Where to begin… let’s see, I was born in McAllen, TX, raised in Cardenas, SLP, Mexico, I’ve lived in the Houston area since 1988.
I'm married and have a 5 yr old daughter, my family is definitely number 1 on my list, holding Sydney in my arms the day she was born was the best feeling ever, I just can’t describe it, but if you have kids you know what I’m talking about.
During the day I work as an Audio Visual Technician at a Hospital in the medical center.
I love music, especially live music, either playing bass with my band, or sitting behind the board mixing a good band, which I get to do at least once or twice a week, some of my current clients are:
Parkway United Methodist Church
The Lost Boys (Pub Fiction)
Saturday Night Palsy (Pub Fiction, Sharky’s, Einstein’s Pub)
Pilots in play
Houston Press Concert Series (Pub Fiction)
I’ve been doing sound reinforcement work for over 10 years, I guess you can say I’ve pretty much mixed all kinds of shows, from tiny clubs to big rock shows, theater, churches and all kinds of corporate events, over the years I’ve had the opportunity to work with some really great musicians… and a few not so great.
My other passion is Martial Arts, especially Tae Kwon Do, Hap Ki Do and Muay Thai. I was first introduced to the world of Martial Arts, while living in Mexico, I started training Tae Kwon Do under Master Juan Armando Acosta of the Flying Dragon Tae Kwon Do School at the age of 9 or 10, but only trained for about a year or two, since my whole family move to Houston, TX.
I returned to Martial Arts in the year 2000, but this time training Muay Thai under Kru Pong (former trainer of several Thai champions) but not very long after that I took up Tae Kwon Do once again, I earned my black belt at the “Flying Dragon Tae Kwon Do School†under Grandmaster Yong Kyu Yu who is a 9th Dan Black Belt, and a former student of Grandmaster Byung Jick Ro (founder of the Song Moo Kwan in Korea).
I’m currently a 1st Dan Kukkiwon Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and green belt in Hap Ki Do and I train at “UMA Tae Kwon Do & Hap Ki Do†in Sugar Land, under Grandmaster J.K. Choi (9th Dan Black Belt TKD & HKD).
I’m also the owner of “Nine Dragons Martial Arts†( www.ndmartialarts.com ) it’s an online store that sells martial arts equipment from some of the best manufacturers in the world, we specialize in high quality Muay Thai and MMA gear. I started the company about 2 yrs ago, and it has been steadily growing ever since.
