My name is Robert L. Crosswhite and I was born on December 6th, 1953.  I was born, raised and have lived in the Peoria, Illinois area for most of my life.  I've been happily married to my wife Paula, for over 26 years.  She fully supports my interest in the martial arts and also tolerates all of my collections of various items that seem to threaten to overtake our home in Marquette Heights, Illinois.  I have collections of comic books, movies, books, and artwork.  I am a student of the arts and have had several pieces of art published in magazines and newspapers.  One of my goals, after retirement, is to pursue painting paperback book covers.

I have two children; Cynthia, age 30 and Robert, age 23.

I've studied at other karate schools over the years, but until I found Grandmaster Wittekiend's school and began to discover what the Dillman Pressure point Theory was all about, karate seemed to be just a practice in blunt trauma.  This school has opened my eyes to the possibilities of learning secrets that, until recently were closely guarded and only a handful of people in the world were in possession of.  I am incredibly proud to be able to participate in the passing of these long lost secrets to others as a black belt under the watchful eye of Grandmaster Wittekiend.  I plan to continue with my studies as long as I possibly can because the amount of knowledge available is amazing and the DKI organization is always expanding it's knowledge base and is only too happy to share with it's students.