David is our Martial Arts, Boxing and FightFIT Instructor!
David was born and raised in Pittsfield, MA. At the age of 17, David enlisted into the US Marines and served his country for 4 years.
He has over 40 years of Martial Arts. The last 25 years he has concentrated on Reality- based martial arts and currently holds a 5th degree black belt (under Walt Lysak & Rich Ryan), Sento Ju-Jitsu, 4th degree black belt (under Walt Lysak), Joe Lewis Fighting Systems, 3rd degree, Bill Wallace Superfoot systems, 2nd degree.
He also hold black belt ranks in other martial art systems.
Over the years he has competed in Boxing, judo, submission, grappling and kickboxing tournaments.
With his security/police background, David also teaches (real life situations) self-defense classes to women.
He continues to train on a regular basis with his instructor who is located in West Springfield, MA. David routinely attends conferences and trainings to keep all of his training up to date.
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