Due to health problems, this Thursday morning the professor, 2nd black belt in Hapkido and instructor of Modern Defense, Humberto Pérez Whijareswho for more than 15 years was an instructor of martial arts and self-defense of the Puerto Vallarta Police and Traffic Academy.
It was on November 3, 1948 that Humberto Pérez Whijares was born in the port of Tampico, Tamaulipas. His parents were Esperanza Whijares and José Pérez. At the age of 6 he began his path through martial arts in judo-kodokan with master Enrique Carrera and for five years he remained in the “Metropolitan Gym” from Tampico.
Later, he trained with Professor Margarito Villegas, who taught him traditional Jiu-Jitsu and at the age of 13, he reached the Tampico Municipal Auditorium Wrestling Schoolwhere he met different disciplines such as Greco-Roman Olympic wrestling, intercollegiate wrestling, tombling and professional wrestling.
In 1966 he debuted as a professional wrestler in a small town called Manuel Station, Tamaulipas and thus began a long career in the fight. He got to train with the wrestling teacher, Don Cuauhtemoc “Devil” Velasco under the name of “Zebra Kidd” and with a spectacular mask. He managed to develop a winning campaign throughout the country and fight in the Arena Coliseo de México, DF until he was crowned Middleweight World Champion (IWW Version).
In 1991 he was called by the teacher Jose Maria Fernandez from Spain, to study Japanese art. In 1993 she participated in the “World Hapkido Tournament” in the mode of “Self Defense” winning third place with a bronze medal and in 1994 the master John Robredo, founded the Martial System of Mexico Tekihua and Whijares was nominated 4th DAN.
In 1998, he met GM Bill Wolfe, head instructor for the “International Defendo Federation” and Canada’s SWAT Master Chief. He started practicing Defendo for five years. In 2002 he was named Defendo instructor and representative in Mexico of the World Defense Federation.
In 2005, Professor Whijares is called to work as an instructor at the Puerto Vallarta Regional Police Academy, where he taught and instructed many generations of police officers to defend themselves and neutralize opponents. May Professor Humberto Pérez Whijares rest in peace.
