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Flighting for the gold medal in the 1984 California Police Olympics against Wayne Valdez of the LAPD. I won the gold that night.

My philosophy is that I will not say I’ve studied a martial arts system until I have put a great deal of blood, sweat, and tears into the system. Only then can one make an honest evaluation of the system. Then the system must be tested in a free and unrestricted environment where the attacker can strike at you with any type of attack.

San Diego-Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Boxing Team, the “Green Machine,” at the California Police Olympics, 1992.

I continue to hold this philosophy to this day. Too many martial artists say they have studied a martial arts system when, in reality, they have only put in a few hours of “sterile” practice. Beware of the charlatans!

CHAPTER 2

DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING MOTIVATION

My primary motivation for training so hard and developing new and innovative training devices is that practically every week I get out in the middle of the boxing ring and test my martial arts skills against other practitioners in a full-contact setting.