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Charles "Charlo" Christian, has been a Corrections
Officer, Air Marshall, Martial Arts Instructor, a Lieutenant in The US Virgin
Islands Prison System, and Warden of The St. Croix Corrections
Facility. He is a loving husband, parent, and grand-parent as well
as a business entrepreneur. Charlo gained quite a reputation by building
and running his own body-building gym facility, while still managing to successfully
juggle all of the other aspects of his busy life. Sensei Christian has
contributed to the welfare of the community for many years. He has
become well known for doing charitable work throughout the Virgin
Islands; donating his time in helping to develop and teach safe, humane
restraint techniques for Youth Corrections Officers, Hospital Orderlies,
Women's Prison Guards, and High Security Prison Guards. Charlo was
partners with Gerard Patalidis in the V.I. Martial Arts Academy, which
eventually became "8 Ways Of The Dragon" when they added the talents
of Bob Chapman to their ranks. After Bob left St. Croix, Gerard and
Charlo reformed VI Martial Arts and still taught together for a number of
years until Soke' Dai Patalidis retired from teaching. Even after Gerard
retired from teaching the public, Charlo spent many hours with Grandmaster
Patalidis as his friend and as a student of the nuances of the Kawashi
Ju-Jit-Su System and of the many other arts Gerard had mastered. One of
Charlo's own contributions to the exercise routines of JKD practitioners can
be found in the book "Jun Fan/Jeet-Kune-Do, The Textbook" by Chris
Kent & Tim Tackett. On Page 119 is his practice routine which is
labeled: "Charlo's Drill". Charlo has now retired from
the Corrections System but still runs his work-out facility known as "Charlo's
Gym" and teaches Aikido, African Martial Arts, Boxing, Kick-Boxing, Ju-Jit-Su, JKD,
Kali, and Bulldog JKD Concepts.
Charlo's many certifications include:
50 Hours of Certified Instruction spent at "The Great Smoky
Mountain JKD/Kali/Silat/Thai Camp" with instructors- Dan Inosanto, Fred
Degerberg, Chai Sirisuite, Tim Tackett, Larry Hartsell, Paul DeThouars, and
Bert Poe.
Hachi-Dan (8th Degree Black Belt) in Zu-Jitsu-Ryu under Grandmaster Chaka
Zulu
Hachi-Dan (8th Degree Black Belt) in V. I. Martial Arts Total
Self-Defense Systems from World Martial Arts Hall Of Fame Sokeship Council
Full Instructor Certification in Bulldog Jeet-Kune-Do Concepts under
Grandmaster Bob Chapman
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Gerard,
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& Charlo
Teaching the Staff at Juan Luis
Memorial Hospital |
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Below: Check out some of the
Bulldog/Chapman/Patalidis/Richter/Christian
"Non-Damaging Restraint "
Concepts.
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