Elite Free Style Hapkido

Master Ryan Yarbrough Head Instructor of Yarbrough Martial Arts Academy .

Ryan is a famous freestyle fighter in the tri state area NC ,SC,TN,VA for 24 years in the ring with 76 wins and 36 losses with a 112 fights in the ring and still spars in the gym twice a week in stand up striking and on the ground grappling since 1995 to current .

At age 18 he was giving the nickname RHINO at the boxing gym has a inside fighting rushing in the pocket with chin down strong and fast focusing on time and distance .

Martial arts back ground .

In 1995 Mr.Ryan started learning both arts of Hapkido and Ju Jitsu he was a sponge and learned from everyone . Has a teenager he joined a boxing / kickboxing gym and started boxing in the ring at 18 years old ,there he meet Karate & Kickboxing instructors . Ryan was looking for a kids class for his nephew Cody and found an American NinJutsu Academy so he joined in 2003 along with Dad , nephew , ness,and a friend . Ryan earned his black belt in Hapkido in 2005 and a black belt in both Ju Jitsu and Karate in 2006 ,a black belt in Kickboxing 2010 , black belt Taekwondo in 2017 and in 2018 earned his black belt in Ninjutsu .

The former champ of freestyle fighting , known has the man who fought them all because he fought them in there sport ! A true freestyle fighter and a tuff competitor in the sport of Boxing , Kickboxing , Muaythai , Point Karate , Continuous Karate , Tag Team Karate Fighting , Bare Knuckles Karate , Sport JuJitsu , Cage Fighting , Gi & No grappling submissions , Combat JuJitsu , Super fights in JuJitsu , sword fighting, kata , self defense ,

2001 - 2004 Ryan (RHINO) Yarbrough enter in full contact boxing ring competing in local boxing matches

All pro / black belt division fights / these are the high lights of fighting career has all of these are black belt division .

2005 - 2024 Competed in Point Karate and Continuous Karate fighting / 10x national champ

2005 - 2008 Light and middle weight American Kickboxing champ and MuayThai champ

2007 - IKF NC Muay Thai kickboxing state championship lost to Dominique Simmons of FL by decision crusier weight

2009 sport JuJitsu / MMA rule world champion of Triad Show Case of Martial arts league tournament / all standing ,throws , to ground fighting .

2010 - 2025 Grappling submissions and Ju Jitsu tournament

2014 Placed Bronze for the Bare Knuckles Karate World Title Fights

2014 Placed Silver for KBMA World Title JuJitsu fights

2015 Placed Gold world title KBMA JuJitsu fights tournament

2016 KBMA sword fighting champion

2020 - 2024 Super fights in the Cage / Combat JuJitsu / ppv on tv

2021 4th place NAGA jujitsu No Gi

2022 won the belt NAGA JuJItsu Gi

2022 silver Naga Jujitsu no Gi

2023 silver Naga JUJITSU Gi

2023 Silver Naga No Gi Ju Jitsu

2024 World title super fight JuJitsu silver in Gi JuJitsu @ Central Carolina Karate / JuJitsu

2024 world title champ 2-0 no gi Jujitsu Central Carolina Karate / JuJitsu tournament

Martial Arts Belt Rank

7th degree black belt Hapkido under Grand Master Derman Hodge of SC

6rh degree black belt JuJitsu under Grand Master Derman Hodge -of SC

4th degree black belt in Karate under Grand Master Sam Albright of NC

2nd degree black belt in Kickboxing under Coach Bob Yoder of Ohio RIP

Black belt Taekwondo under Grand Master Derman Hodge

Black belt American NinJutsu under Sensei Tim Ross

Trained Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for four years and freestyle wrestling

Trained boxing for many years

Association

1999 Independent Martial Arts Federation / Soke Robert Shook / Soke Kirk Simmons

2003 American Ninjutsu of NC and TX / Sensei Tim Ross / Master Yvonne Falgout /Master redmond

2011 World Moo Sul Kwan Federation / Grand Master Derman Hodge

2012 Kuro Bushi Martial Arts Organization / Grand Master Ernest Dukes

2015 World Tae Sool Won / Grand Master Troy Trudeau