• 4 time US National Champion
• 5 time US team member representing USA in World Sambo Championships
• Represented US in Moscow Sambo Invitational
• Judo black belt under Christophe Leninger (2 time UFC vet)
• 1996 Arizona grappler of the year
• 2000 Sambo Pan Am Gold Medalist 

STUDENTS AND TRAINING PARTNERS
*Christophe Leninger; Mark Kurr; Mark Coleman; Kevin Jackson; Townsend Saunders
*trained at Sambo 70 with 3 time world champion Igor Kurrinoy
 
 
MISSION STATEMENT
 

*My mission is to improve one of the weakest areas in most martial arts, takedowns and throws. I will attempt to do this through the sport of Russian Sambo. At the same time I hope this will enable me to build strong support for the art in the south.