BRENT L. ANDERSON
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Brent L. Anderson
Member - United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF) ®
Chief Instructor - Owner & Chief Instructor of Ko Heichi Bushidokan® and B.A. SURVIVAL™
State Advisor - United States Taiho Jutsu for Wyoming, USA
“From one thing, know ten thousand things.”
– Miyamoto Musashi, 16th Century Samurai
Brent started his martial arts journey in 1985 at a bloody-knuckles, rough-and-tumble karate dojo in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been continually active in martial arts since that time.
When he joined Fred Watson’s Bushidokan at age fifteen he had already been beaten up and terrorized more times than he can remember. One encounter (age 13) left him pummeled with one eye swollen shut, lumps on his head and blood-soaked clothing. His mother nearly fainted when he walked through the door.
He wasn’t looking for a sport or hobby; he wanted to learn how to hurt those who had hurt him. He had a burning hatred for bullies and a skewed view of justice. Luckily Watson’s Bushidokan was a tough, no-nonsense dojo but it was also one that taught honor, self-control and the entire Bushido (Way of the Warrior) Code. Bushidokan is a combination of karate-kickboxing, Judo-Jujitsu and real-world defense and combat.
With time Anderson’s adolescent desire for revenge grew into a passion for teaching self-defense. After high school he earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration. During college he also became an EMT and worked various fun jobs. Such as, a bouncer in a bar, a Park Ranger/EMT at Worlds of Fun, and security at Arrowhead Stadium (Chief’s football). An interesting note about Worlds of Fun is that Jim Lindell (National Law Enforcement Training Center) provided the training for the security team, including handcuffing, baton and the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR). Brent also started training at Steve Katzer’s Bushidokan during his college years.
After college he was hired by security contractor, Security Patrol, Inc. They had contracts throughout the greater metropolitan Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS areas. Brent received his KCMO Police Department firearm certification, handcuff training, and training in baton, pepper spray, defensive driving, and use of force.
Shortly after hire he was assigned to a new federal Housing & Urban Development (HUD) contract in the worst of the worst housing projects in Kansas City. At that time the city was threatening to sue HUD. There were several serious incidents, and it had become too dangerous for police officers to respond to calls in certain projects. The city and HUD came to a compromise. HUD contracted with Security Patrol to add a 24-hour security force in the worst neighborhoods, and Brent was one of those officers.
Security officers worked in a coordinated effort with the local KCPD to maintain community safety by arresting and deterring individuals involved in drug trafficking, violence, trespassing, burglary, robbery and other gang related crimes. Brent honed his arrest procedures, resistive handcuffing skills, and physical control techniques but also learned the importance of verbal de-escalation and building rapport with local residents (those not involved in crime). It was an eye-opening experience which has informed much of his later career and training strategies.
Brent later worked for the State of Missouri in a locked facility for violent juvenile offenders. This is where he gained an interest in the field of human services.
In 1995, Brent and his wife moved to Wyoming. He formed Ko Heichi Martial Arts™ & KoH Security Consulting™ and started teaching criminal justice students and law enforcement at Eastern Wyoming College. He was also hired to manage a runaway/homeless youth shelter across the state line in Nebraska.
As fate would have it, a police chief friend of Brent’s hired Jim Harrison for a series of grant funded police trainings. Sensei Harrison is founder of the famous Bushidokan Judo-Jujitsu, Karate-Kickboxing, & Ronin Goshin Jutsu systems. Brent was a brown belt in Bushidokan when he met Mr. Harrison for the first time.
Brent acted as Mr. Harrison’s uke (training partner) for various law enforcement training seminars from 1996 to 1999. It was Harrison that promoted Brent to Bushidokan black belt in 1999. Mr. Harrison became a friend and mentor to Brent as he continued to expand his learning and develop his businesses.
Brent spent thirteen years as a youth services director and has been the Executive Director of a full-service mental health non-profit since 2008. He oversees 30 employees including eleven licensed therapists. He has continued to run his dojo and do regular specialty trainings including Women As Warriors™ (Women’s Defense), Martial Arts Kids Camps, B.A. Survival Tactics™, Church Security Team Training, Fitness Kickboxing, Corporate Team Building, Specialized Law Enforcement trainings, Weapon’s Training, and Security Consulting.
