ABOUT SENSEI RON Personal Growth and Self Improvement is the path to excellence.  Sensei Ron Thomas is a Transformational Life Coach, Seminar Leader and Motivational Speaker specializing in Human Potential and Excellence.  His expertise in the area of Personal Growth, Peak Performance and Self-Mastery combined with his championship background provides a powerful punch to his uniquely designed coaching programs and seminars.  He's a highly sought after Corporate Trainer, Life Coach, Success Coach, NLP Practitioner and Hypnotherapist, as well as a Mindset Coach for world class athletes.   With his personal winning background, it's no coincidence that Sensei Ron now coaches and consults others on personal and professional achievement.  As a former World Champion, Sensei Ron brings to the table a background of championship excellence combined with extensive training in human behavior and subconscious motivations.  A Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Time Line Therapist and Life Strategies Coach, Sensei Ron has thousands of hours of training and clinical experience assessing issues and helping others get personal and professional results.  Speaker & Author Sensei Ron is a dynamic and engaging motivational speaker.  A professional actor since the age of 11, any stage is home and his level of comfort in front of an audience allows him to connect and deliver meaningful content in a way that inspires listeners.  His message about the Power of Excellence is always insightful and creates real value for the audience, gifting many audience members with Ah ha moments.  Transformational and Motivational, Sensei Ron uses a Zen-like approach that often guides listeners to turn within and contemplate the Inner-Self as it relates to personal and/or professional achievement.  Sensei Ron is the author of uniquely formatted and highly successful pesonal growth programs, products, seminars and articles.  Personal Development Programs like his 12-week transformational curriculum, A Black Belt in Excellence, are remarkably unique and are a wellspring of insight spawning numerous audio products and e-books like Mastering Negative Emotions, Conquering Personal Limitations & Mastering the Art of Winning, and he is currently working on the completion of his first book, A Black Belt in Excellence.           Corporate Trainer As a Corporate Trainer, Sensei Ron specializes in creating a Winning Environment that is conducive to Excellence.  Beyond the common symptoms of low morale, low productivity, low customer retention, etc., lies the core issues and attitudes that are creating the symptoms and a negative environment that only feeds the monster.  Once these core challenges are uncovered, a strategy is adopted and organizational goals are brought into focus and then incorporated into "The Corporate Black Belt," an 8-week, value driven, team building experience. The Corporate Black Belt Program is a coaching curriculum developed by Sensei Ron that focuses on, not only the needs of an organization specifically, but Excellence overall. Sensei Ron specializes in cultivating a Winning Environment through Mindset, Morale, Leadership, Team Building, Customer Retention, Communication and Personality Awareness.  His Corporate Seminars and Corporate Black Belt Program produce outstanding, long-term results for the organization and long-term value for the individual employee.  Results Coach Sensei Ron is a passionate coach who has generated powerful results for clients allowing them to reach the top of their respective fields by gaining access to their full potential.  His unique style and delivery has been influenced by some of the industry's best including Tony Robbins, Sarano Kelley, Jeffery Combs, Jim Rohn and Mark Victor Hansen, and by some of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time including Dr. Michael Beckwith, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, Eckart Tolle and Depak Chopra.  He works with a limited number of clients at a time and specializes in Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Sales, Life Coaching and Athletic Performance.   Hypnotherapist & Master NLP Practitioner In a clinical setting, Sensei Ron has logged thousands of hours helping clients with personal breakthroughs using Hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and Time Line Therapy.  He graduated with honors from the nations only accredited school of hypnotherapy, HMI, and received the Director's Award for outstanding service during clinical residency.  He's received certifications as a Master Practitioner of NLP and Time Line Therapy, as well as Handwriting Analysis and Hypno-Kinesiology. Sensei Ron combines all of his skills and background when working with clients and has helped hundreds with a host of issues including fears, phobias, weight loss, addictions, PTSD, fear of success, fear of failure, limiting beliefs, public speaking, creativity, athletic performance, migraines, pain reduction, healing and more.  He currently works with a limited number of clients and is available for phone sessions.   Other Highlights Professional Actor Co-Star of the original Karate Kid & Karate Kid II Young Conan in the Conan Show at Universal Studios, Hollywood (10 yrs) Sonny Crocket in the Miami Vice Action Spectacular at Universal Studios, Hollywood (5 yrs)  Several film, TV & Stage credits and has worked with the industry's best including Academy Award winning director, John Avildsen (Rocky), Bill Bixby, Academy Award winning actress, Nina Foch, Mark DeCoscos (The Crow), Billy Blanks (Tae Bo), Emmy winning director, Michael Lembeck (Friends) and many more. Martial Arts 2x World Champion 5x International Self-Defense Champion 6th Degree Black Belt USA Sport Ju-Jitsu Team Member USA Sport Ju-Jitsu Team Trainer Coach to multiple world and national champions Owner and Chief Instructor, World Class Training Center, Los Angeles Other Sports Professional Level Golfer State, Regional & National Swimming Champion Expert Skier Affiliations: Toastmasters American Hypnosis Association Time Line Therapy Association United States Judo Association:  National Rank Examiner World Council of Ju-Jitsu Organizations Screen Actors Guild Agape Spiritual Center: Los Angeles Speaker/Trainer:  Showball Baseball Cancer Hope Foundation:  Volunteer Speaker/Seminar Leader Calabasas Treatment Center for Drug and Alcohol Addiction:  Volunteer Speaker/Life Coach