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JJ Stomp was born in the small town of Bueng Kang,
LAOS. He started learning Muay Lao Boolan “Zang
Seek Mai” and Muay Thai since he was very young
age. He came to America in 1980, and completed high
school and graduated from colleges in Minnesota.

JJ Stomp has trained several martial art styles since
1983. For many decades he has focused on Muay Lao
Boolan “Zang Seek Mai” or Elephant Stomp. Zang
Seek Mai has similar techniques to Muay Thai Boran,
and Bokator. Zang Seek Mai works a lot with your
feet and incorporates a lot of stomping techniques. In
2000 JJ Stomp went back to his home town to pay his
respects to his teacher Grandmaster Sengtavanh, who
had passed away couple years after JJ Stomp left the
country.

JJ Stomp also met another Grandmaster “Kamanad” in
Vientiane. For JJ Stomp it is amazing to know there are
a few Zang Seek Mai masters and Grandmasters out
there in the world.

JJ Stomp is a business man, martial artist, film director,
producer, writer, stunt man and actor. He has written
two novels; Elephant Stomp and Asian Assassin which
are out on Amazon, and other online bookstores around
the world.

The Elephant Stomp novel is the most important to
him, as it is dedicated to his martial arts style and also
dedicated to his wife Jenny B. Syonesa who passed
away in a house fire on July 28, 2012.

JJ Stomp has been inducted to several martial arts hall
of fames including the World Wide Martial Arts Coun-
cil, Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors, USA
Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Masters Hall of Fame, Mar-
tial Arts History Museum , All-Pro Tae Kwon Do Hall of
Fame, Masters of Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Legends
Of The Martial Arts Hall Of Fame, Munich Hall Of Fame,
Kuroshi-Do Systems Hall of Honors and the Elite Black
Belt Hall Of Fame.

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