First introduced to Russian kettlebell training by renowned Bruce Lee protege,
Sifu Daniel Inosanto, Dr. Mark Cheng has had the honor of receiving almost all of his kettlebell training directly from the RKC Founder, Pavel Tsatsouline, himself and earned his initial RKC certification in April 2006, following with his RKC II in June 2007. He was honored to serve as an RKC assistant instructor at the April 2007, September 2007, February 2008, April 2008, May 2008 (Denmark), February 2009, & September 2009 RKCs and the Tactical Strength "law enforcement and military only" closed courses in June & December 2007. Dr. Cheng has also thrice assisted his mentor at the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) kettlebell workshops in Irvine, California.
Pavel Tsatsouline honored Dr. Cheng with promotion to RKC Team Leader on December 17, 2007. Dr. Cheng made his debut serving as Team Leader in May 2008 at the first RKC event in Budapest, Hungary. Since then, he has served as a Team Leader at the first Los Angeles RKC at UCLA in August 2008, twice served as an assistant instructor to Gray Cook and Brett Jones at the CK-FMS (Corrective Kettlebell - Functional Movement Specialist) certification workshop in St. Paul, and taught as a Team Leader at the 4th annual RKC instructor certification in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 2009 & the inaugural San Diego RKC in August 2009. Dr. Cheng has also collaborated with Gray Cook and Master RKC Brett Jones on the "Kalos Sthenos - Kettlebells from the Ground-Up" DVD and manual. He is honored to serve as a teaching faculty member of the FMS Team and works closely with Gray Cook & Dr. Lee Burton on clinical consultations with elite athletes.
Dr. Cheng has found kettlebell training an unparallelled means of rehabilitation and PRE-habilitation for a wide variety of conditions that seemed to plateau with other types of treatment and exercise. He employs Gray Cook's
Functional Movement System technologies along with specific kettlebell training exercises for rehabilitation and prehabilitation in his Santa Monica, California acupuncture and Chinese orthopedic medicine clinic, the
Chung-Hua Institute.
While he trained his wife,
Dr. Courtney Mizuhara-Cheng, RKC II, as a means of getting back into perfect athletic shape after the birth of their son, Dr. Cheng's focus is far wider than simple fat loss. He enjoys researching the combative tactical applications of kettlebell training exercises, as well as the rehab & prehab medical applications of the RKC system.
Dr. Cheng teaches kettlebell rehabilitative fitness, RKC System strength training, and Chinese martial arts on a private and semi-private basis in the West Los Angeles area, encompassing Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Pacific Palisades. He also teaches monthly kettlebell workshops at the world famous Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts, as well as training classes for sports teams, elite athletes, and special groups such as tactical operators, martial arts schools, and corporations across the US and internationally. Dr. Cheng and Sr RKC Jon Engum set the groundwork for the Hard Style RKC kettlebell training system to grow and flourish in Seoul, South Korea with a series of internationally attended workshops and high level meetings in March 2009. In January 2010, he brought the Hardstyle kettlebell methods & FMS screening technologies to Adelaide, South Australia, to rave reviews and conducted the first FMS certification courses Down Under later in November of that year.
Dr. Cheng's teaching methods are very precise, clear, and focused, yet constantly encouraging - geared towards developing proper, safe, and powerful form in a minimum of time to yield maximum results. He has also successfully prepared several individuals for the RKC instructors' certification with his RKC high-density training sessions. His Kettlebells Los Angeles instructors group boasts over a dozen certified RKCs on staff and has what is perhaps the strictest quality control requirements around. If you live in the Southern California area and wish to prepare for the RKC instructors' course, the RKC high-density prep course will ensure your success!
If you're not necessarily interested in becoming an instructor, but just want to enjoy the benefits of kettlebell training, then drop by the highly popular 7AM Sunday kettlebells class. With the unparallelled energy of dozens of kettlebell enthusiasts and about a dozen RKC-certified instructors on hand, you can kickstart your energy levels and metabolism and begin your week with a return to vitality.
To contact Dr. Cheng to schedule a workshop for your company, school, team, or group or for more information about rehabilitative training sessions, please visit his website at
www.kettlebellslosangeles.com or his blog at
kettlebellslosangeles.blogspot.com to see when his workshop tour is coming to a town or country near you! To stay informed about his latest projects, workshops, seminars, appearances, and tweets/updates, join
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Dr. Mark Cheng and
KBLA on Twitter.