Between 1990 and 1992 he obtained national and international titles as champion in disciplines like Taekwondo and kick-Boxing. 

During summers, Joaquim used to visit the USA so he could study under the tutelage of the best teachers in the martial arts. He is proud to have studied with great masters such as Dan Inosanto, George Dillman, Reylson Gracie (ninth Dan in Gracie jiu jitsu), the Machado brothers, Ron Balicki, etc.

 Joaquim was also certified as a personal trainer and licensed in Fitness under the American Council on Exercise (ACE) during those visits.

Over time he began to love American customs and culture during his three-month summer visits to the American continent. His main teacher there was the great Dan Inosanto at the IAMA (Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts) in Los Angeles. Dan Inosanto was an advanced student and personal friend of the late Bruce Lee and is currently the heir of his art and dedicated to preserving his teachings.

Joaquim Almeria is one of the only three people in the world who, without being born in the US, has held an instructor position INSIDE the Inosanto Academy. Joaquin gave kick-Boxing and Savate classes inside the Academy and was one of the "in-house" instructors giving many classes replacing Inosanto. Many may say that they got the instructor's diploma under Dan Inosanto’s teachings, but very few can say that they have taught as an in-house teacher on staff for years at the Inosanto's academy.

As a complement to his martial studies, Joaquim studied all branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine, those are: Acupuncture, Phytotherapy, medical Qigong and manual therapies such as Tui na and Osteopathy. He is the pioneer in the Spanish language of medical Qigong and is the only teacher of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Spain with the official medical Qigong program that is taught at the University of Beijing. 

J. Almeria is a fight scenes choreographer for theater and cinema. One of his most famous choreographies is the fight scene in the Chinatown scene of the film "From Paris with Love" whose protagonist is John Travolta, private student and personal friend for whom Joaquim worked as private family doctor for many years accompanying him on his world tour QUANTAS and in the filming of more than a dozen Hollywood movies. his duties were to keep the family healthy and also to make sure Mr. Travolta was fit and looking his best for the movies. After working for John Travolta for years, as a sign of gratitude and a token of their friendship, John not only invited Joaquim to choreograph the fight scenes of his films, but he gave him an acting role in his film "From Paris with Love" where you can see him as a supporting actor.

He is considered an expert in the oriental healing arts and constantly travels the world conducting courses and seminars in arts as varied as Chinese Medical Qigong, Acupuncture, Chinese massage, Tai chi, Dim Mak,  jkD (Jun Fan jeet kune Do), FMA (Filipino Martial Arts), kyusho/Dim Mak to name a few. 

He is currently conducting a series of seminars and online courses on these same subjects available both in Spanish and English.

He is the only one in the world to apply the use of pressure points applied to Bruce Lee´s system of self defense ( jeet kune do) and how they help us have a more efficient self-defense system. 

His ambition to learn the oriental arts from the source led him to China and Japan, where he continued his studies of Oriental Medicine adn martial arts. 

In Japan, Joaquim learned the language and writing. Thanks to that he was able to teach martial arts and administer acupuncture treatments to japanese patients. He obtained the title of Japanese National Champion in Seishinkai style of karate (full contact no-holds bared) without protections (this style is very similar to kyokushinkai). He is one of the few westerners to have taught Martial Arts in Japan and to win in that type of championships. After living in Japan  for several years, he obtained the black belt in karate Seishinkai and Aikido. 

After living in Japan and China and finish his studies of Chinese Medicine, he moved to Los Angeles (USA) to study full time under the tutelage of Dan Inosanto, obtaining the titles of instructor in the art and science of Bruce Lee (jun Fan jeet kune Do) and Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). Joaquin worked as an in-house instructor at the Dan Inosanto Academy in Los Angeles for years, until he was recruited to work with the US Army as an instructor of closed quarter combat techniques, among other things.

He has worked for many rich and famous families, one of the most famous businessmen he worked for was Sheldon Adelson (Mr. Las Vegas) of the Venetian hotel and casino and the Sands Corporation. 

He was named Instructor of the Year by the USA Hall Of Fame in 2000 

After all this first hand experience in healing all kinds of people, both the rich and the poor, Joaquim now teaches his UNIQUE  system based on  his own personal experience aquired all over the world. 

As he says: "You don’t need to re-invent the wheel and leave family and friends to travel to the east to create a  proven system for real self healing that works in all kinds of situations..." Now you have the opportunity to benefit from all his experience in those fields, but that's not all…What is even more important is his unique perspective about what works and what does not. Decades of real work in natural healing are condensed in his courses.

 

Due to his knowledge of pressure points and Oriental Medicine (Joaquim is a certified acupuncturist in Spain and expert in Oriental Medicine and Medical Qigong) Joaquin is carrying out a revolutionary study that brings all this deep knowledge to the beginner. The Almeria system WORKS. It is a practical system, easy and fast to implement by anyone regardless of age or gender.