Sensei Adam Bellingar began training in 2000 at Pacific Martial Arts in Bellingham, Washington, where he eventually achieved the rank of 1st Degree Black Belt (Shodan). Sensei Bellingar began instructing with the retirement of Sensei Cain and McKenzie in 2013.
Sensei’s outside career is in community banking; he holds both finance and master of business administration degrees from Western Washington University.