Professor Israel Gonzales - Chief Instructor

Israel Gonzales has trained in martial arts for 40+ years and is the Chief Instructor for the North Texas Region of the Kajukembo Self-Defense Systems Association. He began his training in Kenpo Karate under Sifu Brian Duffy in 1981/1982 until a Kajukembo school opened in his home town of Taylor,Texas under the direction of Sifu Craig Speers, and operated by one of Mr. Speers black belts, Sifu Clarence Wooldridge. Israel immediately joined the school and began his Kajukembo training.  In 1989, Israel moved his family to the Dallas area and soon after, met the instructor who would take him to a whole new understanding of the Kajukembo style of martial arts, Professor Richard L. Peralta.

Professor Richard L. Peralta took him in and taught him his method of Kajukembo which consisted of the Original Emperado Method with a whole new, explosive twist. The movements were shortened, and the power was rooted from the ground and generated from the hips and transferred through the body and through the strikes, with each strike setting up the next, precisely and efficiently.

Israel Gonzales has been consistently teaching the Peralta Method of Kajukembo in the Watauga area for over 23 years and is the longest, consistently running school within the KSDS Association in the USA. This school is also the official Headquarters for the Kajukembo Self-Defense Systems International Association, and the hosting school for the KSDS seminars and luaus.


Sifu Jeff Duncan

Sifu Jeff Duncan began his martial arts training in Shotokan and achieved the rank of Brown belt in Shotokan before transitioning into Tae Kwon Do under Grand Master Won Park and obtaing a 1st Degree Black Belt in TKD. In 1989, he was introduced to Kajukembo while stationed in Guam during his Air Force service. After his transfer to Missouri, he began studying EP Shotokan and Okinawan Kenpo. After separating from the Air Force and moving back to Texas, Sifu Duncan began training exclusively in Kajukembo with Professor Israel Gonzales. Sifu Duncan is currently a 5th Degree Black Belt under Prof. Israel Gonzales.


Sifu Mitch Perry

Sifu Mitch Perry began traing directly from Professor Israel Gonzales in 2007 and has trained consistently and exclusively in Kajukembo. Sifu Mitch is currently a 2nd Degree Black Belt under Professor Gonzales.