Dr. Pete was born and raised in New York City. Before going to chiropractic school at Life College of Chiropractic in Georgia, he was a student athlete at Brandeis University, where he played varsity tennis for four years and graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Economics. Dr. Pete has a black belt in Oyama Full Contact Karate from the legendary Soshu Shigeru Oyama. He received his BJJ black belt from Carlos Sapão. In 1991, Dr. Pete also represented the USA in the European Full Contact Karate championships. During his time in chiropractic school, Dr. Pete was mentored by a chiropractor who himself had been a student of the the legendary healer, Dr. Thurman Fleet. After training with this mentor, Dr. Pete refined what he’d been taught, and developed his own Zone Technique.