Erik Paulson grew up in Minnesota and began his training in Judo in 1974. He started training competition Tae Kwon Do in 1976. To get his hands better he joined Golden Gloves Boxing in 1978 and competed all throughout his junior and senior high years while still competing in many karate tournaments and full-contact kickboxing matches.

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Bruce Wilkerson bio (currently teaching at CSW training center in Fullerton, CA) Bruce Wilkerson has been training in the martial arts since 1978. Bruce started in the Japanese style of Shotokan karate. In 1985 Bruce began studying with Tim Tackett in Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do, as well as Filipino Kali, Muay Thai, boxing, and submission grappling. Later that year he also enrolled at the famed Inosanto Academy, run by former Bruce Lee student and leading exponent of Jeet Kune Do, Sifu Dan Inosanto. Bruce also began training with leading Inosanto student Burton Richardson. Bruce also trained in Muay Thai with Ajarn Chai Sirisute, in Pentjak Silat with Pendekar Paul DeThouars, JKD/Kali with Guro Ted Lucaylucay, Shootwrestling with Sensei Yori Nakamura, Savate with Professor Nicolas Saignac, JKD grappling with Sifu Larry Hartsell, and Wing Chun with Sifu Jaques Moramarco, Sifu Augustine Fong and Sifu Frances Fong. Bruce has been a student of Brazilian jiu-jitsu under various instructors, primarily Erik Paulson, but also under Joe Moreira, and Richard Briesler. Bruce has been a friend and student of Erik Paulson’s for over 20 years and holds a representative instructor certificate in CSW under Erik.

• Instructor in Jeet Kune Do under Sifu Tim Tackett
• Instructor in JKD/Kali/Muay Thai/Pentjak Silat under Guro Burton Richardson
• Instructor in Combat Submission Wrestling/STX kickboxing under Sensei Erik Paulson
• Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Erik Paulson
• Advanced student in Wing Chun Gung Fu under Sifu Jacques Moramarco
• Advanced student in Pentjak Silat Butki Negara under Pendekar Paul DeThouars
• Advanced student in Shooto under Sensei Yorinaga Nakamura
• Copper certified coach in USA wrestling

Joey Aguilar is new to the CSW family of coaches he is the boxing coach. He represented Big Bear Boxing Team, Kronk boxing and comes to us with a very unique striking style which has been successful in his coaching career. He trained #1 IFBA ranked featherweight Mary Duron and also worked with several boxers in Big Bear, California he worked with Nick Acevedo who was on the Contender season 2 and also (IBA) middle weight champion, World Champion Middle weight Ryan Davis WBE Intercontinental junior middleweight champion and undefeated Dominic Salcedo along with his sister Ranked #2 IFBA Marilyn Salcedo. His fighters have trained with Oscar De La Hoya, Sugar Shane Mosley and many more. He is currently working with up and coming MMA fighters such as Craig Wilkerson, Ben Jones.

Marvin Cook is a talented boxing coach and has a full schedule teaching one on one at the CSW Training Center. You will find plenty of video on this site featuring Marvin. He is also featured in the CSW Striking DVD, CSW 2008 Camp DVDs, CSW 2009 Camp DVDs, and the upcoming CSW 2010 DVDs. More Info Coming Soon.

Craig Wilkerson began his MMA career at age five training under his father Bruce Wilkerson. As he developed his path to success in the MMA world he began to train under Erik Paulson, Joey Aguilar, and continue with his father. He soon found himself with a brown belt in Jiu Jitsu under Erik Paulson and Rigan Machado and a 3-0 professional fighting record. Craig began to instruct in CSW under Erik Paulson and helped train Ken Shamrock, Vernon White, Josh Barnett, and Renato ,Babalu Sobral. He is currently instructing private lessons and teaching the Cardio Kickboxing classes.

Ben Jones is currently a professional fighter for Erik Paulson’s team. He has been training under Erik for the past 7 years. Ben is also a instructor in CSW. He teaches all the CSW levels including boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and catch wrestling. He is also been training under Joey Aguilar in boxing for the past year. Ben found his way to CSW after playing professional football and being a 2 time All-American in college.