Alumni

Craig Henningsen

At the young age of five, Craig Henningsen started taking classes at Sharkey's Karate Studio, being influenced by Bruce Lee, the Ninja Turtles and his black belt babysitter. Matt Mullins, a yellow belt at the time, taught Craig his first introductory lesson and was a huge role model throughout his training. Sharkey's Karate soon became Craig's home away from home, as he rushed there after school to train, teach, do homework, and train some more. Years later, after instructing seminars, winning numerous championships and signing a movie deal, Craig reached one of his biggest achievements: earning his black belt from Sensei Sharkey.

Craig now resides in Los Angeles, performing shows all over the world with Matt and recently finished a film to be released in fall 2008 with The Weinstein Company.

Matthew Mullins

Matt Mullins Matthew Mullins has been involved in martial arts for over 15 years. Matt quickly took to the martial arts tournament circuit, competing at a national level by the age of 13. Matt excelled in open forms, weapons and point fighting and won some of the most prestigious national events in the country, including the AKA Grand Nationals, the Diamond Nationals, and the Bluegrass Nationals. At the age of 16, Matt won his first WKA world title in Ireland; 4 more world titles would follow in the next 3 years.

Now living in Los Angeles, Matt is pursuing a TV and film career. He has appeared in many commercials and TV shows. He will soon be appearing in the series Kamen Rider, a live-action show premiering on Cartoon Network.

Apart from his TV and film projects, Matt is the creator of the Sideswipe performance team. Sideswipe has appeared on several TV series, most notably 2007's America's Got Talent.

Michael Chaturantabut

Mike Chaturantabut

Michael Chaturantabut is internationally renowned for his energetic and innovative performances, combining traditional Okinawan Shorei-ryu, Taekwondo, Chinese Wushu, Kickboxing, yoga, dance, ballet and acrobatics. He was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1992, and has captured over 50 national and international forms and weapons championships. He is a three-time world forms & weapons champion, and a five-time North American forms & weapons champion – winning a gold medals at the 1995 and 1996 ISKA World Championships, two gold medals at the 1995 WAKO World Championships, and the Forms and Weapons Championship at the 1997 Budo Open International.

These talents along with his on-screen magnetism landed him a starring role in Fox's WMAC Masters. Mike Chat frequently appears on ESPN2 and numerous TV commercials. Michael is best known for his role as Chad Lee, the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue. He is also the creator of the XMA (Xtreme Martial Arts) System.