Soke Head Council of Japan
American College of Martial Science
International Council of Masters and Grandmasters
Supreme Grandmaster Sikaron Karate Federation
International Society of Headfounders & Headfamilies
International Protective & Security Academy
International Fellowship of Martial Artist, India
The Evolution of the Mortal Kombat
Character "JAX"
The Story You Never Heard
Mortal Kombat
Character
Major Jackson Briggs
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A LEGEND AND A LEGACY
The True Story of Leonard C. Holifield
A journey through the amazing life and career of America's premier U.S. Army Chief Combatives Instructor, a child prodigy from his hyperactive childhood, through his decorated military career, to capturing the first enemy POW of the Gulf War, to Grandmaster of the Martial Arts, to the personal Bodyguard to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. A Legend and A Legacy is Born.
THE JOURNEY
EXECUTIVE PROTECTION 2.0
DR. HOLIFIELD WITH DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS
Holifield with SMA Richard A. Kidd, U.S. Army 1993
Holifield with Battalion Commander, Col. Dennis Lewis, Ft. Bragg, NC.
Letter from SMA Michael A. Grinston, U.S. Army, 2023
DR. HOLIFIELD WITH FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
ALABAMA SUPREME COURT
JUDGE ROY MOORE AKA THE "TEN COMMANDMENTS JUDGE"
IGSC - International Grandmasters Sokeship Council
Dr. Leonard C. Holifield is the Director and Founder of the US Educational Institute (PHALANX TRAINING ACADEMY), the I.A.E.P.A. (INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF EXECUTIVE PROTECTION AGENTS), the SKF (SIKARON KARATE FEDERATION), and the (INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF MARTIAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY).
He is the former Chief Security Officer and personal bodyguard to the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roy S. Moore, aka "The Ten Commandments Judge". He has protected corporate CEO's, government officials, celebrities, and foreign dignitaries.
Holifield has over 60 years of martial arts experience and is Supreme Grandmaster of the International Sikaron Karate Federation, as well as Founder President of the I.A.P.M.S.D.T [The International Academy of Police & Military Self Defense Tactics] , and H.C.S.I [Holifield's Combat Systems International] , and leader of numerous professional organizations as well.
He is considered one of the top U.S. leading experts in military hand-to-hand combat; often compared to the Midway Games Mortal Kombat character "Major Jackson "JAX" Briggs, he is a published author of several publications and frequent lecturer on reality-based self-defense, executive protection, and military combatives.
During his military career, he served as Chief Combatives Instructor to the United States Army from 1987 to 1997 and was instrumental in incorporating major changes to the Army's official manual on Combatives (FM 21-150) Dec 1971.
While stationed at Camp Casey, Korea, he and his team spearheaded a hand-to-hand combat training program that was taught throughout the 2nd Infantry Division and 8th Army Command. His military positions included Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Specialist, Combat Lifesaver, Master Fitness Instructor, Instructor Certified "H" Identifier, MP Inmate Labor Supervisor, Tac-Fire Operations Specialist, Military Police Officer and CQC/USD trainer to Airborne, Air Assault, Air Cavalry, Infantry, Field Artillery, (SRT) Special Reaction Teams and Special Operations.
During the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) he was credited with capturing the first Iraqi Enemy Prisoner of War (POW)
His work in the field of hand-to-hand combat has been featured on AFKN (Armed Forced Korean Network) and in numerous military publications, to include Stars & Stripes, Soldiers Magazine, Army Trainer Magazine (Cover), Korus Magazine, Military Police Magazine and has been recognized by top military leaders to include former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin Powell, Sergeant Majors of the Army SMA Richard A. Kidd and SMA Michael Grinston, CSM Leslie Freeman Jr, and Col. Dennis R. Lewis, to name a few.
Email: holifieldcps@aol.com, Phone: (404) 993-4602 / (352) 718-0995 / (770) 742-5269