TANDEZ ACADEMY
OF MARTIAL ARTS
Established 2005
JEET KUNE DO - KRAV MAGA - KALI ESCRIMA - SILAT - MUAY THAI - JIU JITSU
HEAD INSTRUCTOR
SiFu Adrian Tandez
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Adrian Tandez is the founder, owner, and head instructor of the Tandez Academy. He started the Academy in 2005 in San Carlos, California. After two years, he relocated the Academy to Mountain View, California, where it has remained to this day.
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Adrian has earned the respected titles of SiFu (master/teacher in Cantonese) and Guro (teacher in Filipino) from all the years of martial arts training and ranking he has accumulated. He has over 30 years of martial arts experience under his belt.
Adrian with his teacher and mentor
Guro Dan Inosanto
Guro Dan Inosanto with his best friend Bruce Lee
Guro Dan Inosanto and Bruce Lee in
"Game of Death"
Adrian is a THIRD GENERATION Jeet Kune Do master/instructor under the Bruce Lee lineage
BRUCE LEE >
DAN INOSANTO >
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ADRIAN TANDEZ
Certifications and Background
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Adrian has over thirty years of martial arts experience. He is a Certified Instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto
in the following martial arts systems:
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JEET KUNE DO/JUN FAN GUNG FU
FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS (Kali Escrima)
MAPHILINDO SILAT
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Adrian is a member of the
INOSANTO INTERNATIONAL MARTIAL
ARTS INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION
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https://inosanto.com/instructors-usa/
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Adrian is a certified FULL INSTRUCTOR under
Paul Vunak in the following systems:
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JEET KUNE DO CONCEPTS
FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS
R.A.T. RAPID ASSAULT TACTICS
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENSIVE TACTICS
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Adrian is a PROFESSIONAL COACH under various instructors in the following systems:
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COMBAT SUBMISSION WRESTLING
THAI BOXING / MUAY THAI
FRANICS FONG WING CHUN
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Adrian is a martial arts instructor for GOOGLE
in Silicon Valley, including the main headquarters in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. He teaches Jeet Kune Do and Kali Escrima as a Google Group Fitness Instructor.
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Adrian is currently a graduate student at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is studying part-time, while teaching full-time at the Academy. He's working towards his Master's Degree in Dramatic Arts/Acting. He's expecting to graduate in May 2026. Adrian was an actor and performing arts major and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting/Theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Adrian is a strong believer in the value of education and continued learning and self-improvement. No matter what age you are, you are never too old to keep learning and growing. Always be a student and you'll stay young forever.
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