Carbin was born in
Para District,
Suriname. In 1965, he moved to
Amsterdam in the Netherlands. At the age of 18, Carbin joined the military where he took on unarmed combat training. He advanced quickly and after his military duty, two years later in 1972, he enrolled in the martial arts school of
Jon Bluming for a Kyokushin karate class. After one year, Carbin mastered the brown belt. He also practiced
pencak silat. In 1976, Carbin was introduced to kickboxing by
Jan Plas, a fellow student of Bluming and one of the teachers at the Bluming dojo. Plas went to Japan and learned about kickboxing, and when he returned to the Netherlands, he founded the
Mejiro Gym, while Carbin became one of his first students. He became a professional and had a very successful career, winning several world and European titles. He lost only once in his career. He brought up multiple world champions, such as
Tyrone Spong,
Alistair Overeem,
Gilbert Yvel,
Ilonka Elmont,
Andy Ristie and
Sergio Wielzen. He also trained
Fedor Emelianenko for his fight against
Mirko Cro Cop, who came to the Netherlands to prepare for the fight. ==Titles and accomplishments==