Angel Soto

Muay Thai Instructor

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Muay Thai 4-1
MMA 3-2
3x Texas State Tae Kwon Do Black Belt Sparring Champion
National Champion in Olympic Tae Kwon Do
International Champion Olympic Tae Kwon Do
National Champion in Soo Bahk Do
Euro Champion in Seishinkai Karate Kumite W. Germany.

Qualifications

Kru Muay Thai, 3rd Degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do, Black Belt Soo Bahk Do Tang Soo Do, Black Belt Seishinkai Karate, Red Belt Okinawan Goshin Ryu Karate, Apprentice Instructor Jeet June Do, Certificate in Combat Hapkido under John Pelligrini, Certificate in Yoshitsune Combat Ju Jitsu under Michael De Pasquale.

About Angel

My journey started as a kid watching Kung Fu movies and then I started training a little with a neighbor in Wing Chun at 8 years old. I started Kickboxing at 12 years old my first school. The Newark P.A.L. for inner city kids offered Boxing where I began my Boxing training in 1980. After competing I realized I liked to kick and Martial arts better so I got in a Karate program there. I joined the Army in 1983 and while I was in Germany I got into Seishinkai Karate where I started competing in Europe. Back in the U.S. I attended many Martial Arts seminars with some of the best Martial Artist in the country. I moved to San Antonio where I got into Korean Traditional arts like Soo Bahk Do and Tae Kwon Do and finally my journey into the art I love Muay Thai in 2000. I continue to learn, train, and teach to share the knowledge of Martial Arts to others.

Turning Point

I have been through so many ups and downs in my life but there was always one thing that me feel better and help me to get through the toughest of times and that was training, the gym, as I call the gym my church. A place to find my inner peace.

Motivation & Passion

There is nothing more I love than seeing people happy and feeling good about themselves. After working in the medical field for over 15 years and as a nurse I felt dissapointed when I realized I was not always going to make someone feel better that I was going to lose them to other circumstances. Teaching and training people and watching them smile and feel good about what they are doing for themselves and enjoying to see the progress they are making is what makes a good coach, trainer, and instructor.