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| Michael Chaturantabut
Bringing with him a new found energy, charisma, and sense of style, "Mike Chat" is taking the world by storm! Straight out of the jungles of Southern Thailand, he is one of the most prolific and versatile Gen-Xer’s today! Representing the new wave "Kung-Fu", with over 19 years of martial arts experience, he has acquired national and international acclaim for his innovative martial arts skills and performances! Combining traditional Okinawan Shorei-Ryu, Tae Kwon Do, Chinese Wushu, Kickboxing, yoga, dance, ballet, and acrobatics, Chat was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1992, and has captured over 50 National and International Forms and Weapons Championships! He is a 3-Time World Forms & Weapons Champion, and 5-Time North American Forms & Weapons Champion. Mike Chat’s popularity overseas exploded after winning
a gold medal at the 1995 I.S.K.A.
World Championships, and two gold medals at the 1995 W.A.K.O.
World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Michael has appeared
on covers of Europe’s top martial arts magazines, Top
Fighter, Karate Infight, Kick Illustrierter Kamptsport, Karate
Bushido, and clinched two additional gold medals at the 1996
I.S.K.A. World Championships in forms and weapons. With crowds
of 15,000 packing the house to These talents along with his on-screen magnetism landed him a starring role in Fox’s hit TV show "Saban's Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue," as Chad Lee the Blue Power Ranger (a.k.a. Aqua Rescue, Rescue 2). Mike began his TV career on "WMAC MASTERS", where he debuted his own character creation, Wizard. Mike Chat has gone on to win the Overall Forms & Weapons Grand Champion Title at the Arnold Schwarzeneggar Classic, and is featured on ESPN2, EURO-SPORT, Action Pay-Per-View’s "Fight Zone", and The Dave Matthew’s Band music video, "Satellite." He has appeared or starred in a Del Taco, Sprite, and Lamasil commercials and can be seen in Cirrus’s music video "Back On A Mission." He has made appearances on CBS’s new action series Martial Law and the Mortal Kombat Conquest Television Series. Michael also was part of HBO/Showtime’s past fall print campaign. Together with his amazing wife, McKenzie Satterthwaite, they have launched Team Chat International, an elite martial arts organization currently competing and touring North America. Last summer they finished producing Camp Chat ’99 International, the most action-packed summer program ever - combining martial arts, gymnastics, acrobatics, stunt training, and the performing arts. Together with producers Rick and Andee Nathanson they formed Pallas Management, a production/talent management company that just cast the feature film, "Shanghai Story" for China’s Academy Award nominated director, Ye Ying.
List of Accomplishiments: Member of Team Macho and Paul Mitchell Karate 1998:
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catch a glimpse of Chat at the Budo Show ‘95 in Montreal,
Canada, and the renowned Budo Gala ‘95: Next Generation
in Dortmund and Munich, he returned to sell out performances
in 1997. Stunning crowds at the FIBO Expo, and the Budo Gala
’97: Spirit of Budo, Mike Chat captured the Forms and
Weapons Championship at the 1997 Budo Open International in
Essen, Germany, and was immediately picked by Sattva Music to
shoot the cover of their "Spirit of Budo" CD. Michael
debuted in Paris at the Salon de Arts Martiaux et Sports de
Combat ‘97 where he dazzled 25,000 spectators with his
super-intense, high flying, acrobatic-martial arts routines.
In the spring of 1998, he returned to perform for EURO-SPORT
TV with the renown Shaolin Monks at the Palais de Sports at
Bercy with his own team – Team Chat International. 