In 2017, Jim Harrison designated five Certified Training Centers (CTC) to carry on the legacy of the martial arts system he created and honed for over six decades. Anderson’s Ko Heichi Bushidokan® was one of the chosen schools.
In addition to his forty years of continuous martial arts training, Brent became a lifelong scholar of criminal behavior, criminal psychology, and is continuously refining the best of proven tactics for personal combat. He holds multiple instructor certifications including crisis prevention/intervention, handcuffing, weapons, law enforcement tactics and defensive/street survival. He has expertise in everything from trauma informed care and verbal de-escalation (soft skills) to extreme threat elimination (hard skills). His security consulting included installing CCTV systems and selling high tech portable law enforcement surveillance systems for several years.
Besides Jim Harrison, Brent has had the privilege to learn from some of the world’s elite. He continues to train with master trainers Torr Harrison and Travis Boggs in the Bushidokan system. Other examples include Mike Morton, Combat Instructor with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Battleline Tactical, Anti-terrorist/Active Shooter training; and certification as an ASP, Inc baton and handcuff instructor.
Jim “Smokey” West, Retired Army/Green Beret/Special Forces, USSOCOM trainer and Founder of the American Extension Fighting system awarded Brent a 4th dan in American Extension Fighting. Mr. West and Brent found their reality-based approaches to personal defense and combat made them kindred martial artists.
Brent continues to expand his knowledge of human behavior and criminology. His friendship with Lt. Col. Dave Grossman continues to be a source of expanded knowledge in all things related to the science of combat and violence. In 2024, Brent joined the Faith Based Security Network and attended his first FBSN Security Operations Summit.
Security consulting, human services training and hands on defensive tactics have been a part of his offered training since 1995 but in 2022, Anderson formed a new business called, B.A. SURVIVAL™.
He found that corporate leaders were often hesitant to hire a “martial arts guy” to train employees. He had lots of word-of-mouth referrals previously, however, the B.A. SURVIVAL business has attracted new customers interested in well-rounded training that encompasses a mixture of soft skills and hard skills.
Additionally, Brent is the award-winning author of the children’s book, Wee Three Kings, and an inventor with three U.S. Patents. His journey continues. He seeks out and attends training whenever possible, he reads three to four books per month, and does deep-dive research into criminology, violence and other topics. He continually teaches others the best of the best information he can find. He takes inspiration from the bible verse Micah 6:8 which encourages us to Act Justly, Love Mercy, and to Walk Humbly.
Brent L. Anderson’s teaching is not the wisdom of one man, style, or system but a culmination of insights from multiple renowned experts on violence, combat, and personal protection.
Dan Ranks Achieved -
4th Dan – American Extension Fighting – Soke Jim “Smokey” West (2024)
2nd Dan - Bushidokan – Sensei Steve Katzer, and the Bushidokan Yudanshakai Board (2019)
1st Dan - Bushidokan - Soke Jim “Ronin” Harrison (1999)
Certification/Training Highlights
· Forty years of continuous martial arts training, thirty years continuous as an instructor
· Security Operations Summit, FBSN (2024)
· Mike Morton, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Advanced Training in close quarters combat (2024)
· Lt. Col. Dave Grossman - Bulletproof Mind Course (2023)
· Battleline Tactical – Active Shooter/ Terrorist Response Course (2018)
· ASP, Inc. – Tactical Weapon Instructor (2017)
· State of Wyoming – Peace Officers Standards and Training, Authorized Instructor – Instructor of Verbal De-escalation Skills, Violence Prevention/Crisis Intervention, Personal Safety & Self Defense (2007)
· Crisis Prevention Institute Continuous Certification (1996)
· Court Appointed Child Advocate Certification (1996)
· Certified Mediator – Center for Conflict Resolution & Family Youth Services Bureau (1995)
· Board of Police Commissioners, Kansas City, MO – Private Officer, Firearm Certified (1995)
· State of Missouri Department of Health – Emergency Medical Technician (1990)
Sensei Brent Anderson Contact Info -
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.BASURVIVAL.com
Member - United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF) ®
Chief Instructor - Owner & Chief Instructor of Ko Heichi Bushidokan® and B.A. SURVIVAL™
State Advisor - United States Taiho Jutsu for Wyoming, USA
“From one thing, know ten thousand things.”
