GSR: Prof. Mo - NYC Martial Artist, Film Maker, Stuntman, Director, President of the 52 Blocks Federation

PROFESSOR MO’S BIO
Professor Mahaliel Bethea aka Prof. Mo, is considered one of the foremost authorities on Street Reality Based Self Defense. Currently, he is the President of the 52 Blocks Federation. He is a martial arts World Champion and former bodyguard to stars like Wesley Snipes and Wayne Gretzky. He considers himself to be a Renaissance Man ;an actor activist ,historian ,author,  Hollywood Stuntman, filmmaker and SAG Union Producer.
In 1982,  he was a young playwright who became the founder and Director of Sun People Theater Company and in 2002 he started Hit Em Hard Films whose focus is on Urban Storytelling with Martial Arts Action.
Hit Em Hard Films continues to give local talent an opportunity to shine. Prof. Mo came from a Martial Arts Family where he was taught an Afrikan Martial Arts Fighting Style. When he would spend summers at his Grandmothers house in Brooklyn, his uncle and his friends would teach him to the 52 Blocks. Both styles came from the same root. MARTIAL ARTS WITH AFROCENTRIC ROOTS.
You can see him on the cover over Black Belt Magazine’s May issue. After spending his early teen years watching Kung Fu Flicks all day on 42nd Street, young Professor Mo became interested in traditional martial arts and the desire to be a champion. He became a Randori World Champion, and Captain of the Fab Five National Karate Team. His no holds barred full-contact money matches was MMA before MMA and caught the eye of international movie star Wesley Snipes.
Over his career, they inducted him into the Karate Union Hall of Fame, Action Magazine Hall of Fame and USA Team Fighting Hall of Fame but EAST COAST LEGEND is a great honor. Professor Mo has trained under some of our greatest Masters; 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do from S. Henry Cho and John Dinkins, 3rd Degree in Shotokan Karate from Reno Morales. 9th Degree in Vee Arnis Jujitsu from Prof. Vee, 5th Degree in Krav Maga from Kelevra Krav Maga and Brazilian Jujitsu Black Belt with Renzo Gracie and Antonio Silva and every spring he continues go to Thailand and train in Muay Thai with Bill P. and Master San. If you ask him what style or system h