Kali
Kali is the mother art to many of the arts found in the Philippines. The art of Kali dates back hundreds of years and is heavily influenced by warfare. It is primarily a weapons based art that begins with the study of stick fighting and progresses into edged weapons, flexible weapons and empty hands. The empty hand portion of Kali is derived through the study of weapons. Drills and techniques help to develop proper footwork, angulations, awareness, coordination, and natural attributes. Kali is a warfare art that was designed for “mass attack” situations, and teaches how to use ordinary everyday objects as weapons. It also teaches how to use your environment and heightens personal awareness. The Kali I teach is from Tuhon Dan Inosanto and Guro Jon Rister. Tuhon Inosanto has had several instructors in the Filipino martial arts including many that were WWII veterans and survivors of challenge matches, which often ended in death. Guro Rister’s training and experience in Kali, Wing Chun and Muay Thai has influenced my practice and understanding of Kali.
The subsystems of Kali I train are:
Weapons Subsystems
Double Stick – Single Stick – Stick and Dagger – Double Knife – Single Knife – Staff
Empty Hand Subsystems
Sikaran (kicking art) – Panatukan (boxing art) – Pangumit (standing grappling) Dumog (grappling art)
Jun Fan Gung Fu (Jeet Kuen Do)
Jun Fan Gung Fu (often referred to as Jeet Kune Do) is Bruce Lee’s fighting method that he developed in the 1960’s based on his training in Wing Chun, studies in Western Boxing, Fencing and research into several martial arts to understand the core principles. Jun Fan is a very effective and efficient system of empty hand fighting within the kicking, punching, trapping and grappling ranges. Jun Fan is the core techniques, principles and fighting strategy from which develop our training foundation. My training in Jun Fan Gung Fu is from Sifu (teacher) Dan Inosanto, Sifu Jon Rister and seminar studies with Sifu Larry Hartsell (JFJKD Grappling Association), and Sifu Tim Tackett Sr. (JFJKD).
Martial Art Instructors
Sifu/Guro Dan Inosanto
Tuhon Inosanto is a true martial arts master and living legend. Tuhon Inosanto began learning martial arts at a young age and has had many instructors through out his life and is still always learning and training. His skill and abilities are matched only by his gift for teaching. Tuhon Inosanto is the only person that Bruce Lee certified to teach all three of his martial arts (Tao of Chinese Gung Fu, Fun Fan Gung Fu and Jeet Kune Do). He is also certified to teach of 20 styles of Filipino, Indonesian and Malaysian martial arts as well Muay Thai. Some of his instructors include Ed Parker (Kempo Karate) John LaCosta (LaCosta Kali), Leo Gaje (Pekita Trisa Kali), Floro Villabrille (Villabrille Kali) Ajarn Chai Sirisute (Muay Thai),Victor DeThouars (Pentjak Silat), Yori Nakamura (Shoto) and many others who have shared and pasted skill and knowledge to Guro Inosanto. While he was in his late 60’s he received his blackbelt in Machado Jujitsu. Tuhon Inosanto has influenced and created positive change within the martial arts world.www.inosanto.com

Sifu Larry Hartsell
Sifu Jon Rister
 Sifu Jon Rister founded the Wu Hsin Kuen Academy of Martial Arts in 1987 in Dallas Texas. He is a certified instructor in Wing Chun under Sifu Francis Fong and an instructor in Kali (Inosnato/LaCosta), and Jun Fan Gung Fu (Bruce Lee’s Martial Art) under Guro/Sifu Dan Inosanto. Sifu Rister has seminar studies under Ajarn Surachai “Chai” Sirisute in Muay Thai, Sifu Larry Hartsell in Jun Fan Grappling Arts starting in 1986 to present. He has also competed in kickboxing and full contact stickfighting matches and has a wealth of practical experience and knowledge. Sifu Rister has traveled internationally teaching seminars and has worked with law enforcement officers from several departments teaching Edge Weapons Awareness and Tactics.

Rister International Martial Arts Association – founded 2001 Sifu Jon Rister.Contact: w972-768-2721
Wing Chun – Chinese martial developed by a woman which specializes in dynamic, explosive technique that relies not on strength, but on leverage, speed, coordination and reflex development to overcome a larger and stronger opponent.
Muay Thai – is the national pastime of Thailand. Its origins can be traced back to ancient battlefields tactics and weapons. Thai Boxing is known for it quick and devastating kicks knees, elbows and standing grappling techniques.
Combat Jujitsu – very aggressive style of jujitsu blended with basic boxing skills, low line kicking, powerful throws and brutal finishing techniques for military close quarter hand to hand combatives and weapons skills.