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Years on World Martial Arts Circuit: 8 yrs
Affiliations:
Founders of the
United States Breaking Association and World Breaking Association;
Members of the National Association of Professional Martial Artists;
Members of the American-Filipino Kun Tao Federation
Members of the United States Martial Arts Association
Members of the Kar-Do-Jitsu-Ryu Karate Federation
Members of World United Martial Arts Alliance
Members of Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
Titles held by Team Members (last 4 years):
2006-
• USBA United States Champion Wood Power Breaking Elbow, Black Belt Lightweight-
Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Wood Power Breaking Hand, Black Belt Heavyweight-
Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Concrete Power Breaking Foot, Black Belt
Heavyweight- Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Concrete Power Breaking Foot, Black Belt
Lightweight- Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Concrete Power Breaking Elbow, Black Belt
Heavyweight- Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Concrete Power Breaking Hand, Black Belt
Lightweight- Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Extreme Creative Breaking- Arnold Martial Arts
Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Creative Wood Breaking- Arnold Martial Arts
Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA US East Coast Champion Wood Power Breaking Foot, Black Belt Heavyweight-
Atlantic City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Wood Power Breaking Foot, Black Belt Lightweight-
Atlantic City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Wood Power Breaking Elbow, Black Belt Lightweight-
Atlantic City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Wood Power Breaking Elbow, Under 17 male- Atlantic
City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Wood Power Breaking Hand, Heavyweight- Atlantic
City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Speed Board Breaking- Atlantic City Grand
Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Concrete Power Breaking Feet, Heavyweight-
Atlantic City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Concrete Power Breaking Hand, Heavyweight-
Atlantic City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Extreme Power Breaking, Heavyweight- Atlantic City
Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Extreme Power Breaking, Lightweight- Atlantic City
Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Creative Open Breaking, Black Belt- Atlantic City
Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Creative Open Breaking, under 17 female- Atlantic
City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
• USBA US East Coast Champion Creative Open Breaking, under 17 male- Atlantic
City Grand Internationals, Atlantic City, NJ
2005-
• World Record USBA/WBA, most rebar bent with the throat in 30 seconds,
Fernando Camareno- Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
• World Record ISKA and USBA, most boards broken in one minute, 487 boards, Leif
Becker- 2005 Black Belt Magazine’s Festival of the Martial Arts, Universal City
Walk, Los Angeles, CA
• ISKA World Champion Power Concrete, Heavyweight- US Open World Martial Arts
Championships, Orlando, FL
• USBA International Champion Power Concrete Feet, Lightweight- The Battle of
Columbus World Games, Columbus, OH
• ISKA World Champion Power Wood Kicks, Lightweight- US Open World Martial Arts
Championships, Orlando, FL
• USBA World Champion Power Concrete Feet, Heavyweight- Arnold Martial Arts
Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA World Champion Speed Breaking, under 18- Arnold Martial Arts Festival,
Columbus, OH
• World Champion Junior Black Belt Self-Defense- Arnold Martial Arts Festival,
Columbus, OH
• USBA United States Champion Creative Open Breaking, under 17- US Open World
Martial Arts Championships, Orlando, FL
• USBA United States Champion Power Wood Elbow, under 17- US Open World Martial
Arts Championships, Orlando, FL
• USBA World Champion Free-Standing Speed Breaking, 17 and under- Arnold Martial
Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA International Champion Power Concrete Hands, Lightweight- the Battle of
Columbus World Games, Columbus, OH
• USBA International Champion Power Concrete Elbow, Lightweight- the Battle of
Columbus World Games, Columbus, OH
• USBA International Champion Open Creative Breaking- the Battle of Columbus
World Games, Columbus, OH
• USBA World Champion Power Wood Feet, Lightweight- Arnold Martial Arts
Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA World Champion Creative Wood Breaking- Arnold Martial Arts Festival,
Columbus, OH
• USBA World Champion Extreme Open Breaking- Arnold Martial Arts Festival,
Columbus, OH
• USBA World Champion Free-Standing Speed Breaking- Arnold Martial Arts
Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA International Champion Power Concrete Elbow, Heavyweight- The Battle of
Columbus World Games, Columbus, OH
• USBA World Champion Power Wood Feet, Heavyweight- Arnold Martial Arts
Festival, Columbus, OH
• USBA World Champion Power Concrete Elbow, Heavyweight- Arnold Martial Arts
Festival, Columbus, OH
2004-
• ISKA and USBA World Record, most Concrete Blocks broken with one strike by a
Heavyweight, 16 blocks, Colin Thompson and Drew Serrano- US Open World Martial
