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  • Rick Metzler

  • 40 / Male
  • Malibu, California, US
  • Last Login: 10/26/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Family, Children Of All Ages, Martial Arts, Surfing, Shooting, Acoustic Guitar

  • Music

    anything with a groove ..

  • Heroes

    Every parent that enjoys being one and it shows in their kids...

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Newbury Park/Malibu
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 5' 10" / Athletic
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Gemini
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Smoke: No
  • Education: Some college
  • Occupation: Technical, Martial Arts Instructor

Schools

  • Newbury Park High

    • Newbury Park,California
    • Graduated: 1987
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: High School Diploma
    1984 to 1987

Companies

  • The Pit

    • Malibu/Agoura Hills/Conejo Valley, California US
    • Kumu
    8/87-present

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About me:

TAKEN FROM "THE PIT-MALIBU" WEBSITE: Kumu Rick Metzler is a 5th Degree Blackbelt in Hawaiian Kempo under the world-renowned fighter & mixed martial arts trainer, 10th Degree Blackbelt & Grandmaster John Hackleman. He's also a Blackbelt in Doce Pares Eskrima (Filipino stick & knife fighting) & a Blackbelt in Doce Pares Eskrido (Filipino stick submissions) under the Current & 5 Time World Champion Full-Contact stick fighter & Grandmaster Guro Anthony Kleeman It was a great honor for Kumu Rick in early 2008 for him to be nominated & inducted into the 21st Annual U.S.A. International Blackbelt Hall Of Fame. This recognition for Kumu Rick's success and personal achievements in martial arts has recorded another milestone in his career with the Hall Of Fame being respected in 55 countries across the world for it’s standards of integrity and professionalism. The list of fellow inductees is long and includes such names as Wally Jay, Jhoon Rhee, Don Madden, Reme Presas, George Dillman, Chien Liang Huang and International inductees such as Raul Gaulterez (Spain), Song Swee Hee (Malaysia), Edmund Bousaglo (Israel), Jurg Ziegler (Switzerland), Carlos Diaz (Puerto Rico), Peter Chong (Singapore). This year, Kumu Rick was himself inducted into the Hall Of Fame for his “Martial Arts Dedication” & his “Outstanding & Extraordinarily Inspirational Martial Arts Leadership”..... Kumu Rick began his martial arts training by taking a Shotokon Karate class at the local community center in 1978 at 9 years old and trained and sampled several different systems and different instructors such as Tang Soo Do, Kung Fu San Soo & Muay Thai before finding a home with John Hackleman in 1987..... At that time, in meeting John, it was not known that he was playing an instrumental role in the history of martial arts and more specifically, the Hawaiian Kempo lineage as we know it today..... Rick spent 9 years training and fighting for The Pit with an undefeated kickboxing record before earning his Blackbelt in 1996. Since then he has also gone back to his KaJuKenBo roots in earning a Blackbelt in Doce Pares Eskrima & Eskrido as well as becoming proficient in the other arts that were part of the KaJuKenBo creation that Fathers his cherished Hawaiian Kempo..... Hawaiian Kempo has been instrumental in making the martial arts world what it is today. Since it's inception back in "the old days", it has continued to seamlessly fuse together traditional martial arts and MMA, to create an effectively disciplined workout that holds onto the hard-core philosophies of traditional training while removing extraneous material that has been revealed as impractical and ineffective. Our Hawaiian Kempo workout introduces “state of the art” training concepts and incorporates a style of fitness that is tested and proven in modern MMA as well as the always-unpredictable situations that arise in our day-to-day lives. In short, we have created a fitness and fighting system that is unequaled in the Martial Arts of the 21st Century. Having fun & staying healthy is key to longevity in the martial arts and if you can do that while "filling your toolbox" with tools that will actually work in real life situations, then you have yourself a system that is worth your time and effort to learn. The Pit's Hawaiian Kempo combined with the Doce Pares Eskrima & Eskrido weapons system and Brazilian JiuJitsu creates a blend in concepts and techniques that result in a training method that assures you that there is no wasted effort..... "For years, I've been teaching and working with people & especially children whenever I can because I love it so much. I've been asked for so long when I'm going to open my own place and that time is now here. Enrollment is limited because I will not pack people in the class. I want for each student to get the attention they need, want & deserve. Whether working with a child, adult or professional fighter, what I enjoy so much about teaching is being able to share my experience & play a part in the learning, discovery & growth process that training in the martial arts provides. My experience allows me to function as a conduit so that the information can be put on the table and shared in a way that makes it as accessible as possible. There's so much that I learn by teaching and can then pass it on and share it with the other students. I love having the opportunity to learn and gain an understanding of how others learn. This process and the love of it is one of my favorite things in life and probably why I love teaching so much..... ..

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