Sifu Adam Williss is an Orange County-based Wing Chun instructor and owner of The Dragon Institute. He has made it his mission to empower individuals from all walks of life with the benefits of Wing Chun - having had the opportunity to train numerous professionals, athletes, corporate executives and everyday people. Sifu Adam has educated, empowered and entertained individuals both in Orange County and abroad through his seminars, websites, articles, publications and speaking engagements. Sifu Adam and his work has been featured in several publications both online and in print.
Sifu Adam practices a unique line of Wing Chun in Orange County as given to him by expert Wing Chun practitioner Bill Graves. Sifu Adam is proud to be counted among Bill Graves' top Wing Chun students and to be given the honor of having Wing Chun instructor status under him. Few people possess true martial arts greatness in this day and age, however Bill Graves is unequivocally one of them. Bill's martial ability in the art of Wing Chun is none other than amazing. His intellectual grasp of the inner workings of Wing Chun is, quite frankly, ingenious. Bill's teacher is none other than modern day Wing Chun legend, Karl Godwin.
In addition to the Bill Graves method of Wing Chun, Sifu Adam has studied in-depth other forms of Wing Chun as well. He has either experience or personally researched several different forms of Chinese Kung Fu, Krav Maga, Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan, Jeet Kune Do concepts, Modern Boxing, Classical Pugilism / Bare-Knuckle Boxing, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai kick boxing, Silk-Reeling Qigong and more.
However, it is the method of Wing Chun as taught to him by Bill Graves in which Sifu Adam has dedicated his life. Sifu Adam is extremely proud to represent this Wing Chun method to Orange County. In his 15 years of Wing Chun and martial arts studies, to him, nothing else compares.
A strong voice for functional simplicity in the martial arts, Adam is the founder of Wing Chun Magazine (wingchunmagazine.com). It is the only magazine dedicated to Wing Chun in all its forms, spellings, lineages, traditions, innovations and modifications. This includes Wing Chun, Wing Tsun, WingTsun, Ving Tsun, Jeet Kune Do, and many more.
Adam serves in top positions of several associations such as Executive Director of Orange County Wing Chun for the California Wing Chun Association and as a Director and State Representative of California for the World Ving Tsun Athletic Association. He was approved for induction in the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame, is an Associate Member of the International Kung Fu Federation, member of the Independent Martial Arts Federation, International Combat Martial Arts Unions Association, the United States Kuo Shu Federation, Hong Kong's Ving Tsun Athletic Association, National Qigong Association and more.
"As the owner of Orange County's first institution dedicated to the art of Wing Chun Kung Fu, I am extremely lucky to be able to share the art that has given me more than I could ever ask. This provides me the unique opportunity to give ownership of the secret knowledge hidden within the art of Wing Chun - empowering people with the same tools that have guided me to who I am today. Basically, unlocking hidden potential is what I do... and you thought it was just highly effective self-defense :) ." - Sifu Adam Williss
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