Sifu Adam Williss

Sifu Adam Williss is an Orange County-based martial artist. He's made it his mission to empower individuals from all walks of life with the physical, mental and life-balancing benefits of martial arts. He delivers on his mission as the program director and head instructor of The Dragon Institute, Orange County's first educational facility dedicated to the art of Wing Chun Kung Fu.

With over 16 years under his belt, Sifu Adam has empowered and educated people of all ages through his classes, private training sessions and seminars. He has trained numerous professionals, athletes and corporate executives. Sifu Adam is an instructor to groups ranging from employees of large corporations to university students. He has brought the unique personal developmental benefits of Wing Chun to recovering drug addicts, alcoholics and stroke victims. His ground-breaking work has been featured in several publications both online and in print.

Sifu Adam has the rare honor of being given instructor status under Florida-based Wing Chun master, Sifu Bill Graves. As one of Sifu Bill's top senior students having trained with him since 1995, Sifu Adam is one of only a handful of instructors in the world that can legitimately claim such status. Sifu Bill Graves' teacher for the last 30+ years is none other than Sifu Karl Godwin.

Although Sifu Adam has chosen to dedicate his life to the art of Wing Chun, he has also trained and studied other martial arts including Chen style Tai Chi Chuan & Silk Reeling Qigong (Chan Ssu Chin), other Wing Chun lineages, Jeet Kune Do concepts, Boxing, Classical Pugilism / Bare-Knuckle Boxing, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Muay Thai.

Sifu Adam serves in top positions of several associations such as the state of California representative of The System Wing Chun, President of the California Wing Chun Association and California state representative of the World Ving Tsun Athletic Association. He is a 2010 United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee, founder of the American Wing Chun Association, an Associate Member of the International Kung Fu Federation, Life Member of the United States Martial Arts Association, member of the Independent Martial Arts Association, International Combat Martial Arts Unions Association, United States Kuo Shu Federation, Ving Tsun Athletic Association of Hong Kong, National Qigong / Chi Kung Association and more.

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