Grew up in San Franciso with brothers Jeff, Kingman, and Nate practicing martial arts and playing music in the night club scene. Was influenced greatly by musically inclined parents. Decided to move to Los Angeles in 1986 to pursue a career in the stunt industry. Also studied sports medicine specializing in preventive injury and rehabilitation exercise programs and became certified with the American College of Sports Medicine in 1990.

Has stunt doubled actors Jason Scott Lee , Soon-Tek Oh , Taboo (Black Eyed Peas), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , and also trained the late Brandon Lee , Shannon Lee, Lou Diamond Phillips whom he met through good buddy, Brandon Lee, Anthony Michael Hall , Ron Livingston , Lauren Hutton , Michael Wincott , Diana Lee Inosanto , Sheila E. , Boz Scaggs , and members of Santana and Tower of Power among others. Also a stunt double on the popular television series, "Heroes".Uncle of Jacki R. Chan .His band, Abacus, among other bands was paid tribute to by/at the "Chinese Historical Society of America's 2004 GALA honoring San Francisco Dance Bands, 1930s-Present" for their positive influence and representation of bands based out of San Francisco's Chinatown. The band's repertoire included many of the funk-band standards of the time, and its driving rhythm section was usually complemented by original arrangements for four horns, whose ensemble technique and soloists produced a jazz-inflected instrumental sound that differentiated Abacus from other bands.