Adrian Roman, "the Chief"
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The Chief was born at an Indian Hospital in Talihina, Oklahoma on January 26, 1942. He attended elementary and high school in Kiowa, Oklahoma until 1957, when the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) relocated his family to Dallas, Texas. During his formative years in Kiowa, the Chief, a gifted athlete, excelled in basketball, baseball, track and boxing. It was during these early years that the Chief began to appreciate and experiment with the art of self-defense. His was the only Indian family in town and at the time, prejudice was still very much alive in Oklahoma. The Chief was forced to grow up fighting for mere survival.
As an accomplished boxer by the time he was in the sixth grade [yes, the sixth grade], The Chief’s skill level was such that he soon ran out of sparring partners for his age and weight class. His only option was to spar with the high school boys who were bigger, faster and stronger. Being outclassed night after night, the Chief realized he would have to make some adjustments in his fighting tactics, because he would not succumb to defeat; the Chief does not know the word quit.
The story is told that on many occasions the Chief’s sparring partners begged him to stay down after being continuously knocked down. Beaten, bruised and bloodied, the Chief would continue to pull himself off the canvas to continue the bout. Amazed and disheartened, on many occasions opponents would literally pull off their gloves, throw them into the Chief’s face and call it quits.
As the Chief continued his quest for manhood and acceptance, he realized that speed and agility in delivering rapid-fire strikes (fists and feet) were a better approach against bigger and stronger opponents than just mere determination. The Chief began to implement a new approach in his street fighting, which unfortunately, was forced upon him almost daily. It was not long before the Chief’s attackers were no match for his ever-developing skills. These childhood experiences, even though at the time the Chief did not realize it, were the roots of his martial arts training.
In 1957, after the Chief and his family were forced to move to Dallas Texas, he would eventually begin his formal training in the martial arts. After finishing high school and a tour in the United States Air Force, the Chief discovered American Kenpo. The course was being taught by one of Grandmaster Ed Parker’s top Black Belts, David Ceniceros. Ed Parker, the Father of American Kenpo, is considered by many to be the Father of Karate in the United States. Ceniceros, a first generation Black Belt under Ed Parker, was highly-skilled and a great technician. The Chief recognized his talents and began his lifelong study in American Kenpo with Ceniceros, and would eventually receive his 4th Degree Black Belt under him in January 1989. Through Ceniceros, the Chief was later able to train under Grand Master Parker through the seminar circuit, and would receive his 5th Degree Black Belt from Ed Parker in October 1990. With the unfortunate death of Grandmaster Parker in 1990, and with no new Parker material available, the Chief decided that it was time to begin a new chapter in his approach to the martial arts.
In 1995, the Chief began training under another legend, Grandmaster Remy Presas, the Father of Modern Arnis. Grandmaster Presas eventually offered to make the Chief his protégée in which he would assume the leadership of Modern Arnis after Remy retired. However, the Chief respectfully declined the offer to take over the Modern Arnis system, for he was on a journey of his own to resurrect his Native system.
The support of both Ed Parker and Remy Presas enabled the Chief to be creative in his study of the martial arts, and their encouragement helped the Chief resurrect the fighting arts of his Native American ancestors. It was the catalyst for putting the Chief on the path of his new journey into the martial arts, drawing upon the Native American Fighting Arts and as a result, the Red Warrior/ Falammichi/Native Kenpo martial arts system was born.
In May 2000, the Chief was inducted into the Texas Martial Arts Hall of Fame for his achievement in the martial arts. In August 2003, the prestigious International Martial Arts Head Founders and Grandmasters Council awarded the Chief with the rank of Soke – Grandmaster, tenth degree. The certificate is signed by the Council Founder, Soke Marty Cale, Soke Dr. Dan Netherland, and eight other renowned Grandmasters.
The Chief has worked on the hit television series “Walker, Texas Ranger”. He is a songwriter and new author. His new book "The Apprentice Warrior" is about practical self-defense has just been released. He is currently authoring a suspense novel about the discrepancy and injustices within the Choctaw Nation to be published in the near future. Today, the Chief offers personal instruction in the Apprentice Warrior System (practical self-defense), Falammichi (advanced self-defense) and American Kenpo (Ed Parker System).
Chief Adrian Roman on the cover of Martial Arts Expert Summer 2009 issue, Canada number one martial arts magazine.
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