Kristian has been training and instructing for two decades. Never a hobbyist, he started competing 2 weeks after his first class and had a promising career landing amongst the top American competitors of all time. While having many medals from the most prestige major events falling short in the semi finals and or finals, his accolades of captured titles speaks only for his applicational success. He has also taught hundreds of seminars around the world, instructed at highly respected academies during the time of his attendance, lead an affiliation over of 20 academies internationally, and scaled multiple different martial arts buisnesses.