Paul McCarthy is the founder of The Cognitive Kali Program, he began his martial arts career in England with Ian Gauldie and Combat Academy UK in 1995, and over the past 25 years has trained in a variety of arts in England and the USA. He currently manages the UCLA Martial Arts Program and trains at the world famous Inosanto Academy.
His educational background is in Kinesiology, the science of movement. He received his Bachelors degree from Nottingham Trent University in 2000 and his Masters degrees from Indiana University (IU) in 2007. During his graduate studies at IU he dove right into his martial arts training, receiving his black belts in Hapkido (2003) and Taekwondo (2006), he also started training in Kali for the first time and has not stopped since.
Since 2009 he has had the incredible fortune to train at the Inosanto Academy under Guro Dan Inosanto and during his time in Los Angeles has spent many hours with many other great Kali instructors as well. He has had the honor of being presented with his black belt in Kali by Guro Dan Inosanto and is currently an Associate Instructor in Kali with the International Inosanto Martial Arts Instructors Association.
The combination of his background in Kinesiology, his time with high level Kali practitioners and instructors, and the opportunities that working at a world class research university present, have allowed Mr. McCarthy to combine his passions of teaching martial arts and helping those who need it more than usual. One of these ventures is The Cognitive Kali Training Program.
More information about Paul McCarthy can be found on his website at - www.britishninja.com
His educational background is in Kinesiology, the science of movement. He received his Bachelors degree from Nottingham Trent University in 2000 and his Masters degrees from Indiana University (IU) in 2007. During his graduate studies at IU he dove right into his martial arts training, receiving his black belts in Hapkido (2003) and Taekwondo (2006), he also started training in Kali for the first time and has not stopped since.
Since 2009 he has had the incredible fortune to train at the Inosanto Academy under Guro Dan Inosanto and during his time in Los Angeles has spent many hours with many other great Kali instructors as well. He has had the honor of being presented with his black belt in Kali by Guro Dan Inosanto and is currently an Associate Instructor in Kali with the International Inosanto Martial Arts Instructors Association.
The combination of his background in Kinesiology, his time with high level Kali practitioners and instructors, and the opportunities that working at a world class research university present, have allowed Mr. McCarthy to combine his passions of teaching martial arts and helping those who need it more than usual. One of these ventures is The Cognitive Kali Training Program.
More information about Paul McCarthy can be found on his website at - www.britishninja.com