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Lito Angeles

Lito Angeles
(Photo courtesy of
Janine Angeles)

Black Belt contributor Lito Angeles has been a Southern California-based police officer for almost 20 years. The chief U.S. instructor for Geoff Thompson’s Real Combat System, he has practiced and taught martial arts and self-protection for more than 30 years. Angeles has studied shorin-ryu karate, wrestling, boxing, jeet kune do, escrima, kali, savate, pentjak silat, muay Thai, Krav Maga and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. If you have any questions for Angeles, visit his message board at www.strictlysp.forumotion.com.
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