PKCC Episode 120 - Perry Williams Kelly

Punch Kick Choke Chat

Join us this week on PKCC as we sit down with Sensei Perry William Kelly, a martial artist, martial arts journalist, lawyer, and professor! Sensei Kelly has been active in martial arts for over 55 years. He is a three-time senior international gold medalist, Martial Arts Success Magazine writer, and holds a 6th Dan in can-ryu jiu-jitsu. He’s also a certified instructor in karate, muay thai, Inosanto kali and Bruce Lee’s jeet kune do and jun fan gung-fu. Sensei Kelly is also a fully trained Correctional SWAT operator and a graduate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre’s Defensive Tactics Instructor-Trainer program. In addition to his martial arts, Perry W. Kelly has both a Bachelor of Arts, and a Bachelor of Law degree. For over twenty five years he has worked in the Canadian criminal justice system as a lawyer, investigator, and emergency response teams coordinator. Sensei Kelly has written over fifty articles and cover stories for the magazines and periodicals. He has interviewed world champions in MMA and Kickboxing (including Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, Jean-Yves Theriault), also Chuck Lidell’s trainer John Hackleman and UFC President Dana White. After publishing a book on Police Defensive Tactics, Perry Kelly went on to write a biography on his instructor Guro Dan Inosanto, and the Iceman: Kickboxing Legend Jean-Yves Therriault.