About Teja: I have been a filmmaker and martial artist for almost as long as I can remember.



I studied film at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and wore many hats in the industry before I settled naturally into stunt work and choreography. I once leaped on a melon in a grocery store for a South West Air Super Bowl commercial. For five years I traveled the world managing a martial arts performance troupe out of New York City that created and performed over a hundred staged stunt performances for major events, pharmaceutical conferences, film festivals and movie premieres (The Matrix Reloaded, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones). During the same period I assisted the choreographers of films like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney, and The Hunted, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro.



I am also a 30-year veteran of martial arts with a background in edged weapons, firearms and wilderness survival I was a personal trainer for over 12 years and for a while I was a certified Eme