Discover Your True Potential

I will quote one of my mentor's teachers, the legendary Bruce Lee, ''I cannot teach you, I can only help you explore yourself. Nothing more."

What he meant is that without styles or forms, there is nothing to teach. This is what he discovered after many years of training in his original art of Wing Chun and several dozen other arts over the years. He concluded that martial art styles are self limiting in how to best express yourself through the use of your God given faculties and abilities. Of course theres a proper way to throw a punch, a kick, an elbow, a knee strike, as well as how to defend/block the same plus all other parts of combat such as footwork, timing, spacial awareness etc. But your defense, attack, or counter should be done free flowing, and not be restricted to any pre-determined set of moves (styles/forms) but applied when the opportunities present themselves. I apply this philosophy/mindset to all training we do.

My training started in Shotokan karate at the age of 5 back when karate was super popular. My mom thought it was a good idea as an outlet for all my energy. Growing up in the 80's Ive seen all the typical martial art films of the era such as The Karate Kid, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, and many others. I quickly became interested in training but it wasnt until seeing Bruce Lee films that it literally changed my whole interest and direction of what arts to study. And so it wasnt till I was in my early 20's that I had the opportunity to train full time in Bruce Lee' Jeet Kune Do as well as Kali, Muay Thai, and Silat. That's how I found the world renowned Princeton Academy of Martial Arts at which I trained from '04-'09. After my daughter was born in 2010, I took a brief hiatus, then due to a job offering I had to move to Pennsylvania and trained at Tri-State Martial Arts Academy with Sifu Jeff Jones. I've also attended countless training seminars with Guru Dan Inosanto throughout the course of my training years.

During my trips to Peru, I conduct self defense seminars for women and host boxing seminars for impoverished persons of interest as well.

Taking up any kind of physical training takes a certain amount of discipline, dedication, and mental fortitude. My students come from all walks of life, experience, and fitness levels so customizing the lessons to your level of ability and experience is crucial to our success. Your success is my success. When we train we are a team. Remember the passage from above? I do not train you. I am more of a guide than a teacher. Don't worry, you'll get it once you start training 😊. Martial art training is a long game. No one became an expert overnight. Its like anything else that's worth learning. If you stay focused on the process, you will love the experience and appreciate what it will do for your life, both spiritually and physically. Take care.

I enjoy seeing my pupils reach a higher purpose and accomplish more than they expected they would before training with me. I must say that is the most rewarding aspect.