No video games allowed

No video games are allowed on the Moore farm in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

There are animals and gardens, but no video games.

Instead siblings Mariah, 17 and Noah, 6 (seen) must find other things to do.

SooToday.com spoke with Mariah, or the Eskrimadora as she's come to be known, at the 2011 International Hap Ki Do Canadian Open tournament in the Essar Centre this past weekend.

A featured demonstration artist and a competitor, she took home another three medals, making her an 11-time world champion in martial arts.

Moore became interested in martial arts at the age of six when she watched a Bruce Lee film.

She became fascinated with the rich culture, challenging training regimens and strong camaraderie the martial arts offer practitioners.

Now she practices three hours a day, along with another hour of gymnastics.

That's the routine, almost every day.

“Usually I have three martial arts classes a day,” Moore said. “I train in the Filipino martial arts, karate and Taekwondo, and I do a little bit of Indonesian Silat on the side and I do gymnastics, too.”

She also has two jobs.

Although Moore discovered martial arts at a young age, she couldn’t begin training until she was eight because the nearest school as an hour's drive away.

But as soon as the Japanese Kyokushinkai Karate school opened in Grand Rapids, the youngster was on her way.

She earned her black belt there and still continues to train there when she’s home.

At 10, Moore went to China to train with Jet Li and Jackie Chan's personal coach, Grand Master WuBin.

As a 12-year-old she was competing in a tournament in Holland when one of the judges for the weapons competition asked her if she would like to train with him.

That’s when Moore's Escrima career took off.

The judge was Filipino martial arts Grand Master Bong Jornales of Wyandotte, Michigan.

Jornales chooses his students carefully and trains only a few at a time.

Moore credits him with helping to bring out her best qualities over the past five years.

She plans to follow in his footsteps one day and start training others, but not until she's finished college and well established somewhere.

Only when her life is settled enough that she can commit to training students will she offer to mentor them.

Until then, Eskrimadora adorers can follow her adventures through her blog and her Facebook fan page.