– Miyamoto Musashi, 16th Century Samurai
Brent started his martial arts journey in 1985 at a bloody-knuckles, rough-and-tumble karate dojo in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been continually active in martial arts since that time.
When he joined Fred Watson’s Bushidokan at age fifteen he had already been beaten up and terrorized more times than he can remember. One encounter (age 13) left him pummeled with one eye swollen shut, lumps on his head and blood-soaked clothing. His mother nearly fainted when he walked through the door.
He wasn’t looking for a sport or hobby; he wanted to learn how to hurt those who had hurt him. He had a burning hatred for bullies and a skewed view of justice. Luckily Watson’s Bushidokan was a tough, no-nonsense dojo but it was also one that taught honor, self-control and the entire Bushido (Way of the Warrior) Code. Bushidokan is a combination of karate-kickboxing, Judo-Jujitsu and real-world defense and combat.
With time Anderson’s adolescent desire for revenge grew into a passion for teaching self-defense. After high school he earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration. During college he also became an EMT and worked various fun jobs. Such as, a bouncer in a bar, a Park Ranger/EMT at Worlds of Fun, and security at Arrowhead Stadium (Chief’s football). An interesting note about Worlds of Fun is that Jim Lindell (National Law Enforcement Training Center) provided the training for the security team, including handcuffing, baton and the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR). Brent also started training at Steve Katzer’s Bushidokan during his college years.
After college he was hired by security contractor, Security Patrol, Inc. They had contracts throughout the greater metropolitan Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS areas. Brent received his KCMO Police Department firearm certification, handcuff training, and training in baton, pepper spray, defensive driving, and use of force.
Shortly after hire he was assigned to a new federal Housing & Urban Development (HUD) contract in the worst of the worst housing projects in Kansas City. At that time the city was threatening to sue HUD. There were several serious incidents, and it had become too dangerous for police officers to respond to calls in certain projects. The city and HUD came to a compromise. HUD contracted with Security Patrol to add a 24-hour security force in the worst neighborhoods, and Brent was one of those officers.
Security officers worked in a coordinated effort with the local KCPD to maintain community safety by arresting and deterring individuals involved in drug trafficking, violence, trespassing, burglary, robbery and other gang related crimes. Brent honed his arrest procedures, resistive handcuffing skills, and physical control techniques but also learned the importance of verbal de-escalation and building rapport with local residents (those not involved in crime). It was an eye-opening experience which has informed much of his later career and training strategies.
Brent later worked for the State of Missouri in a locked facility for violent juvenile offenders. This is where he gained an interest in the field of human services.
In 1995, Brent and his wife moved to Wyoming. He formed Ko Heichi Martial Arts™ & KoH Security Consulting™ and started teaching criminal justice students and law enforcement at Eastern Wyoming College. He was also hired to manage a runaway/homeless youth shelter across the state line in Nebraska.
As fate would have it, a police chief friend of Brent’s hired Jim Harrison for a series of grant funded police trainings. Sensei Harrison is founder of the famous Bushidokan Judo-Jujitsu, Karate-Kickboxing, & Ronin Goshin Jutsu systems. Brent was a brown belt in Bushidokan when he met Mr. Harrison for the first time.
Brent acted as Mr. Harrison’s uke (training partner) for various law enforcement training seminars from 1996 to 1999. It was Harrison that promoted Brent to Bushidokan black belt in 1999. Mr. Harrison became a friend and mentor to Brent as he continued to expand his learning and develop his businesses.
Brent spent thirteen years as a youth services director and has been the Executive Director of a full-service mental health non-profit since 2008. He oversees 30 employees including eleven licensed therapists. He has continued to run his dojo and do regular specialty trainings including Women As Warriors™ (Women’s Defense), Martial Arts Kids Camps, B.A. Survival Tactics™, Church Security Team Training, Fitness Kickboxing, Corporate Team Building, Specialized Law Enforcement trainings, Weapon’s Training, and Security Consulting.
