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Mike Mythos Lestat Medeiros was born April 15 in North York General hospital in Toronto. However, most of his life was spent living and training in Japan in a Japanese city 2 hours north of Tokyo called Noda City.

At the age of 11 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was released and inspired me to work harder on my efforts and pursue a life of martial arts training. I trained extra hard in Ninjutsu rising to the top of both my classes at the academy and in the International Martial Arts Circuit.From that point on I was inspired. I moved on to the other martial art icons of the 20th Century. From the west: David Carradine, Jean Cleade Van Damme, and the VR Troopers. From the east there were the “greats” Jet Li and Jackie Chan. I was amazed at their ability to influence millions through their films.

Three years later, I decieded it was time leave the Bujinkan Academy and return to Canada. Flash forward two years. It’s my first year of high school and this girl (in parenting class of all places – no I was a nerd !) who trained gymnastics told me about the gym where she trained and asked if I wanted to go. Learning how to flip AND being surrounded by girls – uh…duh HELL YEAH I wanted to go! My first class was incredible but the funny thing was that I alrightly knew how to perform these tricks. I had never been in a gymnastics gym and having trampolines, sprung floors, bars, vaults – it was too much! It was a dream come true! (in more ways that one!) I continued training ninjutsu in canada at the Ryuyama Dojo till 2007. Unfortunately a few years later the Ryuyama Dojo had to close down. But I remained diligent in my Ninjutsu training and currently hold a 3rd degree black belt (3rd Dan)! and then found a new dojo ( Kageyama Dojo ).

This is another pivotal moment, I was 24 and it was the end of 2007. Since mid 2007 I’d been going to an open martial arts academy in Toronto hosted by this incredibly talented guy named Joe Eigo. There I met Dylan Brown, Dimar Vinar, Gary Smith, and Edo. Talks of forming a martial arts team were happening. We were all super excited at the prospect. But all the hype ultimately amounted to nothing since we only met once or twice a month and no one really got anything done.

Finally Shawn and I got together and made it happen. I approached James Hart, Gary Smith, Miles Moore and John Andrew the next time I saw them and asked if they still wanted to be a part of the team me and Shawn were forming. A little skeptical because of everything that had happened before, they reluctantly agreed. We all met the next day. Team Kageryu, Toronto's second extreme martial arts performance team was born.

After training for a while, Mike started competing at provincial and international tournaments and later went to the World Martial Art Games in Toronto, Ontario in 2008 and received a gold medal, a sliver medal and a bronze medal. Competition is what gave Mike his love for martial arts.

I try my best to live up to the legacy of my idols and to one day leave my own legacy to inspire generations to come

Tiger Claw Extreme Martial Arts Performance Team

Mike met Tiger Claw Extreme Martial Arts Performance Team through one of his martial arts instructors James Nago. Him as well as Louis Paquette, Kim Lui, Markus Phan and Jon Yu were the original members of Tiger Claw Extreme Martial Arts Performance Team. Luckily, Mike had the opportunity to train with Tiger Claw Team and eventually sub in for a live stage show with them. After he performed in his first show at Chinese New Year’s CNE, he was named an honorary Tiger Claw member. Throughout his last year of high school, Mike performed with Tiger Claw Team many of their shows and decided to take stunt school in Toronto at Havoc International Stuntman School in order to keep training and performing with Tiger Claw Team. In the summer of 1999, Mike was finally named a full Tiger Claw member. Tiger Claw Extreme Martial Arts Performance Team has provided Mike with the opportunity to develop Kageryu Extreme Martial Arts Performance Team as well as work in the film and TV industry