Arts Championships, Orlando, FL
• ISKA and USBA World Record, most Concrete Blocks broken with one strike by a
Lightweight, 14 blocks, Raphael Velez- US Open World Martial Arts Championships,
Orlando, FL
• USBA World Record, most Cement Tiles broken in one minute, 310 tiles, Fernando
Camerano- Puerto Rico
• ISKA World Concrete Power Breaking Champion, Heavyweight- ISKA World Breaking
Championships, US Open, FL
• ISKA World Concrete Power Breaking Champion, Lightweight- ISKA World Breaking
Championships, US Open, FL
• World Champion Under 18 Black Belt Self-Defense- US Open, FL
• Co-World Record Holder for most boards broken in one minute, 415 boards, Leif
Becker- NY
• ISKA CT State Concrete Power Breaking Champion, Heavyweight- CT State Power
Breaking Championships, CT
• ISKA CT State Concrete Power Breaking Champion, Lightweight- CT State Power
Breaking Championships, CT
• ISKA North American Concrete Power Breaking Champion, Heavyweight- ISKA North
American Breaking Championships, Mohegan Sun Resort Casino, CT
• ISKA North American Concrete Power Breaking Champion, Lightweight- ISKA North
American Breaking Championships, Mohegan Sun Resort Casino, CT
• ISKA North American Creative Breaking Champion, Heavyweight- ISKA North
American Breaking Championships, Mohegan Sun Resort Casino, CT
• ISKA North American Wood Power Breaking Champion, Heavyweight- ISKA North
American Breaking Championships, Mohegan Sun Resort Casino, CT
• ISKA North American Overall Top Breaker- ISKA North American Breaking
Championships, Mohegan Sun Resort Casino, CT
• International Sport Karate Association representative for North America,
Master Ralph Bergamo
• International Breaking Director for The Arnold Martial Arts World Games and
The World United Martial Arts Alliance, Master Drew Serrano
• Super Grand Champion of Self-Defense- Arnold Martial Arts World Games IV,
Columbus, OH
• Grand Champion Power Breaking Concrete, Open Hand- Arnold Martial Arts World
Games IV, Columbus, OH
• Grand Champion Power Breaking Concrete, Elbow- Arnold Martial Arts World Games
IV, Columbus, OH
• Grand Champion Extreme Breaking- Arnold Martial Arts World Games IV, Columbus,
OH
• World Champion Team- Arnold Martial Arts World Games IV, Columbus, OH
2003-
• United States Champion in Black Belt Heavyweight Power Breaking (concrete,
hands)- US Championships, Las Vegas, NV
• United States Champion in Black Belt Lightweight Power Breaking (concrete,
hands)- US Championships, Las Vegas, NV
• United States Champion in Black Belt Creative Breaking- US Championships, Las
Vegas, NV
• World Champion in Black Belt Lightweight Power Breaking (concrete, hands)- US
Open, FL
• World Champion in Black Belt Lightweight Power Breaking (concrete, feet)- US
Open, FL
• World Champion Under 18 Black Belt Self-Defense- US Open, FL
• World Champion Under 18 Under Black Belt Self Defense- US Open, FL
• Grand Champion Black Belt Heavyweight Power Breaking- Martial Arts World Games
III, OH
• 1st place Black Belt Creative Breaking- Martial Arts World Games III,
Columbus, OH
• 1st place Under 18 Black Belt Self-Defense- Martial Arts World Games III,
Columbus, OH
• 1st place Under 18 Black Belt Creative Breaking- Martial Arts World Games III,
Columbus, OH
• 1st place 13-14 Black Belt Sparring- Martial Arts World Games III, Columbus,
OH
• World Record Attempt, most boards broken in one minute, 370 boards- Teikyo
Post University, CT
• Connecticut State Light and Heavy Weight Power Breaking Champions
Featured Team Demos, Television, Film, and Magazine Exposure:
2006, Short Film “CHI”- Drew Serrano was the stunt/fight
choreographer and Daniele Silva plays the lead role in this hard hitting action
film showcasing a battle between 2 women over a mysterious object.
2006, March, Team Bergamo featured in Black Belt Magazine. Team
Bergamo members featured in a 5 page spread in Black Belt Magazine, the leading
Martial Arts publication in the World.
2006, February, Team Bergamo members featured at “Beachers Madhouse”
at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. Team Bergamo members Ralph Bergamo
and Drew Serrano were the featured act during “Beachers Madhouse”, a weekly
variety show that plays at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV 2005,
Team Documentary “Breaking All Records” in final stages.
2005, ESPN 2 coverage (aired in October)- Coverage of 8 Team
breakers 2005, July, Featured twice on “Good Morning LA” promoting the 1st
Annual Black Belt Magazine’s Festival of the Martial Arts. Demonstrated various
Breaking techniques.
2005, July, Featured Demonstration Team and Seminar Instructors at
the 1st Annual Black Belt Magazine’s Festival of the Martial Arts. Performed an
Extreme Breaking Demonstration followed by a World Record on Universal City Walk
in Los Angeles, CA. Also, taught a Self-Defense seminar on the main stage.
2005, June, Demonstration for the opening ceremonies of the BOC
World Games, Columbus, OH. Extreme Breaking Demonstration
2005, April, Featured Demonstration at Martial Arts Day at Quassy
Amusement Park, Middlebury, CT. Demonstration incorporated Breaking, Form,
Weapons, and Self-Defense
2005, March, Demonstration for the opening ceremonies of the 29th
Battle of Columbus, Columbus, OH. Extreme Breaking Demonstration 2005, March,
Featured Demonstration at The Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Columbus, OH.
