To be the best

I have been training in the martial arts for the better part of 20 years. I was trained by my father from the age of 4. I recived my black belt in the japanese art of shotokan karate when I was 12. My father entered me into national tournaments around the country. I previously held national,regional and state titles in full contact kumite. My father is an inavator, he was doing the whole MMA thing before it was a trend. Our style of karate was mixed with tkd,kickboxing and judo. I consider our style Larrea MMA. But it was a few years ago when I discovered gracie jiu jitsu that my life truly changed. I currently hold a blue belt in gracie jiu jitsu. I first studied under former UFC welter weight champion and Renzo Gracie black belt Matt Serra from whom I learned my foudation from which i have been able to build a sky scrapper of jiu jitsu techniques. But it is fellow Renzo Gracie black belt Gene Dunn who has truely ingrained the Renzo Gracie style of jiu jitsu in me. Helio Gracie said it best what the samurai did with there sword we do with our hands. I am currenty training for my first Mixed martial arts event and in 2009 I plan on opening My brand new Martial arts academy. I will keep everyone posted thanks for the support!!!

My style of fighting is unlike anything that is out there at this moment in time. I do a mixure of my father style of stand up fighting and judo mixed with Gracie jiu jitsu.
Renzo Gracie symbol is the lion and like the lion we are taught to be aggressive and stratigicaly where down your opponent till he makes a mistake and you finish him. Like the lion we stalk our prey and when challenged we end the fight swiflty. In the traditional karate my father teaches we are taught to be like a fox. A fox is calculative and cunning a fox is smart it is warry yet aggressive it can sniff out traps. So when fighting we fake our opponent out with body movement to make them react once they react we respond. We box for real and we kick for real. Our stand up style mixed with our boxing style is unorthadox and is perfect for MMA. Lyoto machida is a great example of this. Put all that with Gracie jiu jitsu and you have a great style of fighting which I can call my own. In victory you are respectful to your opponent. In defeat you must be like a the koi fish you give 110% and battle it out till the end when your finished except your defeat with honor and grace.