Sensei Jaideep Bhale Rao is the seventeenth generation descendant of the Rajas of Pedapavani, belonging to the royal warrior clan known as Padmanayaka Velama Doras of Andhra Pradesh. They have a recorded history of a thousand years, ruling independant kingdoms while supporting the Kakatiya dynasty and the Vijaynagar Empire. The clan were victors in the famous Palnadu war and attained fame dying to the last man, woman and child in the Bobbilli siege.

For twenty four years, Sensei Jaideep Bhale Rao, “walked in the shadow” of his master, Dai-Sensei Moses Thilak till he passed away in 2004. Among his closest students, he spent hours discussing the Indian, Chinese and Japanese martial arts and developed an understanding of the genius of Dai Sensei Moses Thilak. He considers himself extremely fortunate to have “lived the martial arts” with such a great master and intends to continue his legacy to the extent possible. He was selected by Dai Sensei Moses to study different Martial Arts, starting with Kendo & Iaido with Sensei Koichiro Somiya, 5th dan for three years. Next, he learnt Silambam with Syed Ali Asan. Along with his karate training, Dai Sensei Moses constantly trained him in Marma-Adi and in the concepts he had developed over the years.

In Singapore, Dai Sensei Moses asked him to study Silat, under Master Ramzi Alwi and Tai Chi Chuan under Master Yeo. On his return to India, he made him train in Yang style Tai Chi Chuan under Daryl Johnson. When Sensei Jaideep settled down in Mysore, Kobudo camps were conducted under Sensei Hiroshi Akamine and Kenjustu camps by Sensei Hunter Armstrong.

Sensei Jaideep was the official representative of India at the World Karate Federation Championships at Kota Kinabalu,Sabah, Malaysia in 1994. Sensei Jaideep Bhale Rao has been President of the Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka State associations at different times and was elected Treasurer of the AIKF in 2000 at Bhopal.

He got fed up with the politics of these sport associations and federations and finally walked way from all these activities and today is involved solely in learning, training and teaching the Martial Arts.

His goal is to continue the legacy of his master and pursue in the purest traditions of the Martial Arts. Currently, he is involved whole time in the study of Shastras and reviving the Kadihai system.