Houston Martial Arts Academy
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The Houston Martial Arts Academy ("HMAA")
specializes in real life self-defense training. We
are dedicated to developing our members'
confidence and ability to defend any type of
attack at any range. We also make sure to have
fun while we are training so that we actually
enjoy practicing the techniques, drills and
concepts from the martial arts we offer.
Instructors/Teac
hers
We pride ourselves in continuing our training in all
aspects of martial arts to give our students the best
we have to offer. Our belief is a teacher should
never stop learning or striving to be better.
Joseph L. Galleon
Joseph Galleon is an Instructor at HMAA. He has
been training in martial arts since he was a child, for
over 75 years. His first introduction to the martial
arts was at the age of 6 through his father, who
passed down their family system of Escrmia to Joe
and his brothers and was a training parter with
Florendo Visitacion. He is a Guro/Full Instructor in
Giron® Arnis Escrima System and an Affiliate of
Bahala Na® Martial Arts Association. He holds a 4th
degree Black Belt in Chung Do Kwan with North
American Tae Kwon Do - CDK and a 2nd degree
black belt in Shotokan Karate. Manong Joe is also a
Guro in his Visayan family system of Galleon Clan
Escrima and the head representative in America. An
avid historian and researcher, Joseph is a wealth of
information on South East Asian history and culture.
Joesph co-founded the Houston Stick Fighting
Association.
Jason Evans
Jason Evans is the owner and Head Instructor of
HMAA. Jason is a Guro/Full Instructor of Giron®
Arnis Escrima and an Affiliate of Bahala Na® Martial
Arts Association. He is also an Instructor in Galleon
Clan Escrima under Guro Joseph Galleon. He is a 3rd
degree Black Belt and Instructor of Chung Do Kwan
with North American Tae Kwon Do - CDK. Jason is
also the Director of the Houston Stick Fighting
Association and Published the HSFA Insider
newsletter. Growing up, Jason learned self-defense,
situational awareness and fire arms instruction
under his Father, who served in Law Enforcement
for over 20 years+. Jason continually studies martial
arts and is constantly learning from senior
practitioners to further develop and refine his
approach to self-defense, health, and combatives.