Ed Parker Sr., Mills Crenshaw, Tony Martinez Sr., Bill Rhinehart, Gator Conley

Started with Kenpo under Tony Martinez Jr. As an inconsistent student, I would stay for a year or two, quit and return. I returned multiple times under Tony Martinez Jr. and once with Tony Martinez Sr. I also trained for 6 months at a time with a few other instructors including Paul Mills. Sometimes I had gaps in my training of about 10 years. I returned to Karate in 2019 when I was trying to get healthy. This time I stayed in the same family group but I picked Gator Conley as my instructor. Now that I've found Gator I don't expect I'll ever quit again or move to another instructor.