Demonstration incorporated various types of Breaking such as Extreme, Power and
Speed.
2005, March, Demonstration of Power Breaking at The NJ Open, NJ
2005, Feature Film “The Agent” goes International- 8 Team Members
work with East Coast Training Systems to choreograph all fight scenes and fill
lead roles. Creative Light Distribution has agreed to distribute the film
Internationally.
2005, January, Mirabile Visu IV- featured demonstration at the
Action Martial Arts Trade Show and Expo- Mega Martial Arts weekend in Atlantic
City, NJ. Demonstration incorporated Breaking, Form, Weapons, Gymnastics, and
Self-Defense.
2004, ESPN 2 coverage (aired in October)- Coverage of 8 Team
breakers 2004, October, Bergamo’s Team Schick Quattro featured at National
Martial Arts Day festivities in Puerto Rico- Team Bergamo members Ralph Bergamo,
Drew Serrano, Raphael Velez, Peter DeMarco, and Fernando Camareno were a
featured demonstration at the National Martial Arts Day festivities in Puerto
Rico.
2004, May, Team Bergamo featured on The Late Show with David
Letterman- Team Bergamo members Ralph Bergamo, Drew Serrano, Clinton Murphy,
Colin Thompson, Raphael Velez, Peter DeMarco, and Leif Becker were featured on
The Late Show. The show centered around the World Record attempt at most boards
broken in one minute attempted by Leif Becker. The Team opened with a series of
breaks through cement and closet poles leading into Leif's record attempt. Leif
tied the record at 415 boards in one minute and the team was invited back for
future coverage.
2004, May, In Posterum I- featured at the CT State Power Breaking
Championships and Little Samurai Tournament, CT. Demonstration incorporated
Breaking, Form, Weapons, and Self-Defense. 3 minutes 24 seconds long,
choreographed to ‘I Stand Alone’ by Godsmack.
2004, April, Mirabile Visu III- featured at the Mohegan Sun National
Karate Championships, Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino, CT. Demonstration
incorporated Breaking, Form, Weapons, Acrobatics and Self-Defense. 3 minutes 20
seconds long, choreographed to ‘Don’t Stay’ by Linkin’ Park.
2004, March,
Sui Generis III- featured demonstration at the Arnold Martial Arts World
Games IV, Columbus, OH. Demonstration incorporated Breaking, Form, Weapons,
Gymnastics and Self-Defense. 3 minutes 55 seconds long, choreographed to "Bring
Me To Life" by Evanescence.
2004, January, Mirabile Visu II- featured demonstration at the Action
Martial Arts Trade Show and Expo- Mega Martial Arts weekend in Atlantic City,
NJ. Demonstration incorporated Breaking, Form, Weapons, Gymnastics and
Self-Defense.
2003, Feature Film "
The
Agent"- 8 Team Members work with East Coast Training Systems to choreograph
all fight scenes and fill lead roles. Shooting was completed in December and the
film should be completed in the spring of 2004. Distributors from CA are
interested in distributing the film to Hollywood Video and Blockbuster.
2003, ESPN 2 coverage (aired in August)- Coverage of 6 Team breakers,
2003, Discovery Channel (aired in November)- Two Team members were
featured during the extreme breaking segment of the Discovery Channel special "
Xtreme Martial Arts", a documentary that explains the differences of various
Martial Arts styles.
2003, Sui Generis II Demonstration- featured at the CT State Power
Breaking Championships and Little Samurai Tournament, CT
2003, Sui Generis I Demonstration- Choreographed to music
incorporating breaking, Self-Defense, and acrobatics, CT
2002, ESPN 2 coverage- Coverage of Self-Defense Demonstration and
breakers 2002, Short Film “The Agent”- Team Members work with East Coast
Training Systems to choreograph all fight scenes and fill lead roles. The film
has won numerous awards.
2002, Mirabile Visu I- featured demonstration at the Bay Ridge Dojo
Karate Championships, NY 2002, Breaking Demonstration- Joe Weider Martial Arts &
Fitness Extravaganza, (Invitation only) Las Vegas, NV
2002, Team Demonstration- Choreographed to music incorporating
breaking, Self-Defense, and acrobatics, CT
2001, Team Demonstration- featured demo at the Bay Ridge Dojo Karate
Championships, NY
2001, Team Demonstration- featured demonstration at the Cactus
Classic National Championships, AZ 2001, ESPN 2 coverage- Coverage of
Self-Defense Demonstration and breakers
2001, Team Demonstration- Choreographed to music incorporating
breaking, Self-Defense, and acrobatics, CT
2001, Team Demonstration- featured Self-Defense and Breaking
demonstration at the Oriental World of Self-Defense, Madison Square Garden, NY
2001, Team Demonstration- featured Self-Defense demonstration at Compete
Nationals
2001, CA 2000, Self-Defense and Breaking Demonstrations- featured
demonstrations at the Cactus Classic National Championships, AZ 2000, ESPN 2
coverage- Coverage of Self-Defense Demonstration and breakers
22000, Self-Defense Demonstration- featured Self-Defense
demonstration at 2000 USA World Championships- Las Vegas, NV
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