Sifu / Guro Eric is a fourth generation Ip Man Wing Tsun Kung Fu Sifu and internationally accredited coach.. He grew up in Northeast Los Angeles in a neighborhood called Mount Washington. He was bullied at one Summer Camp and in Middle School. What was meant for evil, God used for good decades later.
He, like a lot of his contemporaries, was inspired to study martial arts after watching all of the Bruce Lee movies. He briefly studied Five Animals Kung Fu with Sifu Ark Wong and Sifu Carl Totton growing up.
He had a martial arts mid- life crisis after putting it down for 20 years after getting married. He was first exposed to Wing Chun Kung Fu and Filipino Kali when he was studying Bruce Lee’s Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do curriculum.
He decided to take a deeper dive & started studying Wing Tsun Kung Fu and other styles of Filipino Martial Arts (FMA).
In 2016, he started teaching Wing Tsun and FMA. His students say that he is adept at explaining, breaking things down, and making the complex simple. He invites you to read the reviews under "More."
Sifu / Guro Eric is part of an independent Wing Tsun association that has been influenced by the Hong Kong and German styles of Wing Tsun.
Credentials
- 2025: 360 Coach, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
- 2023: International Coaching Federation (ICF) Accredited Coach
- 2022: Selected as one of the top 20 Coaches in Los Angeles (Influence Digest)
- Instructor rank in a FMA blend of Sayoc Kali (blade), Modern Arnis (open hand), & Rene Latosa Escrima (stick)
- Sifu rank in Wing Tsun Kung Fu
- Instructor ranks in Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Kali
- Instructor rank in Modified Pangamut Escrima
- Fought in full contact stick/ knife fighting competitions