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Sifu Larry Rivera's Bio

Sifu Larry has been training in martial arts since he was 5. In his early years his father influenced his martial arts training. He taught him the basics of self defense, guile, military tactics, Judo and Jiu Jitsu. At age 7 his he was enrolled in Goju-Ryu which he trained in until he was 16. He took sometime off, but when he came back he decided he was never quitting martial arts again and at the age of 19 his thoughts on what martial arts was and was not got flipped when he started training with Sifu Phu and learning internal martial arts. Needless to say, he's a lifer and a guy you want on your side.

How To Protect Yourself In A Ground And Pound Situation

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First and foremost the most important thing that you need to do if you find yourself in the unfortunate situation where you are on the receiving end of a ground and pound attack is to stay calm. Absolutely focus on your breathing so you don't find yourself panicking. Controlled breathing is key to weathering the storm effectively until you can find your … [Read more...]

Enter Shaolin Update | Keep Moving Forward + Tai Chi Principles & More

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Hey family, how are you this week? Life has a way of throwing curve balls at you when you least expect it. Just when you feel like you are making progress something or someone throws a monkey wrench into your plans. But regardless you have to keep moving forward. And that pretty much sums up our week. We will share more about that next week as we are still … [Read more...]

Sifu’s Corner | How Qigong, Tai Chi & Wing Chun Can Drastically Increase Your Martial Arts Skill

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In this video I am working with Mark on his sensitivity we are playing a game that incorporates Push Hands from Tai Chi combined with a our Ngo Dac Na's Hands Game which is a pre cursor to Chi Sao from Wing Chun. When I teach a student I have an idea in my head of what I would like to teach. With that said, that almost always changes once I feel their … [Read more...]

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