Succession Documents
Below are documents of Tai Shin Doh and Tai Shin Jitsu's founder, Soke Ron Balas' wishes communicated multiple times to multiple Grand Masters/Soke's including just prior to his death. Full images of these documents can be found further down on this page.
Articles of Succession
Top half of page 1
This section of the document defines the title of Soke, and names Allen Roth as the Soke Dai
Articles of Succession
Top half of page 2
This section contains the notorized signature of Soke Ron Balas. The original physical document is in the possession of Allen Roth
International Circle of Masters Endorsement
Letter from Grandmaster Dan Mc Eaddy
Witness documentation of Soke Ron Balas' wishes from only a few weeks prior to Soke's passing
New World Martial Arts
Letter from Soke Mike Bissonnette
Another witness document of Soke Ron Balas' wishes from a month prior to Soke's passing
Recognition of Soke
from the International Circle of Masters
Official scroll that documents that GM Ron Balas made it known to three members of the ICOM that he wanted Allen Roth to inherit TSD
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