Frank Monsalve

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Frank Monsalve is a martial arts instructor who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the head instructor and founder of the Hybrid martial art Hurricane Combat Arts.

Hurricane Combat Arts was designed for military, executive protection/bodyguard and reality street defense. It is built on the theories of Russian Systema, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Indonesian Pentjak Silat Serak and American military hand-to-hand combative concepts. Hurricane is informal, no uniforms, kata, or tournament techniques are employed.

The Hurricane Combat Arts Academy (HCAA) is located in Las Vegas, Nevada with affiliate schools in Texas and outside of the U.S. a school in Sweden.

Monsalve has over 3 decades of Martial Arts experience. He first started his training in Hung Ga Kuen Gung fu when he was eleven years old under Moc Kan Sent in Miami, Florida.

He currently holds the rank of 5th degree black belt in American Taiho-Jitsu under Alan Cunningham, 4th dan black belt in kempo under Gary Dill, 2nd black sash in Hung Ga Kuen Gung Fu, and Sifu in Wing Chun Gung Fu under Jiun Yi.

Monsalve is currently working as an entertainment security consultant and also as Chief of Security & Risk Management for MRE/KP Properties. He gives instruction of the Hurricane Combat Arts system to private students in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as conducting seminars for law enforcement, military, security personnel, state employees, and self defense instructors and students from across the United States and around the world.