GURU JIM'S BIO
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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 calls 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, Kuntao,
and Kali was very much alive in Cleveland. Guru Jim studied Cimande
Silat, Poekoelan Tjiminde (Wetzel System), Huc Chun Kuntao
(Reeders System), Filipino-Chinese White Crane Kung Fu,
Pangasinan Kali (Filipino Martial Arts), and many other martial arts.
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Guru Jim has alway made a living in high risk jobs where he had to
use his martial art skills. Guru Jim started in bar room security at 18
years old, then became a Fugitive Retrieval Agent, then a
Correctional Officer, a Soldier in the US Army Military Police, and
finally as a Police Officer. Guru Jim has had to defend himself from
sudden, and violent attacks from dangerous career criminals that
activity tried to injury or even kill him. Guru Jim has trained Security
Personnel, Military Personnel, Correctional Officers, Police Officers,
SWAT members, and people of various careers.
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