Sonny Mayo

New York, New York

Lead Instructor

Sonny Mayo was born & raised in Batangas, Philippines the town where they invented the world famous Balisong Knife. A life-long martial arts student & instructor since 1975. Trains Law Enforcement & Military instructors & certifies them to teach the MayoTac CQB Weapons Training systems that he created after 20 years of research & development. In 1992 He founded the Doce Pares Eskrima Academy in New York City, a school that specializes in teaching & certifying martial arts instructors in Doce Pares Eskrima. Recently he was featured as the lead instructor for the Law Enforcement Expo in the Javits Center in Manhattan & also the Tri-state LE Expo in Pittsburgh PA attended by federal, state &