Lee Reyes

Lee Reyes (born c. 1980 in San Jose, California) is an accomplished martial artist and actor. Son of Hall of Famer, Ernie Reyes, Sr. and brother of Ernie Reyes Jr.

Early life

At the age of three he began his journey as a martial artist under the tutelage of his Father, Ernie Reyes Sr. His father who was a National Champion in Tae Kwon Do and a National Association of Professional Martial Artist Lifetime Achievement Award winner[1] began teaching his son Lee as soon as he could walk. Lee later became a 7 time national forms competition champion by the age of 10. At the age of 13 he starred in American Ninja V, where he choreographed many of his own fight scenes.

Martial arts

Lee Reyes is amongst one of the youngest people to ever attain the level of 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor in Tae Kwon Do. He has been featured in magazines such as Black Belt (magazine), Inside Kung Fu, Karate Bushido International, Karate Budo, and Tae Kwon Do. He has been trained by the some of the most prominent martial arts trainers in the world including: Master Boxing Instructor Jeff Langton, Muay Thai Instructor Saekson Janjira, Tae Kwon Do Instructor Billy Blanks, last resort tactic self-defense instructor Tom Petire. Lee Reyes has also had weapons training from masters Sifu Sheng Meng and Tadashi Yamashita. He currently possess over 22 years of martial arts experience.

Boxing

Lee Reyes was trained in boxing by Master Boxing Instructor Jeff Langton, who has over 30 years of boxing experience, has been a cutman and corner man in over 40 world title bouts. Under the instruction of Langton, Lee Reyes has quite a few accomplishments and holds an official amateur boxing record of 12-1.

He now trains with Freddie Roach at Wild Card.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.erniereyes.com/html_documents/association/erniereyes.asp
  2. ↑ http://www.boxingalberta.com/2008%20Results.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.a2pusa.com/results10-15-06.html

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