Ron's Story

As a boy, all things sports drew Ron’s interest. At the age of 3, he stood upon the starting block of his very first swimming race. When the starting gun went off, and that little boy dove into what would turn out to be a long and celebrated athletic career. The world of competitive sports proved to be a breeding ground for the type of confidence, focus, discipline, and determination that has served him throughout his lifetime. In competitive swimming, golf, and martial arts, Ron achieved state, regional, national, international, and world championship status.

Later, as a professional actor, Ron needed to draw upon his competitive mentality still. In perhaps the most competitive town in the world, Hollywood, he yet again had to figure out how to win in an arena where so many lose. Now fans around the globe know Ron for his co-starring role as Bobby Brown in The Karate Kid, one of the most iconic movies of all time. He continues that role today, appearing in the hit TV series, Cobra Kai. The show has received a 100% rating by Rotten Tomatoes and is the most searched TV show on Google. It streams on Netflix.

Ron is indeed an actual Sensei. He’s spent most of his life studying martial arts and has trained with some of the world’s best, including Professor Wally Jay, Billy Blanks, Pat Johnson, Professor Toru Tanaka, Professor Willy Cahill, Professor Sig Kufferath, and his original sensei, Professor Lawrence Cary. Sensei Ron is a sixth-degree black belt in Kodendkan Ju-Jitsu and a former trainer for the United States Sport Ju-Jitsu Team. Several of his students are national and world champions in their own right, all of whom have benefited from his martial art expertise and his in-depth knowledge of the high-performance mindset.

From the pool to the dojo to the lights of Hollywood, his background has been the catalyst for one of Sensei Ron’s lifelong passions: The psychology of excellence. He went outside the bounds of competition and the esoteric teachings in the dojo and sought formal training in this area. Taking the lead from the likes of Tony Robbins, Ron received a master practitioner certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Clinical Hypnotherapy, and TimeLine Therapy. Using these tools, he’s worked with hundreds of clients to help them achieve life and career breakthroughs, and a higher level of life mastery.

Ron’s blockbuster programs, The Life Mastery Boot Camp, PIVOT for Entrepreneurs, and the Mindset Academy for Athletes, radically shift how students approach life, business, and competition. Ron’s goal is to put his students in the best position to win, no matter the game. In his books, Ron lays out astute directives in the area of personal growth and readers from around the world have given his writings rave reviews. They currently include; The Hidden Lessons of Mr. Miyagi, Positive Thinking is for Sissies, and The Best You Can Sucks.

That starting gun at the age of 3 wasn’t only signaling the start of his very first race. It was the beginning of a priceless relationship with tenacity and grit, one that has carried him through a lifetime of wins and losses, celebrations and disappointments, grace, and struggle. Through it all, Ron has learned how important it is to take a stance. He’s come to intimately understand a simple truth: Mindset is everything.

Teaching martial arts is, by default, teaching personal empowerment. While learning the techniques of self-defense is not for everyone, the esoteric principles and life skills taught in the dojo appeal to the masses. As a speaker and seminar leader, Sensei Ron is uniquely positioned to bring these life-changing concepts to the stage where he hits his audience with inspirational doses of ancient wisdom blended with the modern psychology of excellence.

In the end, we all leave a legacy. What will your story mean to those who read it? Each new moment is an opportunity to write, edit, or rewrite a story of significance, one that is worth remembering. Someone needs your story to help shape their own. Someone is counting on you!

— Sensei Ron Thomas

In the end, we all leave a legacy. What will your story mean to those who read it? Each new moment is an opportunity to write, edit, or rewrite a story of significance, one that is worth remembering. Someone needs your story to help shape their own. Someone is counting on you!

— Sensei Ron Thomas

Fun Photos

Appearing from left to right: The family, Benny “the jet” Urquidez, Al Leong, William Christopher Ford, Tanner Buchanan, Stacy (wife) T. Harv Eker, Pat Morita, Cobra Kai, Will Smith, Brian Thompson, Yuji Okumoto, Pat Johnson, Ralph Macchio, Prof. Wally Jay, Tony O’Dell, Tom Cruise, William Zabka, Rob Garrison, Sean Kanan, Robert Mark Kamen, Fumio Demura, Chad McQueen, Ella (daughter), Johnny & Bobby, Mary Morrissey, Martin Kove, Jackie Chan, Cobra Kai Stunt Crew, Jacob Bertrand, Jada Pinkett Smith, Hayden Schlossburg, Jon Hurwitz, Oliver Grunner, John Avildsen, Jerry Weintraub, Darryl Vidal, OG Cobras, Israel Juarbe, Joe Esposito, Joey Lawrence, Conan Show Cast, Jason Sterling, Tahoe, Cobra Kai Creators, Josh Heald