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Oscar

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About Me

Let's see, well, I'm a 42 year old male living in Sacramento. I'm originally from Southern California. Lived in the L.A. area for about 30 years. I'm into martial arts, weightlifting, reading, comic books, good movies and spending time with my family. As a teenager I studied Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Kali with Dan Inosanto and Richard Bustillo at the old Filipino Kali Academy in Torrance California. I've done a lot of different stuff in my life. I worked at McDonalds, Carl Jr's, Newspaper delivery, bodyguard.I served in the military (Navy & Marine's)for alomst 4 1/2 years, I was stationed in San Diego for the first 2 years and then I went over seas to Okinawa, Japan. I visited the Philippines, Korea, Guam & Japan. When I got out I worked in construction as a structural welder, security for Arista Records, parts driver, truck driver and as a instructor for Kovars. I now own (along with my partners) my own martial arts school called "Western Martial Arts Academy" located at 6580 Belleau Lane, Sacramento Ca 95822. I teach American Kenpo, Jeet Kune Do & Filipino Kali/Escrima. My system is called "Mapag Tapat Shi" which means "Truthful Warrior". It also refers to our motto at the academy "Truth in Combat" Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace Layoutsfree myspace layouts

My Interests

I've always had a passion for reading(I got that from my Mom), weightlifting (strongman, powerlifting, bodybuilding,) martial arts, and for learning.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet fun friendly people who also like martial arts, weightlifting, books, comic books, and who like learning new stuff.

Music:

I generally like all kinds (except rap and heavy metal rock) of music, from clasical, rock, pop, smooth jazz, latin music, instrumentl, new age & reggae.

Movies:

movies, wow, there's a lot. Obiviously any Bruce Lee movies, Jet Li movies, The Transporter (1&2), X-Men (1-3), Lord of the Rings (1-3) Star Wars (all of them), The new Superman, new Batman.

Television:

Avatar "The Last Airbender", House, Justice League, Batman, Teen titans and Xiolin Showdown (hmm, see a trend here?) altough House seems out of place.

Books:

Books, there's a lot of them I like (and own). I collect comic books (Marvel & DC). Ann Rice, Brian Jacques (redwall series), Dan Brown, books on martial arts and wiegthlifting, bodybuilding and powerlifting. Brian Tracy, Steven Covey and Tony Robbins. There's more, I just can't remember right now.

Heroes:

My first 2 heros are my parents. My dad for his strong work ethic and my mom for her love of reading and of her family. Leonardo Di Vinci for his passion for learning new things. Sigun Bruce Lee for being ahead of his time and for opening up the martial arts to the western world. Sifu Dan Inosanto for being a great teacher, a inspiration and a constant learner. Sifu Richard Bustillo for being a great and patient teacher ( I wasn't always this good..lol). My other JKD instructors, Paul Vanuk, Jeff Imada and several others. Grand Master Ed Parker for being ahead of his time and passing down his quest for truth. Master's Tatum and Trejo for sharing & teaching us. Master Darryl Liner - a truly great man, humble, honest. caring, giving and an awsome martial artist.And last, but definitely not least, my wife Karen and daughter Kathryn - for showing me every day what true love is.There's also Superman, Batman, Captian America, The X-Men, The Thing, Spiderman, Daredevil, Thor, Yoda and some more I can't remember.

My Blog

Don’t drop the Weights!

I know it’s been a while since I’ve written anything and this blog may hit a nerve with some people, especialy for those that are quilty of what I’m going to write about. For those ...
Posted by Oscar on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:06:00 PST

Tattoo's Pt.2

Ok, here's part two, sorry It took me so long. Alright, where was I? oh yes... So, as I was saying, In some cultures they're a way distingushing what tribe or where you're from. People often ask me if...
Posted by Oscar on Sun, 20 May 2007 09:53:00 PST

Tattoos Pt 1

Tattoos -  Some people hate them, some love them.  But usually everybody has a opinion of them.  It seems that they are more accepted now than in the past.  I know that for many o...
Posted by Oscar on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:28:00 PST

Manners

Manners - "Please and Thank You" - the magic words.  We teach kids to say these words and others to be polite and to show manners. So where are these words on Myspace? Let me explain, when I see ...
Posted by Oscar on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:41:00 PST

Impact/Manners

Why is it that some people feel the need to curse or use bad words when they blog? When meeting some of these people or talking to them they are very nice and well mannered.  Many of these people...
Posted by Oscar on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:11:00 PST

Opinions

Opinions.  Every body has them, some good, some bad.  Some right, some wrong.  I sometimes joke with people and say that every one has opinions, no matter how wrong they are.  Our ...
Posted by Oscar on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:26:00 PST