Instructor Profile: Anthony Sell

Anthony Sell has more than ten years of teaching experience, working with more than 500 students, ages 3-76, including a very special few with unique learning disabilities and physical challenges. An avid student of Zen Buddhism and Taoism for over 17 years, he brings the philosophies and concepts within the Martial Arts to life with insightful stories and common-sense explanations.

Anthony who holds a Level Two Instructor Certificate under Sifu Rick Faye (Minnesota Kali Group), has also worked as a Personal Fitness Trainer for over five years, is presently undergoing certification in a number of areas through the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA). He has also competed on a National level in WEKAF events as a full-contact stickfighter, qualifying for the US team in 1998. Anthony also holds a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Doce Pares Eskrima and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do under Guro Tom Sipin (Four Winds Marital Arts Academy) in West Allis, WI, and an Instructor Permit in Maharlika Kuntaw under Guro Buzz Smith in Traverse City, MI.

Over the years he has been fortunate to have trained under many great instructors. This list briefly illustrates the breadth of Anthony's exposure to diverse systems of Martial Arts and Healing:

• Guro Dan Inosanto (JKD, Inosanto-LaCoste Kali, Lameco Escrima, Villabrille Kali, Muay Thai, Shooto, Combat Submission Wrestling, Machado Brazilian JiuJitsu, Maphilindo, Bukti Negara & Mande Muda Silat, Pekiti Tirsia Kali, Balintawak Eskrima, Chin-Na, Dumog, Panantukan)
  
• Sifu Rick Faye (JKD, Kali, Muay Thai, Shooto, Combat Submission Wrestling, Machado Brazilian JiuJitsu, Silat, Pekiti Tirsia Kali, Lameco Escrima, Villabrille Kali, Chin-Na, Dumog, Panantukan)
  
• Sifu Erik Paulson (Shoot Wrestling, Combat Submission Wrestling)
  
• Professor Pedro Sauer (Brazilian Jiujitsu)
  
• Dr. Maung Gyi (Letha Yoga, Dhanda Yoga, Min Zin, Healing Stone Massage, Dhota Stick Massage)
  
• Sifu Bill Anderson (Shiatsu, Tui-Na, Sul Sa, Applied Kinesiology, CST, Reflexology, Advanced Massage Therapy Diagnostics, Chi Gung)
  
• Grandmaster Diony Cañete (Doce Pares Multi-Style System Escrima)
  
• Master Val Pableo (Doce Pares Multi-Style System Escrima)
  
• Guro Tom Sipin (Doce Pares Escrima, Tae Kwon Do, Kickboxing, DAAT/Defensive Tactics, Self-Defense, Knife Defense, Comptetition Stickfighting)
  
• Guro Kelii Sipin (Doce Pares Escrima, Competition Stickfighting)
  
• Guro Ng Kuntaw Brian "Buzz" Smith (Maharlika Kuntaw, Buno, Sikaran, Silat, Eskrima, Kali)
  
• Ahati Kilindi Iyi (African Martial Sciences, including Naboot & Zulu Impe Stickfighting, African Knife Fighting, African Healing Methods)
  
• Guro Ben Salas (Mande Muda Silat, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)
  
• Sifu Phil Norman (Savate, Vale Tudo)
  
• Pendiri Sean Stark (Combat Silat, Pencak Silat Pertempuran)
  
• Sensei Berkhard Feierabend (Kyokushin Karate)
  
• Dr. Glenn Morris (Hoshin Roshi Ryu Jutai Jutsu, Bujinkan Ninpo, Hoshin Meditation & Healing Methods)
  
• Momura Sensei, Sensei Bill Cruz (Aikido, Hombu System)
  
• Sensei Henry Matamoros (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)
  
• Sensei Luis Via (Kajukenbo)
  
• Claudia "Catatau" Giannecchinni (Capoeira Regional)
  
• Mestre Fran (Capoeira Regional)

Anthony has been training in Martial Arts for over seventeen years, and has studied a number of disciplines including Tae Kwon Do, Jun Fan Martial Arts/Jeet Kune Do, Inosanto-LaCoste Kali, Filipino Panantukan, Doce Pares Eskrima, Brazilian JiuJitsu, Shoot Wrestling, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Mande Mude Silat, Aikido, Chin-Na, and Defense and Arrest Tactics (DAAT) in addition to various forms of Massage Therapy, Yoga and Meditative Practices. Anthony also brings the real-world experience of working as a Gentleman's Club Bouncer and as a Security Professional in numerous formats.

Anthony is also an accomplished Web Designer, a Musician, an avid Writer, and a Fine Arts Painter. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.

"My greatest talent is my ability to explain things that I know well, to put the complex structures of skills and concepts in Martial Arts and Fitness Training into terms and experiences that the students can easily understand. I play the role of the facilitator, the guide, and though I can show you from my experience what the path may look like, it is up to you to do the work and undergo the transformation that occurs from a dedicated course of study." - Anthony Sell, 2001

Anthony Sell (left) training with Sifu Rick Faye (right)
at the 2001 Wisconsin Martial Arts Camp in Cable, WI.

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Mr. Sell playing the game with Ivo
from the Degerberg Academy

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