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Cameron is the Director and Chief Consultant for CTG Development. We are divided into two distinct, yet related entities:

ATHLETICS COACHING

Cameron began coaching Track & Field at Helix High School in La Mesa, CA in the early 1980s.  Cameron then coached the horizontal jumps at San Diego State University in the mid-1980’s. After a hiatus from coaching, Cameron returned to Helix in 2004-2006, Monte Vista High School (Spring Valley, CA) in 2007 – 2008, and Mater Dei Catholic High School (Chula Vista, CA) 2009 – present. Cameron has expanded to coaching the sprints, relays and high jump. Cameron developed several school record holders, conference champions, San Diego section champions, state and national qualifiers. These athletes included, Gaylen Ames, Willie Williams, Paul Agnew, Frankie Green, Evon Willingham, Thoraya Maronesy, Hailey Mayer, Dale Thomas, Jackae Bridges, Cardedra Evans, Viviana Gonzalez and Alexandria Young.

Cameron takes pride in being able to maximize the available talent resources.  Monte Vista had a very mediocre jump program, with no conference medalists or CIF qualifiers the year prior to Cameron's arrival.  After Cameron's first year (2007), Monte Vista had two Grossmont conference champions and five CIF qualifiers. Prior to Cameron’s arrival, Mater Dei Catholic had the occasional league champion or CIF qualifier in the sprints or jumps.  By Cameron’s third year, Mater Dei’s women swept the short sprints in the South Bay Mesa League, and won the long jump, triple jump and high jump.  The sprint relay was among the top ten teams in the San Diego section – with a five second improvement over what they ran the year before Cameron’s arrival. None of these athletes were seniors.  And Mater Dei Catholic is by far the smallest school in the league.

In 2007, Cameron began teaching coaching education clinics for the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (now “LA84 Foundation”; http://www.la84foundation.org). The LA84 Foundation is sponsored by profits generated from the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. LA84 provides coaching education clinics for youth, high school and collegiate coaches in Southern California.  Beginning in 2008, Cameron became the horizontal jumps Event Coordinator, succeeding one of his mentors; internationally renowned jumps expert John Tansley. Cameron has also written technique and training articles for Athletes Acceleration, a nationally recognized speed-training forum.

ATHLETICS COACHING CERTIFICATIONS

COMPETITIVE HISTORY

Cameron competed as a jumper at Helix High School, posting a best long jump of 23’ 4.5” in 1978. At that time, this was the Grossmont Conference Championship Meet Record (the previous record stood for 15 years). It was also the Helix High stadium record. As of 2011, this stadium record has not been broken.

Cameron became a national-level triple jumper at San Diego State University, winning the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championship in 1983 with a school record jump of 53’2.5”. Cameron was mentored by then Japanese national coach and world-renowned jumps expert Yukito Muraki. Cameron also qualified and competed in the NCAA National Championships, the U.S. National Championships and the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials (the latter without a coach). Cameron was among the top triple jumpers in the country when he suffered a severe ankle injury two months before the Olympic Trials.

Cameron began working full-time in law enforcement in 1985, but was a regular competitor in the California Police Olympics (Now the Western States Police & Fire Games), as well as the World Police and Fire Games. Cameron was undefeated in both venues, and still holds the Western States Police & Fire Games record in the Triple Jump (50’ 2”; from 1989).

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MARTIAL ARTS BACKGROUND

Training Experience:

Cameron began practicing combative arts in 1979 (Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu). His early practical experience came via "on the job" training while working security in concert halls and college beer bars between 1983 and 1985.

Cameron's began practicing Taiho Jutsu (Japanese Police Arrest & Control Methods) in 1985 as a San Diego County Probation Officer. His training continued at the San Diego County Sheriff's Department in 1988. In 1989, he was introduced to Togakure Ryu Taijutsu through Keith Moon-sensei, a student of the Bujinkan. In 1991, Cameron began practicing Yoshinkan Aikido, Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu, and Goju Ryu Karate under Thomas Snowden-Shihan of the Seibukan (now Aibukan) dojo in Chula Vista. In 1995, Cameron began Aikido training under Kazuo Chiba-Shihan of the San Diego Aikikai. Cameron also trained in Yoshinkan Aikido and other Japanese arts with David Dye -Soke (Head of the School) of the Shuyokan Dojo in Costa Mesa, CA and Amos Parker-Shihan, of Houston, TX. Parker-Shihan is the senior non-Japanese Yoshinkan Aikido instructor in the world.

Professional Memberships (Current and Past)

EDUCATION

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CAMERON'S CURRICULUM VITAE

"Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise;
risking more than others think is safe;
dreaming more than others think is practical; 
and expecting more than others think is possible." 

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