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Head Instructor
Meet SiFu Adrian Tandez
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SiFu is a title that means "teacher" and "father" in Cantonese Chinese. It is considered the highest rank in Chinese martial arts and is highly respected.
SiFu Tandez is a certified instructor in the following martial arts under martial arts grandmaster
Jun Fan Gung Fu/Jeet Kune Do
- Associate Instructor/3rd degree black belt
Filipino Martial Arts (Kali, Escrima, Kuntaw, Silat)
- Associate Instructor/3rd degree black belt
Maphilindo Silat
- Rank 3 Instructor/3rd degree black belt
SiFu Tandez is a member of the Inosanto International Martial Arts Instructors Association
(click on link below):
https://inosanto.com/instructors-usa/
He is also a certified instructor in the following martial arts systems under Paul Vunak:
Jeet Kune Do Concepts - Full Instructor
Filipino Martial Arts - Full Instructor
Rapid Assault Tactics System - Full Instructor
Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics - Full Instructor
He is also a PRO COACH in the following
martial arts:
Muay Thai - Ajarn Chai Sirusute
Combat Submission Wrestling - Erik Paulson
Wing Chun - SiFu Francis Fong
SiFu Tandez has over 27 years of experience in the martial arts.
SiFu Tandez was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Afterwards, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. He started the Tandez Academy in 2005 as a family-owned business, and he's been teaching ever since. He is a devout Christian and family man. He is eternally grateful to God and Jesus Christ for all his success and blessings. He has dedicated the Tandez Academy to God, to use for His divine purpose and as a way to help his community.
Currently, SiFu Tandez is a graduate student at the prestigious Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is studying for his Masters Degree part-time. While studying, he still teaches at and manages the Tandez Academy on a full-time basis.