In 2017, Jim Harrison designated five Certified Training Centers (CTC) to carry on the legacy of the martial arts system he created and honed for over six decades. Anderson’s Ko Heichi Bushidokan® was one of the chosen schools.
In addition to his forty years of continuous martial arts training, Brent became a lifelong scholar of criminal behavior, criminal psychology, and is continuously refining the best of proven tactics for personal combat. He holds multiple instructor certifications including crisis prevention/intervention, handcuffing, weapons, law enforcement tactics and defensive/street survival. He has expertise in everything from trauma informed care and verbal de-escalation (soft skills) to extreme threat elimination (hard skills). His security consulting included installing CCTV systems and selling high tech portable law enforcement surveillance systems for several years.
Besides Jim Harrison, Brent has had the privilege to learn from some of the world’s elite. He continues to train with master trainers Torr Harrison and Travis Boggs in the Bushidokan system. Other examples include Mike Morton, Combat Instructor with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Battleline Tactical, Anti-terrorist/Active Shooter training; and certification as an ASP, Inc baton and handcuff instructor.
Jim “Smokey” West, Retired Army/Green Beret/Special Forces, USSOCOM trainer and Founder of the American Extension Fighting system awarded Brent a 4th dan in American Extension Fighting. Mr. West and Brent found their reality-based approaches to personal defense and combat made them kindred martial artists.
Brent continues to expand his knowledge of human behavior and criminology. His friendship with Lt. Col. Dave Grossman continues to be a source of expanded knowledge in all things related to the science of combat and violence. In 2024, Brent joined the Faith Based Security Network and attended his first FBSN Security Operations Summit.
Security consulting, human services training and hands on defensive tactics have been a part of his offered training since 1995 but in 2022, Anderson formed a new business called, B.A. SURVIVAL™.
He found that corporate leaders were often hesitant to hire a “martial arts guy” to train employees. He had lots of word-of-mouth referrals previously, however, the B.A. SURVIVAL business has attracted new customers interested in well-rounded training that encompasses a mixture of soft skills and hard skills.
Additionally, Brent is the award-winning author of the children’s book, Wee Three Kings, and an inventor with three U.S. Patents. His journey continues. He seeks out and attends training whenever possible, he reads three to four books per month, and does deep-dive research into criminology, violence and other topics. He continually teaches others the best of the best information he can find. He takes inspiration from the bible verse Micah 6:8 which encourages us to Act Justly, Love Mercy, and to Walk Humbly.
Brent L. Anderson’s teaching is not the wisdom of one man, style, or system but a culmination of insights from multiple renowned experts on violence, combat, and personal protection.
Dan Ranks Achieved -
4th Dan – American Extension Fighting – Soke Jim “Smokey” West (2024)
2nd Dan - Bushidokan – Sensei Steve Katzer, and the Bushidokan Yudanshakai Board (2019)
1st Dan - Bushidokan - Soke Jim “Ronin” Harrison (1999)
Certification/Training Highlights
· Forty years of continuous martial arts training, thirty years continuous as an instructor
· Security Operations Summit, FBSN (2024)
· Mike Morton, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Advanced Training in close quarters combat (2024)
· Lt. Col. Dave Grossman - Bulletproof Mind Course (2023)
· Battleline Tactical – Active Shooter/ Terrorist Response Course (2018)
· ASP, Inc. – Tactical Weapon Instructor (2017)
· State of Wyoming – Peace Officers Standards and Training, Authorized Instructor – Instructor of Verbal De-escalation Skills, Violence Prevention/Crisis Intervention, Personal Safety & Self Defense (2007)
· Crisis Prevention Institute Continuous Certification (1996)
· Court Appointed Child Advocate Certification (1996)
· Certified Mediator – Center for Conflict Resolution & Family Youth Services Bureau (1995)
· Board of Police Commissioners, Kansas City, MO – Private Officer, Firearm Certified (1995)
· State of Missouri Department of Health – Emergency Medical Technician (1990)
Sensei Brent Anderson Contact Info -
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.BASURVIVAL.com
