Friday, May 22, 2009 at 3:34PM
Posted by vreiss on February 6, 2006 - 11:25am.
To complete the two-year Ultimate Black Belt Test (UBBT) it’s not enough to do 52,000 pushups, 52,000 crunches, 1,000 miles of walking or running, and 1,000 hours of sparring. No, to finish California-based teacher Tom Callos’s life-altering martial arts regimen,
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 3:33PM 
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Friday, May 22, 2009 at 3:36PM This is a FOX NEWS report on Alturism / Acts of Kindness and the UBBT. Courtesy of UBBT Alumni Anthony and Rita Pasquale.
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 3:31PM Interview in What is Enlightment? Magazine
Click on This Link to see the Interview at WIE's Website
At a time when the gospel of self-acceptance is leading to ever-lowering expectations, an audacious martial arts training program strives to replace mediocrity with mastery.
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:47PM
Interview on Speaking of Faith
American Public Media's show, Speaking of Faith, produced this interview with Tom Callos for their national on-line program.
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 4:07PM
Jeff Brinker’s students are amazing. Curious, attentive, practiced, humorous, adventurous, inventive, and most importantly, appreciative of their school and their instructor.
These were the kind of students that made my job pretty easy. But then I would expect no less from the students of Jeff’s Silent River Kung Fu school.
Also on this trip I got to take a trip down memory lane. Several of Jeff’s students are into sport parachuting, which is what I used to do 45 years ago. I was taken to the local jump center to see all the advancements that have occurred since I used to stick it in the wind. Wow.
It’s much the same with the martial arts. There really is no comparison between what martial arts was, and what it is now. Today the skill level is higher, the curriculum broader and the students start younger.
Then there’s that whole service to the community thing. Unheard of 40 years ago. Now if a martial arts school doesn’t get involved in some sort of charity they’re not taken seriously.
Don’t we hang with the coolest people?
Dave McNeill
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 3:27PM Below you will find a three-part film assembled by Academy Award Winning documentary filmmaker -and UBBT alumni -Nancy Walzog. Watch the team demonstrating, building in Alabama, and testing (among other things!).
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 3:08PM 
Meet Tom Callos, the Green Black Belt
For more than 30 years, this Change Maker has shown the martial arts community that self-defense and environmental responsibility go fist-in-fist. Now, if he could only get Chuck Norris to listen.
Meaghan O'Neill
