Mike Dawson

Michael Dawson (or often simply, "Mike" Dawson - as many of his friends refer to him) was born in Hawthorne, California and grew up in Southern California. Michael developed his chief interest of martial arts at an early age, an interest which has been since parlayed into a fairly diverse career in the entertainment industry, working periodically as a stunt performer, fight coordinator, martial arts fight trainer, assistant director and producer, among others. Michael began his training in the martial arts at the age of six, after being inspired by his childhood T.V. hero Kwai Chang Caine, from the original 1970s Kung Fu (1972) series. He was first exposed to Okinawa-te karate by his father; himself a 3rd-degree black belt in the art. Later, Michael moved on to study traditional Chinese martial arts under Grandmaster Kam Yuen, who - by sheer coincidence - was the Technical Advisor/Fight Coordinator for the original Kung Fu (1972) T.V. series. As of this writing, Michael has over 40 ye