Rob Mathers has had a lifelong interest in learning martial arts. After 3 decades, he gratefully acknowledges the many teachers, mentors, senior students, training partners, and sparring sessions that have instructed, pushed, encouraged, corrected, provided feedback and
suggested methods for improvement. Among these experiences, Rob would like to specifically thank Mr. Gary Myers, Sifu Zhang Yun, and Haniti Wesley Crisostomo.
In 1994, Rob started learning Kung Fu and Arnis with Mr. Gary Myers in Garner North Carolina. In 2006, he was promoted to 3rd degree black belt. These early years of training provided a solid foundation and a thirst to learn more. Since 2004, Rob has greatly appreciated the detailed training from Sifu Zhang Yun (www.ycgf.org). Rob has been formally accepted as an
in-door student and lineage holder. In 2013, Rob began learning Pinakatay Arnis with the
Crisostomo family (www.pinakatay.com). Presently, Rob has been promoted to instructor and
holds the rank of Bagani.