John Comito

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About

John Comito &
His Mission

John Comito is an 9th degree black belt in Kenpo Jutsu and holds a Chuck Norris 6th degree black belt. John retired from the military in 2007 and later from the Addison Police Department in 2015. Since that time he has maintained his activity and love for the martial arts by competing in the really old guys fighting division at tournaments, teaching and coaching. His love, commitment, dedication to the arts and teaching is at the core of C2MA.

John became interested in the martial arts after two coeds were brutally attacked while he was attending college in 1978. He felt his wrestling skills (which had earned him two scholarship offers) were solid, but he did not feel they were useful when standing up to a person armed with a knife. This led him to enroll in a college class teaching Shotokan Karate and he was sold on the martial arts. After that initial exposure to the arts John was watching Chuck Norris in the movie, “Good Guys Wear Black”. He told his wife “I’m going to learn how to kick like that” and in 1981 John enrolled in Mr. Bob Barrow’s karate school. Mr. Barrow was a Chuck Norris black belt and was a team member of the undefeated Chuck Norris black belt fighting team.

From that time forward John committed himself to training, competing, and teaching the martial arts. He earned his black belt from Chuck Norris in 1986 and never looked back. After establishing himself in the stand up arts, John then returned to his love, grappling. He studied with Walt Bayless in Salt Lake City in Combat Wrestling and Sambo.

In 1992 John was interviewed for a position with Kick Drugs Out Of America, a foundation established by Chuck Norris to help at risk inner city school children. Due to family commitments and training with the Army, John was not hired by the foundation until November 2000. John spent over 6 years working as an instructor and life coach for Mr. Norris.

During that time John was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq and gained some valuable and important training with the military. Upon his return John was hired by the Addison PD and became a Defensive Tactics Instructor for the department. He received some great training provided by the Department and some real-world experiences as an Officer on the street. During that time John was deployed a second time and served in Iraq.

While working for Mr. Norris in Kick Drugs Out Of America, John was introduced to the Filipino Martial Arts by his good friend, Mr. John Bain. Comito started working in the FMA established by Ama Guro Raffy Pambuan. John has been recognized as Kapatid of the Family, a singular acknowledgement of his support, training, commitment, and advancement of the family art established by Ama Guro Pambuan.