| Marcus Charles is FLO MMA’s
Head JKD/KALI, weapons, and self-defense
instructor. He has taught various Military, Law
enforment , and civilian agencies. Marcus has
been training and teaching since the age of 20.
He fell in love with physical fitness at the age
of 16 after seeing and reading about Arnold
Schwarzenegger. His love of bodybuilding changed
to martial arts after reading an article in
Muscle and Fitness magazine about Arnold’s
admiration of Bruce Lee. Living in the Southside
of Chicago and being a security bouncer for many
years, Marcus has had many encounters where he
has had to defend himself. Marcus is now
furthering his knowledge by training with Coach
Osh at FLO MMA and will be stepping into the
ring as an addition to all his life experiences.
Marcus brings the complete package to FLO. His
goal for his students is to give back all his
experience and knowledge to help them grow and
achieve their full potential. Marcus has a
unique way of personalizing the classes, making
each student feel at home. Through his hard work
and dedication, we are proud to mention Marcus
started the JKD/Kali program at FLO MMA and has
propelled our students to another level of self
defense.
Senior Instructor under Paul Vunak
Senior instructor under Thomas Cruse
Midwest Director of Progressive Fighting
Systems
Full Instructor under Larry Hartsell
Illinois Director of The Jun Fan Jkd
grappling Association
Apprentice Instructor under Dan Inosanto
Coach 1 under Erik Paulson
Affiliate of CSW
Affiliate of Rick Fayes MKG
Intermediate boxer under Achour Esho
Instructor candidate under Francis Fong
Pekiti Tirsia International
Giron Escrima Affiliate
Marcus has also studied under Keith Wetosky,
David Hatch, John Spezzano,Tony Cecchine |
