Guro Michael Jaramillo is a specialist in empty hand combat and edged weapons tactics. He has been teaching publicly in Tri-Cities, WA since 2019. His goal is to share his knowledge of these often illusive arts. He has dedicated much of his time and resources into acquiring these important teachings. He believes in passing the art on at its highest form and understands only those who have will, determination, and intelligence can truly learn these systems. He attributes much of his ability to Master at Arms, James A. Keating of Comtech and alumni of ESI School of Bodyguarding. Guro Mike holds a Tactical Instructor's Certification and Bowie Knife Instructor's Certification from Combat Technologies. Guro Mike has 20 years of martial and tactical experience and has studied concepts from multiple arts such Kali, Silat, Jeet Kune Do, Red Boat Wing Chun, Fencing, Bowie Fencing, Western Boxing, Tai Chi Chuan, and Jujitsu.

"In our game there is no in-between, there is only the skilled or unskilled. There are those that are behind or those that are ahead. Your belts, ranks, and rules are all meaningless in the face of true adversity. It's just your abilities and the challenge in front of you." -Mike