At age nine, Michel began to practice Judo under Jos Beunen. After a few years Michel started to train with top judokas like Robert van de Walle and Ingrid Berghmans, Philip and Johan Laats, and seven years later, Michel earned his Black Belt at age 16 and being the youngest Black Belt in Belgium.  (You must be 16 years of age to earn a Black Belt Judo in Belgium). Michel was fully skilled at age 15, but had to wait until he turned 16 to qualify for the exam.

A few years before he received his Black Belt, Michel had won 100's of tournaments and became National Champion Judo twice before he turned sixteen and still wearing his Brown Belt.

Several years later, 1994 to be exact, Michel moved to Los Angeles, CA where he started to study Wing Chung in Encino and Granada Hills, California under Master Sifu Joe Sayah, who studied under Grand Master William Chung.

Michel is available for one on one training sessions.

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Belgian Judo Federation