Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle named New Martial Arts Director

PRLog (Press Release) - May 10, 2010 -
The new martial arts program, Shǒu Jì Martial Arts, is a unique, high performance martial arts program that blends Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Wushu and acrobatics and is designed to develop strength, conditioning, flexibility, and agility, while promoting the core values of martial arts: focus, discipline, and respect. In Chinese, Shǒu Jì translates to acrobatic skills.
Reyes made martial arts history at age eight by becoming the first and only child ever to achieve a national top 10 ranking in Forms. He trained in martial arts and fight choreography under his father (Ernie Reyes Sr., and Member of Black Belt Hall of Fame), and members of the original West Coast Demo Team.
Reyes made his film debut as a child when he appeared in the Motown-Tri-star Productions of “The Last Dragon”, and later went on to star with Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Red Sonja”. In his teen years, the young martial artist landed his own Disney TV series, “Sidekicks”, and appeared on “Circus of the Stars” for four seasons.  He also starred in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I & II” and “Surf Ninja’s”. More recently, he was featured in “The Rundown” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and did stunts and fight choreography for “Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Avatar” and is credited as Tweedle Dee’s stunt double in “Alice in Wonderland”.
Classes are for boys and girls ages 5 – 17 and will begin taking sign ups Monday, May 10. A free trial class is available for all students during the month of May. First month of classes are only $99 and $169 per month thereafter and meet two days per week. For more class information and schedule, go to http://www.teamocfun.com/shouji.htm. For an interview or on-site taping with Reyes please contact Kim Marchbank. For Reyes’ bio please visit http://www.teamocfun.com/ernie_reyes.htm.