Instructors
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Chief Instructor Guro/Sifu BJ Stone
Guro/Sifu B.J Stone has been immersed in the martial arts world for over 2 decades. He has trained with some of the top marital artists in the world such as Bruce Lee’s protégé -FMA pioneer and legend Manong Dan Inosanto, Pamana Tuhon Chris Sayoc, Tuhon Felix Cortez, Tuhon Tom Kier, as well as Grand Master Tony Somera -the leading authority of the art of Giron Arnis Escrima, Western fencing Maestro - the late OZ Parsons, founder of the Thai Boxing Association of the U.S.A. – Arjan Chai Sirisute, Midwest director of the Thai Boxing association of the U.S.A. – Kru Mike Parker, and Tuhon Carl Atienza – Chief Instructor of Atienza Kali.
Mr. Stone was also a private student and apprentice instructor under the late Sifu Terry Gibson, one of the most influential JKD instructors in the last twenty years and founder of world famous Gibson’s Martial Arts.
For the past 5 years, Mr. Stone has been a private student of Guro/Sifu Harley Elmore, one of a handful of full instructors under Sifu Gibson and official Central United States Representative for Sayoc Kali, as well as being one of the top JKD instructors in the world.
Mr. Stone is a 3rd level apprentice instructor in Warriors Way International under Guro Harley Elmore; a 4th level apprentice instructor in Sayoc Kali under Pamana Tuhon Chris Sayoc; a 3rd level Apprentice instructor under Tuhon Carl Atienza; and has a black sash in a hybrid style that combines Wu Wei Gung-fu and Pekiti Tersia Kali, under Sifu/Guro Robert Farris and Sifu Keith Hibdon.