Vince Eazelle As the story goes, Vince Eazelle was kicking and punching in his mother’s stomach in the weeks before he was born. That was before he entered the world in the south suburbs of Chicago, which didn’t always give him the best experience because of his mixed-race background – a black father and a Mexican mother who both have a Native American heritage. But because he was active in the womb, it wasn’t surprising to his family when, one year while they were on vacation, he walked into a martial arts school and became fascinated with what he was seeing from the karate instructor. (His existing love of Bruce Lee movies certainly helped him appreciate this up-close look at the moves.) Because his single mother didn’t have the funds to enroll him in any classes, that interest laid dormant.