Dan Browning is a sandan in Danzan Ryu jujitsu. He obtained his shodan and nidan ranks from Prof. Lamar Fisher, judan, of Chico, Calif., and his sandan from Ward Melenich, of Duluth, Minn.. Browning is a member of the American Judo and Jujitsu Federation, the world's largest promoter of Danzan Ryu jujitsu. He operated the Shinzen Kai dojo at the University of Oregon in Eugene from 1979-81. He then went on to study Aikido in Singapore and Alaska, Danzan Ryu with Prof. Joe Holck in Tucson, Ariz., and escrima and kickboxing in St. Louis. After a 10-year parenting hiatus from the martial arts, he took up Aikido in the Twin Cities, and reconstituted Shinzen Kai dojo in 2000. In addition to his jujitsu practice, he is a student at Aikido of Minnesota, an affiliate of Shihan Okimura Z and his World Aikido Aikikai Inc.