| Sam Kressin CMD Pro-Trainer |
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Trainer Info:
Sam Kressin BSc, CSCS, NSCA-CPT Programs Offered: Crazy Monkey Defense Program, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Diet Master Pro Weight Loss and Weight Management, Exercise and Fitness, Flexability Training, Tui-Na Massage Therapy Contact Information
Phone: 858 729 3398
Background: Sam began training in Pacific Beach California learning the traditional Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do under Master Fred Kenyon. Sam continued his training in Tang Soo Do for close to seventeen years eventually achieving the rank of third degree black belt (Dan # 28071). During his training in Tang Soo Do Sam began learning Boxing, Kickboxing, Stick and Knife Combatives, Jeet Kune Do and many other styles of martial arts under his close friend and long time teacher Trent Suzuki. It was in 1995 that Sam was first exposed to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and in 1998 he began training diligently under professor Joao Morais in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Sam also continued to study Jeet Kune Do while in Hawaii with Burton Richardson of Jeet Kune Do Unlimited. Shortly after Joao left the United States in 2003 to return to Brazil Sam returned to the mainland and began training with Chris Haueter who has been his coach ever since. In September of 2008 Sam was promoted to the level of Black Belt by his instructor. Today Sam continues his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training with Chris Haueter (pictured below) in Los Angeles, California.
In 2003 while attending a martial arts camp in Portland Oregon Rodney "Chico" King was teaching his system of boxing he calls the Crazy Monkey®. At the time Sam had been boxing for several years and had trained with several coaches. The system and coaching methods Rodney used and taught were not just awesome but literally in a category of their own entirely. Since meeting Rodney back in 2003 Sam Kressin has trained with him many times attending seminars and workshops in both Oregon and Los Angeles in 2007 Sam became a fully Licensed Trainer and a Bronze Gloves in Rodney's Crazy Monkey Defense Program®. Sam has kept his trainers status current since 2007 and today is a licensed Pro-Trainer in the Crazy Monkey Defense Program. Pictured below is Sam (center) at the 2007 CMD® trainers clinic.
In additional to his martial arts training Sam has also earned a Bachelors of Science Degree from Brigham Young University Hawaii in Exercise Science. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, a Certified Personal Trainer by the American Counsel on Exercise, a Certified Functional Fitness Trainer by the National Pitching Association. Sam has also worked as a Massage Therapist for the San Diego Sockers and California Ballet and is a Certified Massage Therapist by Mueller College of Holistic Massage Therapies and he is Certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB). Sam is also a Bronze Level Wrestling Coach under USA Wrestling. Currently Sam is a 2nd year student working towards a Master's of Science Degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine and a License to Practice Acupuncture at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego California. |
