Michael received his 1st Dan Black Belt Certificate in karate after years of training under Larry and Marg of B.N.N.K. Karate Do. He also completed his RCM Grade 10 music exam with First Class Honours as a student at Inna's School of Music. Michael graduated from the ABS Abacus program, receiving a certificate from founder Mr. Tenny Ho, and started training abacus students in 2010 after demonstrating mental math skills in New York City in 2005.