American Ju-Jitsu Academy
1995 – Present         Founded American Ju-Jitsu          Kansas City, KS       Founded American Ju-Jitsu in 1995
§         Student enrollment increased from 3 to over 100 §         Seven affiliated schools 
§         2001 opened 3 new schools - Missouri, Colorado, California
§         Inducted into the 2000 Pankration Hall of Fame
§         Inducted into the 2002 U.S.M.A.A. Hall of Fame
§         Coached and Trained 2 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal winners in the 2000 Nationals in Athens, Greece
§         Won 4 Gold Medals and 1 Bronze Medal, in the Ken Shamrock North American Pan Am Games in San Diego, CA
§         Trainer of the Iowa State Heavyweight Cage Fighting Champion, Brad Jones
§         Students earned 50+ Gold Medals in USA Pankration Federation
§         Coach and Trainer of Champion in the 2nd Annual Black Out or Tap Out 140  lbs. Division, Travis Phippen
§         Coach and Trainer of 3rd place winner in Abu Dhabi trials Championships
§         Coach, Trainer and Manager of Curtis Stout, competitor of UFC 30
§         2001 Curtis Stout will fight for the Lightweight Hook-n-Shoot Title
§         2001 Coached the first tag team Submission Grappling Champions
   Brad Jones and Jobe Duran (Evansville, Ind.)
·         2002, Is working with Mr. Walt Justice 6 Dan, IKKO. Running an after school program for the Kansas City, Kansas school district. (Wyandotte)
·         2002, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Walt Justice and Mr. Shawn Monday will form a new System, American Mixed Martial Arts System’s
·         2002 Promoted to Shodan in the art of To-Shin Do, By Grandmaster Stephen K. Hayes and 4th  Dan Tom Maienza 

2008 IBL 
International Battle League
VP of Operations 

2007 New School 
American Jujitsu New Schools
Phil Jones, AJJ (House of Pain), Missouri
John Cornett & Rob Kimmons, AJJ (Xtreme Couture) Missouri
Roger Partridge, AJJ (Mid Mo Fight Club), Missouri
Chris Henning, AJJ (Henning's AJJ) Kansas

2006 ISCF World Representative
International Sport Combat FederationWorld Representative
Fight Card Coordinator
Official Certification Course Instructor
 
Kansas Affiliated School and Instructor
§         Promoted to Rank of Shodan – JuJitsu by Grandmaster Philip Porter
§         Inducted into the 2002 Hall of Fame
 
1999 Malibu Martial Arts Association                 Malibu, CA
Kansas Affiliated Instructor
§         Promoted to Rank of Shodan – 1st Degree Black Belt Combat JuJitsu 
By Master Santos Flaniken 
  
1998 International Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Federation   Chicago, IL 
Kansas Affiliated Instructor
§         Promoted to Certified Self Defense Instructor
Under Carlson Gracie, Jr.
 
1994 – Present              I.K.C.A. Association             Seals Beach, CA 
 Kansas Affiliated School Owner
§         Received 1st  Dan in Kenpo, by Grandmaster Chuck Sullivan
§         Opened Crawford’s I.K.C.A. Kenpo Karate school
§         Tested and oversaw the development of the 1996 version of the Kenpo
Training dummy

1985 – Present        Shorinji ryu JuJutsu                    Kansas City, KS
Senior Instructor Representative
§         Expanded Shorinji ryu JuJutsu to the Midwest
§         Promoted to 5th Dan on 5/2/02 by Grandmaster Ken Penland
§         Implemented training course for new school

1978 –1980       Midwest Aikido Federation            Kansas City, MO 
Student in Training / by Master Fred Newman
§         Received the Instructor’s outstanding Student award two years in a row
 
 
§         1976–1978      Marlboro Community Judo Club      Kansas City, MO
Student in Training / by John Olsen
§         1976           Marlboro 160 lbs. Midwest Judo Champion
§         1977           Marlboro 172 lbs. Midwest Judo Champion
§         1978           Marlboro 180 lbs. Midwest Judo 2nd Place