So as I am transitioning full time into the martial arts and fitness world, I'm finally updating my blog so friends, students and potential clients can keep up with me and find out about my workouts :)
I'm working as a program director/assistant tae kwon do instructor/group X coach at Gold Medal Family Center in Burlingame owned by 1992 Gold Medalistin Tae Kwon Do Herb Perez. teach Cage Fitness, Kickboxing Bootcamp, General Athletic Conditioning classes and help out with kids tae kwon do. Soon I hope to add my own Muay Thai program there as well.
I also teach my favorite training tool TRX in group classes in Oakland on Sunday Mornings at Flying Yoga in Oakland.
I will soon be adding more TRX classes and Bootcamps as well.
If you know me you know my story, and I'm sure I'll get to posting it in the "ABOUT ME" section soon but in a nutshell:
I started out as a severely overweight individual. At my highest point I weighed over 300 pounds. Using Martial Arts training and my own obsession about learning about fitness I was able to drop about half that weight in about 2 years. I trained directly under the famous Ganyao as one of his fighters and was frequently helped out by one of Thailands most famous Muay Thai legends, Jongsannon. I fought for them several times as an amateur and fought the California Champion at Heavyweight (!!!) in my first fight at STRIKEFORCE. During my time with them I have had the pleasure of training with great current and legendary fighters. I sparred with Royce Gracie to prepare for his UFC comeback, trained and sparred with former and Current UFC fighters, Mark Munoz, James Irvin, Scott Smith, Tim McKenzie, Urijah Faber, Frank Mir and Brandon Vera. Was teammates and sparred with Strikeforce champions Gilbert Melendez and Jake Shields.
During my time as a fighter, I always would seek out the best ways to get fit and train to be in perfect condition to last for a grueling 30 min Mixed Martial Arts fight. I came across many different training methods and tools like the TRX . After years of experimenting on myself and others I've composed effective training methods and will continually always look to learn and evolve.
I hope I can help you in any way expand your fitness and training needs.
I was in the corporate world for a long time as a Territory Manager for T-Mobile, Retail Store Manager for T-Mobile and a Regional and Divisional Sales Trainer for a T-Mobile Exclusive Dealer, but found myself increasingly bored and unmotivated by my work. All I thought about was how to get my training in for the day, how I could leave work early to train, how I could play hookey to train and then trying to fit in time to train others.
It was then that I decided to take a chance from a well paying, secure and cushy corporate job and finding my way to do what I love on a daily basis. Now I work 7 days a week and even in my off hours am getting work planned, but none of it ever seems like work. I'm blessed that Master Perez and his wife Reina took a chance and hired me full time to use all my skills at their gorgeous facility. I'm forever indebted to Ganyao for taking me under his wing after only 11 weeks of group classes to be one of his personal students. I'm grateful for Jongsannan for taking time out to corner me, hold pads for me and his friendship. My former teammate Jimmy Jarquin for allowing me to lead the Muay Thai program at his school Bushido Fight Team. Everyone at the TRX training center and Randy Hetrick for inventing the TRX and giving me kind words all the time for taking my training and skillset to a new level and Laura and Flying Yoga for giving a guy with a big dream of a new career a shot to excel! :)
