MALAY FIGHTING ARTS ACADEMY
The Official Web Site of
Guru James W. Hogue
E-Mail: GURUJIM@PUKULAN.NET
GURU JIM'S BIO
Guru James Hogue began his martial arts training in 1975 at the age
of 5 years old. He began studying a system call Tjimande in
Uniontown, PA. Guru Jim, as his students call him, studied this art until
he was 9 years old. Guru Jim and his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio
so his parents could find work. Guru Jim met so many different martial
art students and teachers. Guru Jim found that Silat and Kuntao was
very much alive in Cleveland, Ohio. Guru Jim studied Kun Lun Pi
Kuntao (Chinese-Indonesian system), Poekoelan Tjiminde (Wetzel
System), Huc Chun Kuntao (Reeders System), Chuan Chi Tzuan
Kung Fu (Filipino-Chinese Kung Fu), Pangasinan Kali (Filipino Martial
Arts), and many other martial arts.
At the age of 18 years old, Guru Jim began working in the field of
security. Guru Jim worked in retail stores, and bar rooms. At 19 years
old Guru Jim started working for the Mc Crory Stores Corp as an
Undercover Retail Detective. Guru Jim went from having one store
under his protection then was given four stores to work. Guru Jim
achieved his State Certification of 120 hours of Private Security
training. At 21 years old, Guru Jim began to work for one of his good
friend's dad on his Fugitive Task Force (Bounty Hunters), but was still
working in contract security.
By 23 years old, Guru Jim was getting his own security accounts in the Cleveland area with his
Private Police Commission. Guru Jim was hired as the Head of Security at Belinda's Night Club.
Belinda’s was real dive where fights were common in this place. Drug dealing and usage was
everywhere, and over looked. The owner was even shot in his own nightclub. Guru Jim hired his
own students to be the security. The female customers in the nightclub would stay by the doors in
case a fight broke out, and their dates would go to the bartender to get the drinks. In six months
after the MFA Goon Squad took the security over using sound police and security tactics, and MFA
for defense. People started bringing their parents, and grandparents for a night of fun. Belinda's
was known as the nightclub for fun, and not for fighting. You mess up in Belinda’s you got thrown
out, or arrested.
Guru Jim worked as a Corrections Officer for the City of Cleveland where he used his art to control
unruly inmates. Guru Jim went and graduated the Police Academy as one of the top in his class.
Guru Jim worked for the Geauga County Sheriff's Office in Ohio. Guru Jim trained Security,
Correction, and Police Officers for many years.
At 31 years old Guru Jim did something he always wanted to do, he joined the US Army Military
Police. Guru Jim served with honors for almost 3 years. Guru Jim was his company's Unarmed
Self-Defense Instructor (USD). Guru Jim planned the USD program for his entire company. Guru
Jim served in Operation Iraqi Freedom from the beginning, and served six months in Iraq. While in
Iraq Guru Jim taught in the first ever Iraqi Police Academy. Guru Jim was the Academy's Chief USD
Instructor in defensive police tactics and suspect control techniques. While in Iraq Guru Jim taught M
FA to many people of the Navy, Marines, and Army. Guru Jim was honorably discharged from the
US Army just after returning home from Iraq, and found a job as a Police Officer in a small
town in Kansas.
Today, Guru Jim works for the Department of Veterans Affairs as a Federal Police Officer. Guru Jim
has used his art in many real life encounters. Defending himself and others against attacks from
clubs, knives, multiple attackers, and disarming guns. Guru Jim is still teaching Malay Fighting Arts.
Please contact me for any more info on my art, or any other arts.