JKD Body Weapon Combat Zone (Energy Drills & Trapping) Master Michael Wong is definitely one of the most unique and gifted instructors in the martial art world today. His hardcore personality and aggressive approach to teaching…
Author: Sifu Todd Taganashi (EWC Customer)
Sifu Todd is an Everything Wing Chun customer, who has taken the time to write some in-depth reviews of some DVDs. He is not a EWC employee and his views do not necessarily represent those of Everything Wing Chun.
Todd Taganashi began training in the martial arts in 1979 at the age of 11 and has been deeply involved ever since. Over the years he has undergone the rigorous study of several fighting arts giving him a very diverse background including training in Kenpo Karate, Goju Ryu, White Dragon Kung Fu, Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Jow Ga, and Wing Chun Kuen.
He has completed the entire Wing Chun System syllabus as a private student under Sifu Sam (Hing Fai) Chan.
Taganashi’s background includes training under the following masters:
1. Sifu Daniel Kane Pai, Elements of Pai Lum White Dragon Kung Fu
Daytona Beach, FL ~ Group and Private Lessons
(Given the honorary Kung Fu nickname “Tiger” by Dr. Pai in 1991)
2. Sifu Hoy K. Lee, Elements of Jow Ga Kung Fu Weaponry (Fu Mei Darn Dao)
Virginia Beach, VA ~ Private Student
3. Sifu Hing Fai Chan, Wing Chun Kuen (Entire System) and Elements of Jow Ga
Grand Rapids, MI ~ Private Student
Review – Ving Tsun Musuem’s Trapping Hands
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Review – Ving Tsun Musuem’s Long Pole (Luk Dim Boon Kwan)
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Review – Ving Tsun Musuem’s Shaolin Wooden Dummy (5-8)
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