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Eddie Diaz
8th Degree Grandmaster · Chief Head Instructor
Training since December 1989. Leading Diaz Martial Arts as owner and Chief Head Instructor for 28 years.
His work has shaped instruction well beyond one school. He served as senior consultant for United Professionals and head instructor of East West Karate in Coral Springs, Florida. In 2001 he joined the corporate headquarters of Black Belt Schools International, helping schools across the country strengthen their programs and contributing to the Instructor's College curriculum. He has produced and been featured in multiple instructional video series for Century Martial Arts.
He holds grandmaster rank in three Filipino martial arts and black belt rank in six more disciplines, earned under some of the most respected names in the industry - and he still trains with them.
Credentials
Rank and certification
Filipino martial arts & JKD
Kali - 8th Degree Black Belt, Grandmaster
under Grandmaster John Bruce Daniels
Escrido - 8th Degree Black Belt, Grandmaster
under Grandmaster John Bruce Daniels
Arnis - 8th Degree Black Belt, Grandmaster
under Grandmaster John Bruce Daniels
Jeet Kune Do - Full Instructor
under John Bruce Daniels
Traditional
7th Degree Black Belt, Shihan
under Professor Larry Hilton & Hanshi John Geyston
Tae Kwon Do - 6th Degree Black Belt
under Master Ronald Brett Brown
Striking
American Kickboxing - 2nd Degree Black Belt
under Bill "Superfoot" Wallace
Muay Thai (Chute Boxe) - Kru
under Luiz Charneski
Muay Lao Kickboxing - Arjan
under Arjan John Bruce Daniels
Grappling
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - 2nd Degree Black Belt, Instructor Bars
under Frank "King" Webb / Coral Belt Cleber Luciano
Reality-based self defense
HagAnaH - 4th Degree, Master Instructor
under Mike Lee Kanarek
Blade Artist (HagAnaH) - 2nd Degree Black Belt
under Mike Lee Kanarek
F.I.G.H.T. Instructor · Ground Survival · I.K.T. Instructor
under Mike Lee Kanarek
I.P.T.T. Instructor
under Mike Lee Kanarek & Garret Machine