Raised in Inglewood, California, Imada began studying martial arts at fifteen and later earned a pre-medical degree while training as a classically trained pianist at El Camino College and UCLA; his repertoire spans Jeet Kune Do, Eskrima, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu, Kendo, Systema, Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu and Boxing. He entered the film world as an extra, joining the Screen A…
