Profile
Gary James
Gary James
- Class Address
- Mt Colah Community Centre
- Pierre Close Mt Colah
- Berowra Public School
- Hillcrest Rd Berowra
- Phone
- (02) 9456-4608 or 0419 627 479
- Fax
- (02) 9456-5879
- gary@jeetkunedo.com.au
- Web
- www.jeetkunedo.com.au
Current Details
- Occupation
- CAD Designer / Graphic Designer / Engineer/ Animator / Video and DVD Authoring
- Martial Arts Instructor
- Walt Missingham
- Martial Arts Taught
- LWKD comprising Mi Tsung I, Capoeira, Hung Gar, Western fencing, Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Pentjak Silat, Muay Thai, Grappling, Hsing I
Instruction History
- 1973 - 1975
- Trained Shotokan Karate. Achieved rank of Brown belt.
- 1975 -
- Commenced training with Walt Missingham in Lin Wan Kune Do Kung Fu.
- 1977 - 1978
- Trained with Lawrence Lee in Wing Chun.
- 1979 - 1982
- Trained with Clem Young in Hsing I, Northern Shaolin, Spear, Pole and Preying Mantis
Achievements
- 1979 -
- Assistant Instructor in Lin Wan Kune Do
- 1980 - 1983
- Taught blind and partially sighted students at Woodstock, Burwood.
- 1983 -
- Full Instructor in Lin Wan Kune Do
- 1984 -
- Won the Australian Full Contact Championship in the Cruiserweight division.
- 1985 -
- Won the Australian Full Contact Championship in the Light Heavyweight division.
- 1985 -
- Achieved Level 8 status in Lin Wan Kune Do
- 1986 -
- Won the Australian Full Contact Championship in the Light Heavyweight division.
- 1986 -
- Won the Regional title in the Light Heavyweight division.
- 1986 -
- Level 1 status in the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS).
- 1986 -
- Senior First Aid Certificate.
- 1988 -
- Graded Brown belt third class by Grandmaster Cacoy Canete in Doce Pares.
- 1989 -
- Level 2 status in the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS).
- 1992 -
- Commenced teaching own classes in LWKD Martial Arts.
- 2002 -
- Level 1 status for Jeet Kune Do in the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS)
- 2003 -
- Certified as Associate Instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto in the Filipino Martial Arts
- 2003 -
- Certified Associate Instructor under Dan Inosanto in Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu
- Level 2 NCAS Accredited Coach for Kung Fu
- Level 1 NCAS Accredited Coach for Jeet Kune Do
- Holder Prohibited Weapons Permit
- 2008 -
- Level 2 Coach Jeet Kune Do
