William Jones
Instructor of Portage County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Bill Jones has been training in the martial arts since 1985. Since that time he’s earned Black Belts in Shotokan Karate, Poekoelan Kung Fu, and Aiki Jujitsu (Japanese Jujitsu).  In 2004, after returning from military service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and looking to continue his martial arts training, Bill was introduced to Tony Rinaldi. After one Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class with Tony, Bill knew that he had found the right style and instructor. Bill stopped wearing a black belt that day, vowing to never to wear a Black Belt again until he earned it in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Bill has taught in various capacities in many different venues including being a hand to hand combat instructor in Iraq, teaching the accredited self defense course at YSU, and instructing adults and children in karate, kung fu, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
William Jones’ History

• 1985 – Began martial arts training in Tae Kwon Do
• 1996 – Black Belt in Poekoelan Kung Fu
• 1997 – Ohio State Champion in the PKC
• 1998 – Ohio State Champion and National Runner up for PKC
• 1999 – 2nd Degree Black Belt in Poekoelan Kung Fu
• 2001 – 3rd Degree Black Belt in Poekoelan Kung Fu
• 2000 – 1st Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate
• 2002 – 2nd Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate
• 2002 – 1st  Degree Black Belt in Aiki Jujitsu
• 2003 – Military Deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
• 2003/2004 – Military combatives instructor in Iraq
• 2004 – Joined Team Pedro Sauer under Tony Rinaldi 
• 2004 – Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from YSU
• 2004 – Lifetime member for USJJF and USMAF  
• 2004 – 2nd place at the USJJF Nationals and alternate to National Team
• 2004 – 2006 – Instructor of credited Self Defense Course at Youngstown State University
• 2005 – Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 
• 2006 – Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Medicine            
• 2007 – Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• 2010 – Opens Portage County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Global Martial Arts
• 2010 – Brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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Nathan August
BJJ Blue Belt, Black belt in Ne-Du-U-Kon-Te Karate, Reality Based Self Defense Expert

Nathan began training martial arts in 2000 under Ron Heverly, an affiliate of the Ne-Du-U-Kon-Te martial arts association, run by Rod Kaufmann. Through Mr. Kaufmann Nathan received training in Wing Chun, Tae Kwon Do, and Shotokan Karate, among others.  Eventually Mr. Heverly moved on and Nathan began training under Adam Wilson. During this time he earned his black belt and began to focus on reality based self defense. In 2006, Adam Wilson began training Nathan in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well as RBSD.   Additionally, Adam moved on to focus on BJJ, leaving Nathan to run the Sebring School of Self Defense. In early 2010 Nathan began fully focusing on BJJ under Bill Jones.

Nathan assists in teaching classes with Bill.