Kevin Howell

Kevin Howell
Born October 7, 1977 (1977-10-07) (age 34)
Huntington Beach, California
Height 5 ft 08 in (1.73 m)
Hair color brown
Eye color brown
Weight 170 lbs
Website
http://www.fightzoneusa.com

Kevin Howell (born October 7, 1977) is an author, political science professor, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor. He is of mixed Mexican, Spanish, German, and English heritage.

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Education

Howell graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science. He minored in History. Upon graduation, he continued to California State University, Long Beach, where he focused on International Politics, American Political Institutions, and Political Theory. He completed his Master of Arts in Political Science in 2006. Howell considers this time not only essential to his future work as a college professor, but to his writing skills in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Career

Currently, Howell teaches introductory Political Science at the college level. This is a macro focused class which covers individual, nation/state, and international levels of study.

Howell also writes Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu books for Victory Belt Publications.[1] His first book was Jiu-Jitsu University, written with famed instructor Saulo Ribeiro. His second and third books, featuring Andre Galvao and Leo Vieira are due to be released in the first quarter of 2010.

Aside from Victory Belt books, Howell has also contributed magazine articles for Fight and Life, Gong, and BudoVideos (now Martial Generations), as well as for the Budo Blog.

In 2005, Howell began working with film for OntheMat.com and BJJTapes.com and has since worked as a video editor and director on projects for Cryo Productions and Torrential Films.

Books

Video Projects

2005 Pan American Championships (DVD). BJJTapes Videos. Cameraman

Leo Vieira Gi and No-Gi Instructional. BJJTapes Videos. Cameraman/Editor

Demian Maia No-Gi Instructional. BJJTapes Videos. Cameraman/Editor

2005 ADCC Trials (DVD). OntheMat.com. Video Editor

2006 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships (DVD). Cryo Productions. Cameraman/Fight Coordinator/Editor

2006 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships Vol. II (DVD). Cryo Productions. Cameraman/Fight Coordinator/Editor

2007 Pan Am No-Gi 2007 (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator/Editor

2007 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships (DVD). Fight Coordinator/Editor

Rigan Machado Master Series II Instructional. BJJTapes Videos. Training Dummy

1st Annual World Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships 2007 (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator/Editor

2008 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championships (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator/Editor

2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships - Best Fights (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator/Editor

2008 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships - Finals (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator/Editor

2008 No Gi Worlds & No Gi Pan (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator/Editor

Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles Instructional (DVD). Cryo Productions. Director

2009 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championships (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator/Editor

2009 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships (DVD). Cryo Productions. Fight Coordinator

Ricardo Vieira Seminar (DVD). Torrential Films. Cameraman/Editor

Leo Vieira Seminar Series (DVD). Torrential Films. Cameraman/Editor

Shawn Williams' Williams Guard Instructional (DVD). Torrential Films. Director/Editor

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