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Attorney launches martial arts studio

By Sheila Pursglove
Legal News

Opponents might think twice before crossing attorney J. Dallo. Not only does he fight for his clients in the courtroom – he’s a fierce competitor in the martial arts ring, earning the moniker “Fastest Kick in the U.S.” in 2000 as Michigan Kickboxing Champion.

Dallo got his start at the tender age of 9, with informal training from a neighbor who was a kung fu instructor. At 14, he read “Tao of Jeet Kune Do” by famed martial arts master Bruce Lee cover-to-cover and began formulating and practicing his own workouts and training methods.

“I watched kung fu movies and immediately told myself I could do what they did in those films. Even watching Bruce Lee, I was convinced I was athletic enough and fast enough to move like him,” he says.

At 16, Dallo was ready to begin formal training. And in 1995, while a senior in high school, he entered – and won – The Challenge of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Michigan’s first no-holds-barred competition.

A winner of the Detroit Athletic Club “Fall Boxing Classic” in 1999, Dallo captained the University of Michigan Wolverines boxing team where he was named “Most Outstanding Boxer” in 2000 and “All-American” in boxing by the National Collegiate Boxing Association; and was a USA Boxing Golden Gloves Finalist in 2001.

Dallo is a trained and competition-tested disciple of Muay Thai, a combat sport from Thailand combining fists, elbows, knees, and shins in stand-up striking and clinching techniques.

He is also trained in karate, boxing, no-holds-barred fighting, and other Eastern and Western hand-to-hand combat practices .

Dallo – who earned his undergrad degree from U-M, and his J.D. from Cooley Law – is founder of Dallo Law in Birmingham, dedicated to criminal defense, DUI, and immigration. Recently selected to Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star,” he attributes success to the discipline of martial arts.

“The arts have taught me to stay focused on a task, to pay no mind to naysayers, to absorb what is useful, discard what is not, and add what is uniquely my own style to whatever I’m doing and be proud of it,” he says.

Last fall Dallo followed a long-time dream and opened Dallo Martial Arts in Southfield, where students learn discipline, fitness, stress reduction, and self-confidence,  the art of self-defense, and how to express themselves.
 

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