Ernie Reyes Jr. is a martial artist, actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and Director of Shǒu JìMartial Arts at Team OC. Ernie made Martial Arts history at the age of eight by becoming the first child ever to achieve a National Top 10 ranking in Forms. He trained in martial arts and fight Choreography under his father (Ernie Reyes Sr, a Member of Black Belt Hall of Fame), and members of the original West Coast Demo Team. Ernie made his film debut as a child when he appeared in the Motown-Tristar Productions of “The Last Dragon”, and later went on to star with Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Red Sonja”. 

In his teen years the young martial artist landed his very own Disney TV series, “Sidekicks”, and appeared on “Circus of the Stars” for four seasons. He also starred in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I & II” and “Surf Ninja’s”. More recently he was featured in “The Rundown” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and did stunts and fight choreography for “Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Avatar” and is credited as Tweedle Dee’s stunt double in “Alice in Wonderland”.

Now he is bringing all his knowledge and experience of martial arts to Team OC. Ernie has developed a unique martial arts program called Shǒu Jì (acrobatic skills) which is a unique high performance martial art program that is a blending of Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Wushu and acrobatics.