I grew up in a broken home. My parents divorced two months after I was born. We lived in crappy and dangerous neighborhoods. At 18 years old I was broke, introverted and a little shy and awkward.But I had a sense of adventure, and I just KNEW there was a way to do things differently and somehow, some way, Make It.

Most importantly: even though I was shy, self-conscious, and sometimes Afraid:

I DARED.

I was familiar with the nightclubs in my town. I was tall and looked older than my age and back then it was a lot easier to talk your way in, and many of the clubs had an “18 and over” section on the dance floor. A friend introduced me to a musician from Chicago who just got in town with his band and we hit it off quite well. He asked me if I knew of any place his band could play. Being familiar with all the nightclubs, I said “YES”. Now keep in mind, I had NEVER booked a band, never even thought about it. So I went to one club that had the 18 and over section for bands on the dance floor. This was a Mexican club that had traditional Mexican and Mariachi music on the Weekends, but they were slow on Week Nights and and DJs would come in on those nights with a young dance crowd. WHO would have thought of booking a Rock/New Wave band in a traditional Mexican club? Me. So I walked right up to the club owner and told him I’d like to book a band there and asked what we could work out. He said, “Okay. How about next Thursday night? You get the door money (there were 2 doors – the 21 and over, and the 18 and over), and I get the bar” I said, “Okay. Could the band also have some free drinks?” (the guys were over 21) He said “Sure, no problem.” I told my band friend I would do all the promotion, door staffing and logistics. All they would need to do is show up with their gear and play and we’d split the door(later I gave bands a set fee instead).The next thing I did was make some Flyers (there was no Internet and Social Media back then) and had the band pass them out to all their friends, and I spread them all over the Colleges, High Schools, and on cars parked at OTHER clubs with similar bands and music playing.

Keep in mind I had NEVER done anything like this before.

I was going on Intuition. I asked a buddy I trusted to check ID’s and collect the cover charge at the 18 and over entrance, and I checked ID’s and collected at the front. That night I also discovered that my Martial Arts skills were very handy.

Few realize the hard work of Bouncers and Door Men and just what they see and deal with on a good night (and within a few weeks I hired someone else to do this job).On our opening night it was so packed there was a line down the street to get in! I ended up making $1100.00 that night, a HUGE sum for a broke 18 year old in the 80’s, for a single night’s work that was also fun. And all of a sudden I was POPULAR. Girls were coming up to me and smiling, introducing themselves. Other bands approached me wanting to get booked. People wanted to know me. At the end of the night the club owner asked if I wanted Thursday Nights as my night. I said, “Sure” BOOM! In a single night, through following my Intuition and Taking Action on it I had walked in and TAKEN OVER. Shortly after that I went to other clubs for other nights, and eventually I had every Week Night locked down.

Very soon this led to close friendships with Platinum-selling Artists, Managing, Producing Albums and Touring the world many times over and working with legendary artists in music, film and stage.

From a poor outsider from a broken home to Living the Dream. Literally.

And all of this from following my Intuition.

My Intuition Has Never Failed Me, Only I Have Failed It By Not Taking Action On It.

Dreams Come True For Those Who DARE.

“I started taking Karate at the age of 8 from a very serious and “old-school” instructor. This was not a strip-mall McDojo, but a wooden-floor old building with no fancy lights or music. Training was 3 hours a night and it was very hard. This led to a lifelong fascination with not only the physical benefits of such training, but the mental and spiritual benefits useful for conquering daily life as well.”

The late nights and Hollywood fun never kept him away from his calling to the Martial Arts, and in fact only fueled the passion, making Scott a warrior and literal Rennaisance man who was as comfortable negotiating the brutal waters of the music business while frequently in the company of most beautiful women in Hollywood as he was sparring in the fighting halls and breaking boards and bending steel.

• Receiving his first Black Belt in Shito-Ryu Karate, Scott went on to achieve multiple Black Belts in other arts including Atemi Ju-Jitsu and Kenpo Karate, eventually training with the “who’s-who” of the Martial Arts world and earning Advanced Instructor Degrees in Jeet Kune Do (Bruce Lee’s Fighting Art) and Close Quarters Combat (CQC).

• Scott received his Law Enforcement Continuum (JKD) Training certification at the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) in San Diego, CA, and was certified as an Advanced Close Quarters Combat Instructor at the National Law Enforcement Institute (NLSI).

• Scott is one of only a rare few Americans to be hand-trained and certified Black Belt by legendary Combat trainer Ben Mangels, former head Martial Arts Instructor to the South African Military.

• Scott was also personally trained and mentored by Dan Lee, Bruce Lee’s close friend and first Chinatown Student in his L.A. Jeet Kune Do School.

• Scott Bolan is the United States Ambassador for the OCFM (Open Circle Fighting Method), the organization founded by worldwide Pressure Points authority Russell Stutely, whom Scott works closely with on elite training and sometimes classified projects

Mr. & Mrs. Bolan at the Martial Arts Hall of Fame

In 2015 Scott Bolan was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame “Hall of Heroes” under 2 Designations – Jeet Kune Do Instructor of the Year, and Author of the Year.

On May 22nd, 2016 Scott Bolan was invited to the Martial Arts Hall Of Fame 40th Anniversary and gave the first inductee speech of the evening, receiving a Life Achievement Award.

Scott said, “So great to stand with living legends and dedicated martial artists whose life’s passion is positively empowering individuals and their communities. The highlight of the evening for me was the ceremony dinner at a private table with “Uncle” Bill Ryusaki and Benny “The Jet” Urquidez and his awesome family! A living legend and gracious man full of wisdom with “BUSHIDO HEART”!

In 2019 Scott Bolan was honored and acknowledged by his peers and many legendary heroes he had studied and looked up to as a young martial artist, being inducted into the Who’s Who In The Martial Arts Hall of Honors and given a Legends Award.

Scott Bolan’s Alpha Strength program, another huge seller that shared Scott’s secrets on how he naturally built his middle-age body with massive strong muscle, a shredded look, and amazing strength and stamina. As Scott says,

“the mid-50’s me now would kick the ass of the 20’s me, the so-called peak years, aging is bullshit, you should get stronger as you age. I am living proof that you can.”

Scott has studied Mastery of the Mind, Body and Spirit with an unequaled passion and insight. He transformed his body in short time into a lean, mean fighting machine that men admire and women desire.