Blackbird Martial Arts Training Group

Lamont Glass is the founder and instructor of the training group.  He holds Instructor ratings in Pekiti Tirsia Kali under Mandala Jared Wihongi and in Kenpo Karate under Sifu Jim Dean. 

Lamont has been active as a martial arts instructor for 11 years.   As an assistant instructor he worked with several school owners and head instructors in Washington and and Wyoming.  While in college, he established an after-school martial arts program in Seattle for elementary school students.  Most recently he was a founding member and instructor of the Wasatch Pitbulls, a Pekiti Tirsia Kali training group based in Utah and Wyoming.  Through the Wasatch Pitbulls, Lamont had the privilege to instruct groups of the law enforcement and special forces community.

In 2008 he moved to Kennewick and established the Blackbird Martial Arts Training Group to promote the art of Pekiti Tirsia Kali in the Pacific Northwest.    

Many people describe the training experience in the martial arts as a "journey."  If that is the case, then most of us practitioners would still be floundering around in the woods behind our house without the assistance of our guides on that martial path.  All respect to those pathfinders that managed to keep me on the trail and out of the brambles.  Thank you. ~Lamont Glass

        Sensei Doug Wilson                           Sifu Jim Dean                            Mandala Jared Wihongi

           Kajukenbo                                    Kenpo Karate                                 Pekiti Tirsia Kali

Besides these instructors Lamont has worked with a number of others and would also acknowledge the following instructors for their influence on his martial career. 

 V. Frank Mateo - Kajukenbo

Ron Robles - Cabales Serrada Eskrima

Jim and Elaine MacDonald - Isshin-ryu Karate

Glenn Barber - Brazilian Jiu-jitsu