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At a young age, I had already completed making plywood hook-swords, dart-shooting staffs, miniature shuriken boomerangs, sword catchers, and many more ingenious devices I saw on the silver screen. The construction of all these devices of destruction was encouraged by my creative dad.

Finally, at age 13, I was allowed to formally study martial arts. I was very excited to start my martial arts training with my father’s friend who taught Wado-Ryu Karate a few blocks from my house.

From the first day I started Wado-Ryu Karate, I fell in love with the martial arts. I wanted more, and while living in Hawaii, I studied many martial arts systems, including Cha-3 Kenpo, Tai Chi Chuan, Zen Meditation, Chuan-Fa Kajukenbo, Escrima, Judo, Aikido, Boxing, Kickboxing, Northern and Southern Shaolin, Monkey Boxing, Pa Kua, Hsing-I, Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, Wing Chun, Internal Shaolin, and whatever I could learn from friends and relatives who studied other martial arts styles.

The beauty of living in Hawaii for me was the wide range of cultures, which brought a rich mixture of martial art traditions, readily available for whoever wanted to practice. Living in the friendly climate of Hawaii, I was always able to train, compete, and exchange ideas with other martial artists from different styles. The Hawaiian environment allowed my martial arts knowledge to expand and let me know that there were a lot of martial arts out in the world to explore.