Head Instructor

SiFu/Guro Adrian Tandez

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 has almost 30 years of martial arts training and experience. He is a certified instructor in the following martial arts under martial arts grandmaster Guro Dan Inosanto:    

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Jun Fan Gung Fu/Jeet Kune Do                 

- Associate Instructor/3rd degree black belt

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Filipino Martial Arts (Kali, Escrima, Kuntaw, Silat)

- Associate Instructor/3rd degree black belt        

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Maphilindo Silat                                  

- Rank 3 Instructor/3rd degree black belt

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SiFu Tandez is a member of the Inosanto      International Martial Arts Instructors Association

(click on link below):                                      

https://inosanto.com/instructors-usa/

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He is also a certified instructor in the following martial arts systems under Paul Vunak:           

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Jeet Kune Do Concepts - Full Instructor

Filipino Martial Arts - Full Instructor    

RAT Rapid Assault Tactics System - Full Instructor      

Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics - Full Instructor

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He is also a PRO COACH in the following

martial arts:                          

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Muay Thai - Ajarn Chai Sirusute       

Combat Submission Wrestling - Erik Paulson

Wing Chun - SiFu Francis Fong

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SiFu Tandez has over 27 years of experience in the martial arts.   

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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 in Acting/Theatre. 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.

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SiFu Tandez is the resident Jeet Kune Do/Kali instructor for Google. He teaches classes and seminars for them across Google campuses in the Bay Area.

SiFu Tandez is also a graduate student at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is studying for his Masters Degree in Dramatic Arts. While studying there part-time, he continues to teach and manage the Tandez Academy.

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