Houston Branch first MMA Cage Fight this Saturday, Fighter Daniel Duran.

[Brad Ryan TX]

I want to announce the Houston branch of Meng’s Martial Arts is having Daniel Duran have his first MMA Debut. It will be held in Beaumont Texas at the Areal Theater, a crowd of around 4,000 people!!!

There will be 10 fights; Daniel is scheduled to be the 2nd fight. It’s organized  by www.Texasrageinthecage.com Daniels pictured is listed on the website along with some of there other fighters.

Daniel called the school/fighter yesterday to wish them good health, pay his respects and looking forward on meeting them on Saturday. He was only able to talk with the secretary, but she said they’ve have the fight club for 5 years and have had many fights throughout Texas and not one person has every called to wish them good health and pay respect. She was blown away on Daniel’s phone call. It’s things like this along with putting on a good fight is one of many things that makes us different among regular MMA/martial arts schools.

Daniel has put in a lot of time training for this. The last few weeks he’s been doing sparring non stop for 21 minutes, 7 rounds at 3 minutes each and rotating among 5 different people so they are fresh while he’s still going!!! Also between tombstone and ground work is some nights 90 minutes straight!!

We are very proud of Daniel. He has taken all the steps in being a great student and assistant instructor to Sifu Ryan. He will be going on approximately at 7:45pm Saturday night tomorrow. So think of him in positive thoughts and prayers and wish him great success.

I will call Master Meng after his fight to update him.

 I’m glad we have this forum and looking forward on using it for our own education as well as recognizing the success of all the people in our organization while filling this with more positive thoughts…

Sifu Brad Ryan

[Benny Meng]

I was really happy to read your post. What a great example of Kung Fu life!! Great jobs Sifu Brad Ryan, we here in Ohio are very proud of your leadership and Daniel’s accomplishment. From Ohio, we wish you guys the best.

 Daniel Duran was our Wing Chun Grand Champion in TX 2 years ago.

Master Meng

[Benny Meng]

July of 2006 was a good month for Tournaments. Daniel Duran, student of Sifu Brad Ryan of Houston, Texas won the Wing Chun Grand Championship! Every year that we participate, members of our kung fu family win the Taiji Legacy Wing Chun Grand Championship. Daniel has been a student of Sifu Brad for less than two years.

2006 Daniel Duran – Houston, TX
2005 Joshua Price – Saginaw, MI
2004 Robert Hannon – Saginaw, MI
2003 Robert Hannon – Saginaw, MI

Other Grand Champions of the past include Jeremy Roadruck and Mike Mathews

To understand the significance of the Wing Chun Grand Champion status, competitors must participate in a total of 4 events: Forms, Wooden Dummy, Chi Sau and Sparring - this combination of events demonstrates skills in all aspects of Wing Chun.

Forms are sequences of movements linked together that express certain fighting concepts or fighting principles. The Wooden Dummy is a famous training tool used in the Wing Chun style of martial arts. It is used to develop a sense of proper angles for offense and defense in close-range fighting. Chi Sau is similar in purpose to the Wooden Dummy, except doing Chi Sau, which means “stick hands”, is performed with another person. In training Chi Sau a practitioner learns to control and limit an opponent’s ability to attack within mere inches, learning to find proper angles instinctively and automatically. Practitioners of Wing Chun with a high standard of skill can even perform Chi Sau blindfolded. Sparring is the free exchange of techniques such as punches, kicks, throws and sweeps for several rounds. This year, the sparring included submissions – a first for the Chinese full-contact fighting divisions.