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NOV 2009-
I had the pleasure of meeting up with Richard Norton, who is one incredible martial artist and a great actor as well. Richard was extremely humble and taught some great stuff, and I cannot say enough nice words about him and his wife. Look at classic martial arts movies to see Richard fighting everyone from Chuck Norris to Jackie Chane, etc. Richard was recently awarded his 4th degree blackbelt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is a Master of several martial arts and is always open to continue learning and teaching.
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Just had a great day at Bas Rutten's Gym in California, thanks to Bas and his staff, everyone was great and very hospitable! Anyone in the Thousand Oaks area should get in some great training at this place!
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Had a great time with Gracie Barra Tri County, here with my friend, the 2009 Pan Am Brown Belt Champion Raul Montolfo. Raul and his students are very skilled and have a great School
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AUG 2ND 2008
Congrats to Eric Greene for passing his exam on Che Style Xingyi Quan! Eric completed beginner Level 2 on August 2nd 2008. Eric has trained in various Internal styles for a long time before meeting Shifu Dan. Eric has been working hard to change some habits from his past Arts in order to achieve the body method of Che Style Xingyi Quan. Look for Eric in the future as he is a very dedicated student with great work ethic.
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AUGUST 2ND 2008
Congrats to Dave Soto! Dave passed his level 4 of Regans Wing Chun and is one level away from being an apprentice Instructor. Dave has been studying Wing Chun for about a decade off and on with different teachers. Dave worked hard and it paid off, his form and technique were good enough to pass the strict requirements of Shifu Regan. Regans Wing Chun has 5 tests for the first form of Wing Chun and covers every aspect of the form,applications,and foundation theory.
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PHOTO- left to right -(Dave Soto, Sifu Mark Williams, Mike Ciuffo, Brett Jackson, Sifu Dan Regan)
May 18th 2008-- Congratulations to Mike Ciuffo who passed his level 5 of Regan's Wing Chun. Mike also had to re-test all prior levels in order to earn his Apprentice Instructor Certification. Special thanks goes out To Sifu Mark Williams(senior Instructor in Regan's Wing Chun as well as Hueng Sheun Wing Chun), thanks to Brett Jackson(Senior student in Regans' Kali System), and also thanks to Dave Soto(Level 3 student in Regans' Wing Chun) as without all your help and being test partners for drills on the test, we wouldn't have been able to complete the test in the time allowed.
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The annual XINYI DAO Christmas party was a blast,for this years(2007) we all had a great time, got to meet up with old friends and classmates. Shown above is Shimo Li,Shifu Dan Regan and Danny Jr, Master Li Tailiang,and Shimo Regan
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2007-Congrats to Mike Ciuffo, he recently passed Siu Nim Tau Level 4 In Regan's Wing Chun !
As our students know, Siu Nim Tau has 5 Levels of testing, and after completion of Level 5 a student now becomes and Apprentice Instructor, and may teach Levels 1-4 on his own. This usually takes about 2 years to complete. The Apprentice, must then move on to Chum Kiu level training.
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Congrats to my nephews living in Pennsylvania on winning GOLD MEDALS in their Karate Tournament. From left to right is Christopher, Danny, and Paulie with their Shotokan Instrcutor, Sensei Liddle. OCT 27 2007
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Congrats to Shifu Dan and his wife on the birth of their first child! Danny Jr was born on March 6th 2007. The photo above is baby Dan at about 3 months old. He will be starting his training very very young.
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Dec 23 2006
Finally! The Pencak Silat book by the late Guru Besar Herman Suwanda is finished. I have a few copies,and have read the book already, it's a great read on the culture and the art of Mande Muda. The book will be available to the general public in the near future.
The book is a great insight to the man himself as well as his country,along with technique and applications.The book is long awaited,and an great read! I studied with Pak Herman from 1993- until his death,and have yet to meet such a skilled person as humble and nice as he was.
There is a picture of our Long Island group in the book.
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Danny completed his first Master degree in Acupuncture in 2004, and now his second Master Degree in Oriental Medicine(herbology) in August of 2006, Shown above with Oriental Medicine Doctors,DR. Ali Song, (Tui Na Specialist) and DR. Rong da Zhu(gynecology specialist).
Click HERE for some college and graduation photos.
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2006 XINYI DAO BARBECUE.
A great time was had by all, we first started the day with a 2 hr seminar covering jiao ji si ba form from Xinyi,and ended the day enjoying some food with our Gong Fu brothers .
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Master Li Tailiang and students and friends enjoy food and friendship
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August 2006-Mike Ciuffo passes his Wing Chun level 3 test ! Congratulations to Mike who worked hard for this test, this is the third of five levels for the Siu Nim Tau form of Regan's Wing Chun. Completion of all 5 levels takes almost 2 years, Mike is almost there! After completion of the 5 levels, the student enters the apprentice Instructor program,and begins learning the Chum Kiu form, and is able to teach Siu Nim Tau material to his own students, Good luck to Mike!
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Special thanks to Dan's senior student Angelo Christiano(The Crusher) for helping with Mike's test,and pushing Mike to work hard.
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