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Chris started his martial arts training in 1969 at the age of 4 and has been actively seeking knowledge ever since. He made his first degree Black belt at the age of 10, and recently reached a milestone at the end of 2004 when he was awarded his 8th degree Black Belt in Red Dragon Karate, He also has earned his 1st degree Black belt in Shorin-Ryu under long time mentor and friend Steve Fisher. Chris professional tournament career started in 1982 and when he retired in 1992 he had amassed a very impressive string of titles: 4 time national open forms champion, 2 national weapons titles, and a top 5 rated middleweight fighter. Although he retired in 1992 he has coached and made a few champion ship appearances in national tournaments. Two of his top students Roland Osborne and Deanna Bivins went onto gain national prominence in the late 90s and into the early part of the 21st century. Chris is also the first national competitor to win Grand champion titles in three different decades of his life 20s 30s and having just turned 40 in January 2004 he competed and won the weapons Grand Championship at the N.A.S.K.A. 5 star rated COMPETE Nationals held at the LA county fairgrounds. Besides his outstanding tournament record Chris went from the pro competition tour directly into films and Television shows. The first of which was directly attributed to his Grand Champion performance at Joe Corleys Battle of Atlanta On Mr. Corleys recommendation Pat Johnson, the fight choreographer behind smash hits such as The Karate Kid 1-4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and dozens of other top films, took a chance on Chris, in a small film which starred his longtime pal Mike Bernardo called Shoot fighter producers from a new TV show called W.M.A.C. Masters liked what they saw and called Chris to star in the series with the top ten sport competition stars of the time, The show had a great run for 3 years on FOX and was rated #1 in its time period. These first two gigs helped him land the role for which most people now recognize him. The role of Scorpion in the hit film Mortal Kombat | |
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