Chief Instructor Adam Petucci has over 20 years of martial arts training and has actively trained in many fighting arts from Brazil, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, France, Indonesia, Korea, China and the United States. He has a direct instructor lineage to Bruce Lee and is a Certified Full Instructor in Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Arts with Progressive Fighting Systems (PFS). He is certified under Paul Vunak, the hand to hand combat instructor for the Navy Seals. Adam began training in martial arts at a young age and focused on Wing Chun Gung Fu. Realizing the limitations of traditional martial arts and understanding the complexity of street fighting, he began searching for more practical self-defense training. This desire was created from violent experiences on and off the street. When the opportunity presented itself to engage in several full contact rounds with an experienced Kali and JKD practitioner, his eyes were forever opened to the effectiveness and efficiency of Bruce Lee’s strategies. From that moment on he pursued his studies of JKD vigorously. Adam’s background includes: Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Special Forces Defensive Tactics, Edged weapons.

Adam's Jeet Kune Do lineage is: Bruce Lee > Dan Inosanto > Paul Vunak >Adam Petrucci

Adam competes in sport fighting and this has given him the understanding between reality self defense in the street and sports competition. There is a difference!