Lee Reyes

Lee Reyes, born in San Jose, Ca, is an accomplished martial artist and actor.

Early life

At the age of 3 he began his journey as a martial artist under the tutelage of his Father, Ernie Reyes Sr. His father who was a National Champion in Tae Kwon Do and a National Association of Professional Martial Artist Lifetime Achievement Award winner began teaching his son Lee as soon as he could walk. Lee later became a 7 time national forms competition champion by the age of 12. At the age of 14 he starred in American Ninja V, where he choreographed many of his own fight scenes. His father at one time had the number one martial arts demonstration team in the country, the Ernie Reyes West Coast Demo Team, which featured such members as Ernie Reyes Jr., Geroge Chung, and Cynthia Rothrock. At the age of 14 Lee Reyes co-created the next team, The Ernie Reyes Next Generation Team, making it the number one ranked martial arts demonstration team in the world. They toured through all of Europe, Asia and North America. He remained team captain until he moved to Hollywood at the age 19.

Martial arts

Lee Reyes is amongst one of the youngest people to ever attain the level of 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor in Tae Kwon Do. He has been featured in magazines such as Black Belt (magazine), Inside Kung Fu, Karate Bushido International, Karate Budo, and Tae Kwon Do. He has been trained by the some of the most prominent martial arts trainers in the world inlcuding: Master Boxing Instructor Jeff Langton, Muay Thai Instructor Saekson Janjira, Tae Kwon Do Instructor Billy Blanks, last resort tactic self defense instructor Tom Petire. Lee Reyes has also had weapons training from masters Sifu Sheng Meng and Tadashi Yamashita. He currently possess over 22 years of martial arts experience.

Boxing

Lee Reyes was trained in boxing by Master Boxing Instructor Jeff Langton, who has over 30 years of boxing experience, has been a cutman and corner man in over 40 world title bouts. Under the instruction of Langton, Lee Reyes has quite a few accomplishments and holds an official amateur boxing record of 12-1.

  • Two time Amateur Intercontinental Champion
  • 2007 Finalist of the Los Angeles Golden Glove
  • Three time "House of Champions" winner
  • Best Boxer at the Ventura KO Boxing Show

Acting

Lee Reyes trained for 10 years at the American Repertory Company studying, acting, writing, and directing under the companies founder, Manu Tupou Tupou was an instrumental part of Reyes' artistic development. He was a part of several productions at the American Repertory Company inlcuding: True West, Lone Star, Golden Boy, Death of a Salesman, Long Days Journey, Antigone, and Broadway Bound. He has made television appearances such as in the season premiere of The Shield season 4..

Filmography

  • Red Canvas
  • Secret of the Horse
  • The Process aka The Ultimate Fight
  • American Ninja V
  • One Inch Punch