He has trained & performed in numerous countries including Japan, England, Scotland, Holland, Okinawa, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Norway, Germany, Egypt, Bahrain, Africa, Bahamas, Cuba, Caribbean Islands and through out the United States of America.

He is the Founder and Director of the Ryoshin-Kan Karate School, Dragon Force National Karate Team,Ryoshin-Kan Goshinjitsu System, Ryoshin-Kan Martial Arts Association and the Dragon Force Demo Team located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, all of which he established in 1980. Shihan Thompson has taught / shown thousands of Adults and Children in Shorinryu Karate-Do, Kobudo (Weapons) and Goshinjitsu (Advance Self-Defense). His School has produced numerous National and World Champions. His Dragon Force National Karate Demo team won 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 World & National Martial Arts Team Championships. He has performed in over 1000 Karate Demos and in 1995 He directed & starred in the movie "The Adventures of Dragon Force." His Dragon Force Drum Corps, Color Guard, Ryoshin-Kan Float and Student Body won First Place out of 100 units in the 1998, 2000 and 2004 Virginia Strawberry Festival Parade. His Dragon Duet Team Pairs routine that he created and performs with, has won 2002, 2003 and 2004 Championships. His Dragon Force Kama X-Team has won 2005 & 2006 Championships. He is a National & World Champion in Karate, Kobudo and Goshinjitsu. He was a member of the Legendary USA Karate Team that finished second in the world out of fifty countries in 1991 at Kyoto, Japan. He has won First Place in Black Belt Self-Defense at Martial Arts Championships in 1982, 1985 to 93, 1996- 2006. He has won the Title & First Place in the Adult Black Belt Self-Defense Division at the World Cup 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Shihan Thompson and his top Black Belt Partners have won Black Belt Goshinjitsu National Championship divisions twenty times including 10 years in a row. His Dragon Force National Team won the Team Grand Championships (Team Demo and/or Team Forms or Team Pairs) at the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 “WORLD CUP” Martial Arts Championships conducted in Washington, D.C. His Dragon Force National Team is the First to win the World Cup National Demo Team Title three years in a row.

Master Karate Teacher Tim Thompson was born in 1954 in Warrenton, Virginia and he graduated from Fauquier high School in 1973. He attended college at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and graduated from this famous institution in 1977 with a BA in History. He Received his Doctorate in Sciences Ph.D / DMS (Martial Arts / Science) from the First International M.A. University in 2006. His Thesis on the Ryoshin-Kan System of Goshinjitsu and Combat Speed will soon be published as a Book. He is a Retired Decorated Navy Commander and he served in the U.S. Navy for 26 Years.

Shihan Tim Thompson was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1992 as “Instructor of the Year” and in 2000 as “Head Founder of the Dragon Force Karate Demo Team.” He was inducted into the 2000 World Karate Union Hall of Fame as “Master Instructor of the Year & Black Belt National Team of the Year.” He was inducted into the WKU Hall of Fame in 2001 as the “Black Belt Goshinjitsu National Champion Team of the Year.” He was Featured in the January 2001 Action Martial Arts magazine as well as on their Millennium Collector Card. He and his Dragon Force National Demo Team were awarded the 2001 / 2002 “National Karate Demo Team of the Year” by the World Cup and World Black Belt Martial Arts Hall of Fame Organizations. Shihan Tim Thompson was inducted into the 2002 World Black Belt Hall of Fame as the "Grand Master of the Year." His Dragon Force National Karate Demo Team was awarded the "Best Karate Team of the Year" in 2003 by the OMAA.