- Born
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Mike Chat as his friends call him, represents a new wave of Kung Fu, with over 14 years of experience, combining Okinawan Shorei-Ryu as a 4th degree black belt, Tae Kwon Do, Chinese Wushu, Kickboxing, yoga, ballet, dance and acrobatics. Mike was inducted in the World martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1992, and has captured over 50 National and International Forms and Weapons Championships. His popularity really exploded after winning gold at the 1995 ISKA World Championchips. He won more gold medals that year in Germany and in 1996. These skills spawned his television career and he also appeared in a video clip from Cirrus; "Back on a Mission."- IMDb Mini Biography By: J.
- Children
- Creator of XMA, star of Discovery Channel's award-winning documentary XMA: Xtreme Martial Arts (2003), 7-Time World Forms & Weapons Champion.
- Trained and coached The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)'s Taylor Lautner and Jake Strickland from Jackie Chan's House of Fury (2005) (aka House of Fury).
- Trained at Sharkey's Karate Studios located in Naperville and Momence, IL.
- Graduated from Naperville North High School with honors in Naperville, IL in 1993. Attended San Jose State University for 1 semester and transferred with Straight A's to the Honors Program at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA in 1993. After completing the Honors Program with near perfect grades, transferred into the Undergraduate School of Business Economics at the University of California at Los Angeles - UCLA in 1995.
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