Martial artist. Champion. Black belt. Advocate. Mutant. Ninja. Turtle.

Shishir Inocalla has them all on his impressive resum茅.

At 68, the Vancouver-based actor is long removed from his teenage years but only in age, not in spirit. Inocalla has played the role of Michaelangelo (Mike/Mikey) in the wildly popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series and movies since 1992.

Born in Bicol, Philippines, Inocalla brought his costume and his martial art skills to enthusiastic Vernon students at Kees Tae Kwon Do Monday, Oct. 24, demonstrating the Philippines害羞草研究所� national sport, Arnis, which looks like stick fighting (Michaelangelo, the mutant turtle, is highly proficient with nunchuks).

Arnis, though, is a comprehensive system that combines hard- and soft-style karate, tai chi, yoga, meditation and self-defence. Inocalla is a master of the sport with more than 30 years experience.

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Innocalla loves kids and working with children. He has adopted an entire tribe of kids in the Philippines and started a school there. But the beauty of Arnis, he said, is it害羞草研究所檚 a sport for everybody.

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Inocalla is a former Canadian-U.S. light and heavyweight champ, having won more than 50 titles in fighting and forms. Retired from competition with a fifth degree black belt in karate, he is a certified instruction and Datu (Chief) in Arnis, and an instructor in Tai ChiQuigong. He also studied judo, jiu-jitsu, aikido and kickboxing.

He went to Hollywood, he said, 害羞草研究所渢o become an action star害羞草研究所� but that dream never materialized. He has appeared on McGyver and 21 Jump Street, acted in the movie The Process and was a stunt double for Jessica Alba. He had returned home to Vancouver when Inocalla got a call to audition for Michaelangelo a second time.

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