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Master Mark Stewart Specialty: Jeet Kune Do/Kali

Mark Stewart Biography
Defensive Tactics Specialist

Training Manager X-Secure, Singapore
Training Manager Impact Defence, Thailand

Martial Arts: Since 1977 Mark Stewart has taught martial arts, defensive tactics, sports and fitness at many Universities and Fitness Centers including UCLA, USC, and University of Hawaii at Manoa as well as Clark Hatch Fitness Centers, Powerhouse Gyms and Shinjuku Sports Center in Tokyo, Japan. Mark was also an Adjunct Professor of Physical Education, at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California from 1999-2001, where he taught martial arts and self defense. Mark currently is a Sports Elective Coach at Singapore Poly Technical where he teaches self defence.

Defensive Tactics: Mark has also taught many individual law enforcement and military personnel throughout the years, including Police, FBI, Air Marshals, US Navy Seal and Demolition team members. Mark was the co-founder and head trainer of the Los Angeles Chinatown Safety Patrol, founded in 1994. Mark is currently the Training Manager of Defensive Tactics for X-Secure here in Singapore, including clients such as SIA Singapore Airlines, NUS / National University Singapore and ICA / Immigration Checkpoints Authority. Mark is also the Training Manager of Defensive Tactics for Impact Defence in Thailand including clients such as Air Marshals, US Navy Seal, Demolition team members, Airline Pilots and Traveling Executives.

History: Mark began his martial arts training in the Chinese/Okinawa style of Karate known as Uechi Ryu.  At the age of 18 he was awarded his 1st degree Black Belt and in 1989 became the youngest 5th degree Black Belt in the World, of the Okinawa Karate Do Association, Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Since 1997 Mark has been a private student of Ted Wong in Bruce Lee’s martial art Jeet Kune Do.
Mark is also an instructor of Philippine Weaponry known as "Kali, Escrima & Arnis" and has taught throughout the world in countries such as Japan, France, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Canada and the USA. Mark is a former Top Ten Rated Karate Champion and 1992 Grand Champion in the Great Lakes Region of the USA as well as a “Full Contact” International Kickboxing Competitor.

Author: Mark is a published author who has been featured in and on the cover of many magazines including Inside Karate, Inside Kung Fu, Masters and styles, Black Belt, Karate Illustrated, Fighter Magazine of Sweden, Martial Arts Illustrated of Great Britain, and Siam Combat of Thailand. Mark has also been featured in other publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Tokyo Classified, Farang, A Day, The Nation and BK Metro.

Videos/TV: Mark has also been featured in many instructional videos including Unique, Black Belt and Moon River Productions. In 1994 Mark was featured on the Malaysian T.V. Series “Maha Guru” and became the first martial artist to demonstrate the art of Kali on Malaysian television. In 2002 Mark was featured on the Thai T.V. Series “Martial Arts” on UBC Super Sports and became the first martial artist to demonstrate Jeet Kune Do on Thai television. In 2003 Mark was featured by Reuters New Agency which aired throughout the world, including CNN World Report CNA and ITV. In 2003 Mark and his group performed for the APEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.