Carlos's martial arts journey started in 1992 at the age of sixteen in Judo. He trained and competed in Judo, receiving his black belt 1996 under Coach Mani Javaheri when he was 20 years old. For the next 5 years Coach Mani taught Carlos also taught Carlos JuJitsu and Submission Wrestling. In 2001 Carlos and his wife began traveling for work.

The first place his travels took him was to Ocala, Florida, where he trained with Master Marc Sanchez in Judo and in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Carlos also traveled to Birmingham, Alabama where he was first introduced to Sambo and studied with Chris Magyar. Carlos later relocated and trained Sambo with Ian Melacheck in Germany.

While traveling Carlos would find himself home for short spells and would continue his training with Sensei Mani, finally obtaining a 2nd Dan in Judo in 2006. Carlos also trained Sambo with Stephen Koepfer and Vladislav Koulikov. Moving home to Florida in 2005, Carlos opened his own school and worked in conjunction with several local martial arts schools.

In addition to daily martial arts classes Coach Carolos also does seminars and instruction in the following:

• TRX Certified Coach
• Rifle and Hand Gun Certification
• Tactical Instructor
• In Home Defense Instructor
• Women's Abuse Prevention
• Bully Prevention
• CPR Certification