COACH MIKE

STARTING WITH KARATE IN THE MID 1980’S THEN MOVING ON TO JEET KUNE DO AND MUAY THAI SHORTLY THERE AFTER. COACH MIKE HAS TRAINED IN MANY SYSTEMS INCLUDING FOLK STYLE WRESTLING, GRECO ROMAN WRESTLING, BOXING, JIU-JITSU, COMBAT SUBMISSION WRESTLING, STX KICKBOXING AND KRAV MAGA TO NAME A FEW. FROM 1999-2005 COACH MIKE SERVED IN THE US MILITARY. UPON LEAVING THE SERVICE MIKE TOOK HIS TRAINING TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY MOVING TO THAILAND AND BECAME A FIGHTER FOR POR. PRAMUK GYM JUST OUTSIDE BANGKOK. TRAINING ALONG SIDE THE LIKES OF BUAKAW BANCHAMEK (PICTURED TO THE RIGHT OF COACH MIKE) AND NAM SAK NOI IS WHERE HE TRULY LEARNED TO TRAIN. AFTER TAKING A BREAK FROM FIGHTING IN 2009 COACH MIKE MOVED TO ECUADOR AND OPENED “FIGHT CENTER” TO SPREAD THE ART OF MUAY THAI THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND SERVED AS THE SENIOR STRIKING COACH FOR ALL PRO MMA FIGHTERS ON TEAM ALLIANCE ECUADOR. AFTER RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES MIKE CONTINUED TRAINING AND TEACHING. HAVING OVER 30 YEARS OF TRAINING IN THE MARTIAL ARTS UNDER NUMEROUS WORLD RENOUND INSTRUCTORS SUCH AS GURO DAN INOSANTO, AJARN CHAI SIRISUTE, JONGSANAN FAIRTEX, ERIK PAULSON, AND RELSON GRACIE. IF YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER OR BRAND NEW TO THE MARTIAL ARTS, COACH MIKE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO BRING YOUR SKILLS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.