Jermaine Andre’ is a native of St. Louis MO. He began training in the Martial Arts as a child for fun after watching Bruce Lee movies. He enjoyed mimicking the moves of Bruce Lee so much that he accidentally honed himself to execute Bruce’s techniques with excellence, even the Nunchucks. The Martial Arts were fun and beautiful to him until he had a reality check at age 10 when he had to defend his older brother who was only 12, against an adult man with a steel pole. As the man winded up to strike Jermaine’s brother in the head, Jermaine pulled out his Nunchucks & struck the man in the head with all of his might before he could hit his brother. Jermaine’s Nunchucks had been made for him by an uncle who had filled them with lead to make them heavier. He’d given them to Jermaine to use so he could grow stronger. Luckily the lead in the Nunchucks made them so heavy that they sent the man immediately to the ground.
After this event Jermaine realized that the Martial Arts truly do work when used with true intent. He also realized that if he had not been practicing with, and had his Nunchucks, that his brother would probably be dead now. This thought curved Jermaine’s view on what the Martial Arts had to offer. There was more to it than fun and beauty. It actually protected people and saved lives. From this day on Jermaine took his Martial Arts training seriously while knowing that someday someone’s life may depend on how good he is at his Martial Art.
Jermaine’s training includes but is not limited to Muay Thai Kick Boxing, Russian Sambo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kung Fu, Karate’, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Wrestling, Knife Fighting, Nunchucks, Katana and Spear. He was also a street fighter during his teen years battling bullies, numerous enemies at once, and even adult men, and gang members with weapons. Even though he never started trouble or necessarily looked for it, it would be a cold day in hell before he would let anyone think that he was backing down to them. Jermaine grew stronger, quicker & smarter through his battles, and developed the ability to knock grown men unconscious with lightning fast punches and kicks. Eventually his intent of good deeds to stand up for others and himself steered him in the wrong direction. (Read “Muay Thaiger” to learn the rest of the story.)
Jermaine’s training extends directly from Kru Muay Pat Prapaisilapa who pioneered Muay Thai to America & St. Louis from Thailand in 1971, through Ron Smith. His Russian Sambo stems from Slava (pioneer of Russian Sambo to America from Russia). His training in Defensive Tactics & Ethical Protocol for Security and Law Enforcement stem from Bill Underwood (originator of Defensive Tactics for law enforcement) through Mike Griffin (police trainer for SILEC –Southern Illinois Law Enforcement Center).
Jermaine is a world respected pioneer of the Mixed Martial Arts. He has competed professionally in Japan, Canada, Hawaii, and Las Vegas as well as numerous states in the U.S. in MMA, Muay Thai, Japanese ShootBoxing, and Chinese San Shou Kick Boxing. He retired with a record of 24 wins and 4 losses and retained all of his titles which consisted of:
*WFA (World Fighting Alliance) Light Heavy Weight WORLD TITLE (Las Vegas)
*USSBA (United States Shoot Boxing Association) Heavyweight WORLD TITLE
*ISKA (International Sport Kick Boxing Assc) Light Cruiserweight San Shou Kick Boxing U.S. TITLE
*SFC (Submission Fighting Championships) 3x U.S. Light heavyweight TITLE
* SFC (Submission Fighting Championships) U.S. Cruiserweight TITLE
Jermaine Andre’ is a certified member of ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association), IMAC (International Martial Arts Council of America) as well as a certified Instructor in the Defensive Tactics and Ethical Protocol for Security & Law Enforcement. Instructor certification includes: Proper Use of Force, Controlled Force, Protective Force, Aerosol Defense Restraint, Impact Weapons, Weapon Retention, Weapon Disarming, Report Filling and Psycho Motor Skill Design.
Jermaine Andre has had over 15 years in the field of security and body guarding high profile clientele and venues. His experience in this field has fortuned him with the realistic experience of extreme life and death situations, and the knowledge that different Martial Arts are effective in different situations, against different foes. This helped to enlighten him that there is no superior Martial Art style, only superior Martial Artists. Furthermore, he learned quickly that the fighting techniques, strategies, and mentality that prevailed in sport fighting, would not achieve the same results in the streets.
The consistent dangers of the security field positioned Jermaine to grasp a complete understanding on the effectiveness of properly executed awareness. He realized that Awareness was so powerful, that it could be used by anyone to protect themselves from ALL attacks, IF they took the time to learn the simple protocols.
Jermaine gained a treasured gift through his experiences that he holds in higher regard than many of his other skills. It is his ability to read and predict the intended act of another. This ability to read others gave him the edge over his opponents in professional competition, and the jump on the bad guys during security situations. Eventually Jermaine honed this skill to a state where he could coerce his opponent or enemy to make the movements that he wanted them to make, leading to easy outcomes in his favor.
Jermaine now uses this ability to train body guards, bouncers, men, women, youth and competitors. His instruction and guidance as Head Coach lead the Team Nelly St. Louis to win the Iron Ring CHAMPIONSHIP reality show. His Team Andre’ competitors fought in NAGA National North American Grappling Association tournament with more than ½ of the team placing. Jermaine has also placed winning fighters on Strikeforce, Bellator and more.
Today Jermaine finds his passion in transforming youth into honorable beings of courage and character. His youth Martial Arts and Mental Toughness training programs convert young bullies into considerate youth, and meek, shy kids into courageous, outgoing leaders. Andre’s programs also stake claim in the rejuvenation and redemption of many adults who credit their job promotions, relationship improvements, medical healing, stress relief, and more to his coaching and training.
Today Jermaine Andre’ offers Martial Arts Fitness training that guides participants up a path to master their true self.
Never cry harder for yourself than you have ever cried for another person.
Don't take advantage of a person who is at your mercy.
There is always fortune within misfortune if we are patient and know where to look.
Never acquire anything or anyone that you would betray your integrity over.
No one ever wins a street fight.
Give a person a good reason to do the right thing.
If we lived each other's lives, we could never hate each other.
Loyalty can only be proven when there is a good reason to betray.
Arrogance is a sly imposter of confidence.
Excuses make us weak.
A good Martial Artist can take pride in never having to run away from a fight. A GREAT Martial Artist can take pride in never having to engage in one.
In the exact moment that we decide in our mind that we are the smartest person in the room, is the exact moment that we have instantly become the stupidest.
To learn more about Jermaine go to www.JermaineAndre.com and www.JAMMA.pro. You can also Google "Jermaine Andre'"