"CCAS" CHESTER'S COMBATIVE ARTS SYSTEM

IN THE YEAR OF 1978, OVER THIRTY- ONE YEARS AGO MR. CHESTER UNDERWENT DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN MARTIAL ARTS FROM MASTER ED SCHMITT. MASTER SCHMITT FEELS THAT THE MARTIAL ARTS CONTRIBUTED TO MR. CHESTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISCIPLINE AND SELF-RESPECT, NOT ONLY FOR HIMSELF, BUT FOR OTHERS AS WELL. IN THE YEAR OF 1978, WHEN MR. CHESTER STARTED THE MARTIAL ARTS; IT TOOK HIM A LENGTHY PERIOD OF HIS TIME TO GET HIS MIND STABLED ENOUGH, AND HIS SENSE OF BALANCE AND COORDINATION TO A POINT WHERE IT WOULD BENEFIT HIM AND HIS UNIQUE SKILLS. YEARS LATER AS TRAINING CONTINUED, MR. CHESTER BECAME MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HIS FORM, AND TECHNIQUES THUS ENABLING MR. CHESTER TO ADVANCE INTO HIGHER  RANKING OF BELT LEVELS.

IN THE YEAR OF 1986, MR. CHESTER WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF FIRST DEGREE BLACK-BELT " FIRST DAN ", BY MASTER ED SCHMITT. IN ADDITION WITH THIS PROMOTION, A  PANEL OF (12) BLACK-BELT INSTRUCTORS, OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND RANKS ASSISTED MR. SCHMITT IN ARRIVING WITH THE FINAL DECISION OF MR. CHESTER TO THIS LEVEL OF PROMOTION, WHICH MADE MR. CHESTER FEEL MUCH MORE CONFIDENT IN HIS PERFORMANCES. THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTORS: MR. ED SCHMITT, MR. TONY ABLE, MR. LONNIE GORDON, MR. TOM RUNKLE, MR. GARY RONAMUS, MR. MARK KREBS, MR. BILL SPRENKLE, MRS. ALICIA HELFRICH, MR. BILLY OLMEDIA, MR. DENNY SMITH, MR. GARY HOKINS, JULIIO ALVAREZ, AND MR. LORENZO GOULD.

FEW YEARS LATER, MR. CHESTER A FOURTH DEGREE BLACK-BELT INSTRUCTOR IN THE STYLE OF "MUN MOO KWAN", A FORM OF "TAE KWON DO" DESCRIBED AS THE ART / METHOD "WAY OF" USING FEET AND HANDS MIND WHOLE BODY AS A WEAPON. MR. CHESTER HAS GIVEN MUCH HARD WORK AS WELL AS A LOT OF PRECIOUS TIME TO PERFECT THIS STYLE OF MARTIAL ARTS. MR. CHESTER HAS MASTERED SELF-DEFENSE, SELF-RESPECT, AND THE HAS DEVELOPED UNIQUE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES TO MASTER HIS ABILITIES IN KUMITE (FIGHTING).

MR. CHESTER'S GOALS IN LIFE, IS TO PASS ON HIS KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS DISCIPLINE TO YOUTHS AND ADULTS WHO ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO USE THE MARTIAL ART  SKILLS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, WITH GOOD INTENTIONS FOR SELF-DEFENSE IN HELPING OTHERS THAT ARE IN NEED. IN THE PAST YEARS, MR. CHESTER HAS TAKEN NUMEROUS FIRST PLACE TITLES, INCLUDING GRAND-CHAMPION TITLES IN TRADITIONAL COMPETITIONS AND IS WORKING TOWARDS ADVANCEMENTS IN HIGHER LEVELS, SUCH AS KICKBOXING (A CONTACT SPORT). "KICKBOXING", IS A SPORT DESCRIBED AS USING BOXING SKILLS ALONG WITH KICKING SKILLS SANCTIONED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC BOXING COMMISSION. AT THE AGE OF 25, MR. CHESTER ENTERED THE WORLD OF FULL-CONTACT AND THE ULTIMATE SPORT OF KICKBOXING. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF AMATEUR FIGHTING, MR. CHESTER DECIDED TO FIGHT PROFESSIONALLY, WHICH STARTED HIS " PRO " CAREER IN THE YEAR OF 1988. THROUGH MANY YEARS OF FIGHTING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHICH GAVE MR. CHESTER THE EXPERIENCE HE NEEDED TO UP GRADE HIS SKILLS IN FIGHTING, AND HIS ABILITY TO "READ" HIS FIGHTERS TO GAIN THE "KNOCKOUT" ABILITY TO ENDS SOME OF HIS FIGHTS IN EARLIER ROUNDS.  JUST TO MENTION A FEW OF MR. CHESTER'S PLACES OF TRAVEL INCLUDES: PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, FLORIDA, RHODE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND MONTREAL, CANADA FOR A TITLE FIGHT. BECAUSE OF HIS AGGRESSIVENESS, CONFIDENCE, AND TAKING CONTROL OF MANY OF HIS FIGHTS AT EARLY ROUNDS, MR. CHESTER WAS SOON GIVEN A FIGHT NAME, " LLEW "THE MACHINE" CHESTER WHICH HE USED THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

BEFORE ENDING HIS CAREER IN THE EARLY YEAR 2001, THE "MACHINE" WAS ABLE TO RESULT TO A TOTAL FIGHTING RECORD OF: (21) WINS, (3) WINS BY "KNOCKOUT", WITH (3) LOSSES. DURING THAT CAREER, THE "MACHINE" WAS ABLE TO FIGHT (4) ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL BOXING FIGHTS WITH (3) WINS AND THE LOSS OF (1).

MUCH THANKS, TO MR. JULIO ALVAREZ, COACH, AND TO MR. NELSON HORN, ASSISTANT COACH AND "CUTMAN" FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER. ALSO MY APPRECIATION TO MASTER MARK "HOLLYWOOD" KREBS, A RETIRED U.S. WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION KICKBOXER, FOR HIS GUIDANCE THROUGH MUCH OF MY TRAINING.