Head
-Instructor and founder of Real Fighting Association®, has
been studying Jeet Kune Do since 1992 and directly under Sifu
Burton Richardson's since 1994 (Head - Instructor of JKD UNLIMITED,
organization who collaborates with well-known masters and fighters such as
Sifu Dan Inosanto, Erik Paulson, Randy Couture, Matt Thornton, Egan e
Enson Inoue, Barret Yoshida, Nova Uniao BJJ Team).
JKD
UNLIMITED Official Rapresentative from 1998 to January 2004.
Since 2003 he is an affiliated member of Dog Brothers Martial Arts Association and he is training under Guro Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny.
In
the years of training he has been studying different fighting systems as:
Kali - Eskrima, Ju Jitsu, Kickboxing, Thai Boxe, Savate, Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, Greco Roman Wrestling and Freestyle Wrestling,
Free Fight.
He is a JKD Certified Instructor under Sifu BURTON RICHARDSON (JKD UNLIMITED) and one of his first European Official Rappresentatives.
DBMA Apprentice Instructor under Guro Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny and Guro Benjamin "Lonely Dog" Rittiner (DOG BROTHERS).
He's also certified as:
Ring
sports Istructor
in
Kickboxing,
Thai Boxe, Full Contact (under FENASCO Masters Marco Franza and Giorgio
Iannelli);
Black-belt
Ju Jitsu Instructor
(under WJJKO Masters Robert Clark and Giacomo Spartaco Bertoletti).
In 1999 and 2000 he leaded some Self Defense and Knife Defense seminars
for the italian State Police and Penitentiary Police agents.
In Jan. 2001, he took part as Sifu Burton Richardson's assistant in the video "JEET KUNE DO UNLIMITED" produced by martial arts magazine Budo International.
He collaborates continuosly with many international martial art magazines (Budo International, Sphinx Magazine,…).
Since
the beginning he has been studying both Kali
(Inosanto System e Illustrisimo Kali) and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with Sifu
Burton Richardson but during the years of training , he has been
practicing the arts of his personal Curriculum training with various
international masters and athlets, such as : Jun I. Matagay (Arnis Lanada),
John Machado (Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu), Marco Ruas (Ruas Vale Tudo),
Jean Dubois (Thai Boxe, Savate), Mario Nicoli (Greco Roman and Freestyle
Wrestling), Riccardo Tonetto (Judo).
He also had the occasion of learning and training with many Instructors
and practitioners of Lameco Eskrima, Pekiti Tirsia and Doce Pares Kali.
He is the creator of A.T.P.L., a specific martial program for
law enforcement that comes from Sifu Richardson's experiences (Marines,
S.W.A.T., Rangers, F.B.I., C.I.A.) and from Sifu Leone's collaboration
with C.R.S. agents (operative french police department).
He keeps on studying and training several fighting systems to emprove and
evolve continuosly his martial experience and the professionality of Real
Fighting Association®'s
teaching programs.
He leads personally
R.F.A. classes in Italy in the town of ASTI and ALESSANDRIA.
Sifu
Leone's interview on the italian magazine"SOLO SPORT" (Maggio
2001)
