At age nine, Michael began to practice Judo under Jos Beunen. After a few years Michael started to train with top judokas like Robert van de Walle and Ingrid Berghmans, Philip and Johan Laats, and seven years later, Michael earned his Black Belt at age 16 and became the youngest Black Belt ever in Belgium.  (You must be 16 years of age to earn a Black Belt Judo in Belgium). Michael was fully skilled at age 15, but had to wait until he turned 16 to qualify for the exam.

A few years before he received his Black Belt, Michael had won 100's of tournaments and became National Champion Judo twice before he turned sixteen and still wearing his Brown Belt.

Several years later, 1994 to be exact, Michael moved to Los Angeles, CA where he started to study Wing Chun Kung Fu ( Bruce Lee’s fighting style ) in Encino and Granada Hills, California under Master Sifu Joe Sayah, who studied directly under Grand Master William Chung.

After Sifu Joe Sayah moved back to Australia, Michael continued to practice Wing Chun under Sifu Alon Peterson, who studied directly under Master Sifu Joe Sayah. Michael is currently practicing Mixed Martial Arts which includes Judo, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Weapons, Chi Sao, and Full Contact Sparring.

Michael went on to study many other styles like Krav Maga, Jujitsu, Combat Training and took the best of all styles and created a very affective self defense system.