| Master Cariati was born in Italy, On March 10 1959 in a small town called San Sisto, in the province of Calabria in southern Italy. at the age of 12, Master Cariati became interested in martial arts and decided to quit school to become an automotive service technician. While training in the automotive industry, Master Cariati had some older friends who were practicing in Martial Arts. Being born in a small town, he had never been exposed to anything of that manner. The only form of fighting that he was familiar with was the one that he saw in every day life. By learning from his friends, Master Cariati became more involved in Martial Arts. During the weekend, Master Cariati's older brother, Mario, 3 years his senior, started to do some form of training with him. this began with conditioning of the fingertips. Mario put some sand in pails and they had to strike their fingers into the sand. They had no idea what they were doing. after awhile the tips of their finger started to bleed, and Mario said that it was normal if they wanted to have deadly hands.
On August 12 1974, the Cariati family decided to move to Canada. This was a big shock to Master Cariati, especially as he was raised in a small town. At this point, he needed to do something with his life, so he asked his eldest brother Franco to help him find a Martial Arts school. During this time, there were only a few schools to choose from in the Greater Toronto Area. He started training very hard because he felt very insecure with himself, as he was not able to understand the language and was not very fluent in speaking the language.
After a few years of training, his younger brother Tony decided to join. This made Master Cariati's training more enjoyable because he had someone to train with. Most of their training was done in the evening, so Master Cariati and his brother Tony had to tell their father that they were going to English school. In 1979, after 5 years of hard training Master Cariati became a black belt.
On June 16, 1979, Master Cariati married his wife Carm Di Taranto. |
