Michael Jai White: Amazing fight scenes

White was born in Brooklyn , New York and moved as a teenager to Bridgeport , Connecticut , where he graduated from Central High School in 1988. He graduated from Bridgeport High School as he excelled at his school as an athlete.

Michael Jai White is a martial artist, with more than 7 legitimate black belts in the Japanese styles of: Karate Goju Ryu (3rd dan, with famed master Eddie Morales), kyokushinkai karate (3rd dan), Shotokan karate-Do (3rd dan ), and Kobudo (1st dan). In the Korean styles of ( Tae Kwon Do (2nd dan), and Tang Soo Do. In addition to training in Chinese martial arts of competition or " Wushu " discipline in which he excelled a lot. White began his training during his childhood in the traditional martial arts of Jiu-jitsu and Karate-Do at the age of seven, to later devote himself to other variants and styles. In August 2005married Courtenay Chatman, a gynecologist trained in Philadelphia and Los Angeles . The couple have a daughter named Michelle Morgan, who was born on December 24, 2008. Michael has two children from a previous relationship. White is a former professor of special education and cites his background in education as the reason why, despite his adoration for the musical genre "on many levels," he ultimately cannot have a positive opinion of the music of the genre. hip hop genreor "to excuse some of its penetrating and destructive elements", due to his experience with young people who had difficulty differentiating between the lifestyle promoted by this music and real life. In 1992 he stopped teaching and traveled to Los Angeles to dedicate himself fully to acting and film. Also White is an expert chess player , as shown in the movie Blood and Bone.