Grandmaster Roger L. Haines, Ph.D., first entered the martial arts at age twelve and has had an on‐going love affair with the gentle science ever since. He has risen through the ranks to head his own federation at the age of thirty‐nine. He currently holds a tenth degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, making him soke (head of family) for his own National Tang Soo Do Federation, Inc. (International).
Doctor Haines is also a police officer with the Woodlawn Police Department in Ohio and holds a wide variety of defensive arts related certifications. He is a Denfensive Tactics Instructor, ASP / Pepper Spray / Handcuffing Techniques and Women’s Self‐defense Instructor.
He was awarded his doctorate by Eastern USA Martial Arts College in 1999. He has thrice been inducted into the Eastern USA International Black Belt Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The first time was as Grandmaster Instructor of the Year in 1997. The second was in 1998 when he achieved the Pinnacle Award. The third in 1999 receiving the Diamond Life Achievement Award.
Grandmaster Haines specializes in working with inner‐city youth, attempting to give them an alternative to the peer pressure, drugs and crime which they might find elsewhere. He hopes to help mold them into leaders and role models for the future.
Through his interaction with youth, he founded the SWAT (Special Winning Attitudes Team), a National Karate Team which has been going strong for over ten years. The team is composed of the crème de la crème of his youth karate classes. The SWAT Team travel across the country, competing in national and international tournaments. Often, the SWAT Team brings home the gold in nearly every category in which they compete, a testament to the power of martial arts in young lives.
Dr. Haines, along with his National Tang Soo Do Federation, has generated not only national and world champions, but also junior Olympic gold medalists.
As well as being a martial artist, Dr. Haines is an entrepreneur; writer and father, He and his students have been featured in a number of martial arts magazines such as, Black Belt, Martial Arts Illustrated, Tae Kwon Do Times, Inside Karate, World of Martial Arts, RSCC Sport Karate News and Jet Magazine.
He is also a martial arts videographer, having produced a number of training tapes for the public down through the years. His latest project was a nine‐part series for Inside Kung Fu Magazine. Along with his publicist, he is currently working on another series of books dealing with a variety of self‐defense and martial arts topics.
Martial arts has taken him all over the country and the world. He has been to the Bahamas and Aruba as well as every state in the union.
He has tried to make a difference in the lives of his students. As a result of the martial arts discipline learned in Tang Soo Do. Many of his students have gone on to earn college degrees. A large number of them have become officers themselves.
Dr. Haines has been a police officer for over twenty‐one years. Foe that wide‐ranging and diverse interaction with all socio‐economic backgrounds, he has sensed the need of his own brand of martial arts in young lives.
Over the years, Dr. Haines has served society as a law enforcement officer, a martial artist and a father. He hopes to be able to continue to do so for many years to come.