It should be noted, however, that Professor Lansdale refuses to wear a rank higher than his main instructor, Grandmaster John Pellegrini, and will therefore continue to wear his eighth dan rank until such a time as he feels he should move forward. 

Once again Professor Lansdale has been inducted into the INTERNATIONAL MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME by THE WORLD HEAD OF FAMILY SOKE COUNCIL. Last year it was a Master Instructor, this year it is as FOUNDER/GRANDMASTER of SHEN CHUAN. This means the Shen Chuan system is now internationally recognized and Professor Lansdale is an Internationally recognized Grandmaster. You can not vote yourself into this, or buy yourself into this Hall of Fame. You must be nominated by members of the council, the highest board of Martial Artists in world. 

Professor Lansdale has also been inducted into the TEXAS MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME for his writings about martial arts in his many novels, short stories and even his television work. For those unfamiliar with this side of Professor Lansdale's career, he is a freelance writer, and has been for 25 years. He has been a full time freelance writer since 1981. He has won numerous awards for his writing in mainstream, horror, science fiction, western, suspense, and others. He just recently won his fifth Bram Stoker award for his work. He was part of the Emmy Award winning team that wrote the original BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES for television. He has also worked on the animated SUPERMAN series. He has written comic books for DC comics, Dark Horse, Mojo Press and others. 

Professor Lansdale has also sold over twenty projects to films, from short stories to novels. None have actually been filmed yet, but he has gladly cashed the checks and is currently attempting to co-produce a film based on one of his novels and his latest option is from David Lynch of TWIN PEAKS and BLUE VELVET fame. 

His most recent novel is RUMBLE TUMBLE, forthcoming in August. 

To add to his long list of achievements Professor Lansdale has recently received his first dan in Yoshinkan Aikido from Tenth Dan Daito Ryu and Sixth Dan Aikido Master, Professor John Denora, and has been recognized by his colleague Guro Hock Hochheim as a Fourth Dan in Combat Kempo and Scientific Streetfighting. 

Professor Lansdale is especially pleased with this recognition, since he has tremendous respect for Guro Hochheim, the founder of CONGRESS OF KNIFE FIGHTERS and CONGRESS OF STREET FIGHTERS, under which both rankings exist, as well as Professor Denora, considered one of the most knowledgeable Daito Ryu practitioners in the world.