Traditional martial arts have always had some “baggage” and there is ALWAYS room for growth and improvement. I was trained to be a history teacher, and perspective is a very useful tool. Based on your experiences in the martial arts, what major changes have you seen take place since you first began to train, up until now? Have certain things been more “in” than “out”? Dan is also a black belt in Judo.įor the past 20 years I have produced a lot of fighters in combat sports, including 3 world champions, 18 national (tournament) champions, national and local champions in sports such as Sanshou/San Da, Muay Thai, and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). We used to affiliated with De La Riva but currently our instructor is Dan Covel, a “Team Balance” black belt who currently trains with Marcelo Garcia. ![]() I learned wrestling for MMA from people like Randy Couture and have had Brazilian Jiu Jitsu coaches in my school for over 10 years. I have learned some great Muay Thai from Mark “The Hyena” Beecher. In recent years, I have cross trained with a lot of people in the MMA community, especially Erik Paulson and Greg Nelson who I try to train with at least once a year. I did some Judo (very little) and some Shotokan Karate as well, but never took to Japanese martial arts. I studied under the late Kim Pong-Ki, a 9 th degree who was a direct student of Moo Duk Kwan founder Hwang Kee. I have second degree black belts in the Korean arts of Taekwondo and Hapkido. I actually began my martial arts career in non-Chinese martial arts. Being an adopted “baai si” student of Chan Tai San, I had opportunities to learn things here and there from a lot of different teachers, but my Chinese martial arts base is really Lama Pai, Hung Ga and Shuai-Jiao. Prior to meeting Chan Tai-San, I had studied Dang Fong lineage Hung Ga with Malaysian Sifu Thomas Yeung and Shuai-Jiao (Chinese wrestling) with Shihfu Jeng Hsin-Ping. I learned primarily Lama Pai kung-fu from him for 16 years, but like most of his disciples I got exposed to other aspects of his training like weaponry, Choy Lay Fut and White Eyebrow. In the martial arts community, I am probably best known for being one of the late Chan Tai-San’s most senior, adopted disciples. First off I would like to thank you for taking the time to participate! For our readers out there that may not be familiar with your work, could you tell us a bit about your martial arts background, or what I like to call your “martial history”? ![]() *The opinions expressed in this interview are solely that of the interviewee I would like to thank Sifu Ross for his time and insights. He has a unique prospective based on hard earned knowledge and experience. I have followed David’s outstanding NY Sanda blog (you should too) and his posts on various forums, and have always enjoyed his input. David Ross is the owner and head instructor at NY Sanda, located in New York City.ĭavid is extremely knowledgeable in Chinese Martial Arts and has taken his knowledge and experience and translated them into running an outstanding kickboxing program, in essence preserving the traditional arts he was taught.
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