Mike Brownson was born in 1959 in Abilene Texas, his father was in the US Air Force at the time. In 1962 Mike settled in Colorado and has been a resident ever since. In his professional life he is the owner of a wholesale distributor of wireless communications products, Electro-comm Distributing (www.electro-comm.com). His company supplies wireless products throughout the world with a staff of 25 people. Mike and his wife, Ramona, have a horse ranch, Phantom Creek Ranch, (www.electro-comm.com/pcr) just north of Elizabeth where they raise, train and breed Missouri Foxtrotting horses. As Mike's children became of school age he looked for some activities they could get involved in. He found the Ninpiden Dojo in Parker in 1994 and enrolled his 2 boys and one daughter. After a few years of watching his kids have all the fun Mike decided it was time to join. In 1997 Mike joined the Ninpiden dojo in Parker. Mike has always been interested in the Martial Arts ever since watching the Kung Fu series as a kid on TV. After years of study Mike earned his Black Belt in the advanced program on October of 2003. His youngest son is also active in the program and has a Black Belt in program one. Mike has studied in Ninpo dojos throughout the world, traveling to England, Japan and Thailand recently. He enjoys traveling and learning new things, considering himself the perpetual student. He teaches classes in the Elizabeth Dojo on Saturday mornings and considers every moment a learning opportunity." I find learning and teaching at the Ninpiden Dojo to be very rewarding. It is amazing to see the parallels between my professional life and my dojo life and how I can apply what I learn in the dojo to running an international company with many employees. It also just feels good to know that I have the reflexes and skills that I have developed in my training. And I have always been fascinated by the sword and now have a good system to learn and develop proper form and function. " Mike Brownson