Mickey Facchinello

Mickey (Michaela, ミッキー) Facchinello (born 1991) is an American martial artist, action actress, stunt performer, stunt choreographer, and entertainer.She has practiced karate since she was nine, though different sources says seven. Facchinello herself states: I actually began when I was eight years old in Tae Kwon Do. My mother and my grandmother both wanted me to be in a sport that would keep me physically active and teach me good fundamentals and also let me have fun, so they chose Karate.”She obtained a black belt in 2006 from Nicklaus’ Martial Arts America in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 2008, at the age of 16, Facchinello made the decision to move to Naperville, Illinois, to transfer to Waubonsie Valley High School and train full-time under the instruction of John Sharkey Jr. - the American Karate Association president and ninth degree black belt holder in Shōrei-ryū, and a third degree black belt holder in Shotokan. Another source says it was two months before the start of her senior year, at age of 17.Facchinello is one of the most well known traditional North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA) competitors and has won multiple national and world championships. Circuits Facchinello has competed on include: Capitol Classic (2008 champion of Forms), Quebec Open (in Canada), Compete Nationals, Diamond Nationals, NASKA, A.K.A. Grands (American Karate Association), I.S.K.A. She has won at least 3 national titles.A year later, just weeks after graduating from Waubonsie Valley, Facchinello won the junior forms division world championship at the American Karate Association Grand Nationals Tournament (June 2009) in Kentucky.Facchinello is currently competing as a member of Team AKA, and is now one of the head instructors at Sharkey’s Karate. Facchinello enjoys taking dance classes and learning aerial silks or fabrics. She currently resides in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California.

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