Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 77

Discover your Greatness…
Three years ago when I decided to found
TAOWS Academy I chose a different way of
doing things. I decided to pay attention to
small details and to start delving into the world
of Martial Arts with the professionalism and
seriousness it deserves. In short, I decided to
do it in a different way to most WingTsun
schools and associations today. All great
change must begin within oneself.
I have been practicing Wing Tsun for over 20
years. I have had the great fortune to meet and
train with some of the world's most important
teachers of WingTsun. Undoubtedly, my Sifu Victor
Gutierrez was the person who had the greatest
influence on my training, my views on WingTsun
and on martial arts in general. However, I have
received great influence from others who have
changed my way of understanding Martial Arts.
When my teacher decided to stop teaching
WingTsun to focus on his personal evolution and
the system’s application in the MMA, I decided
to continue/keep walking on the path of this
centenary ART, which has helped me develop
both my personal and professional live. I
received many offers from different
international associations to become the
person in charge of these schools in Spain.
Some of them were very interesting and
tempting for the greatness of the
associations and the big names of their

leaders. My job as a director of the OEWT Levante
(southeast of Spain) for fifteen years had not gone
unnoticed by many. During that time, I had the
honour to train over a thousand students and the
merit of being the instructor who trained the
greatest number of technical degrees (black belts)
in Spain. I must also mention that some of these
black belts are currently mentors and directors of
some important WingTsun associations worldwide.
This gives me great satisfaction.
However, at that time I was determined to
promote a major change in the way of training and
teaching Wing Tsun. Therefore, I could not have a
"boss" who would dictate me the lines to follow.
I really wanted to change everything that I did
not like and that, in my opinion, was not good for
the ART.
Since the creation of TAOWS Academy (The Art
Of War Society) many important changes have
been implemented in every aspect of the practice,
study and teaching in WingTsun and the other
martial art systems studied in our association. In
these three years we have worked very hard to
make great achievements, what makes us feel very
proud.

Some changes…
The dialectical discussion between the
traditional and modern practitioners of this art is
very common. From the first day I decided to stay
away from this empty debate in which nobody will