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SIFU George Fitzgerald is the President, Founder and Master Instructor of the Tang Lung Combat Academy.
An Internationally renowned 6th degree Black Belt, SIFU Fitzgerald has been studying and practising formal Martial Arts for the last 37 years, though his real introduction to the 'fighting arts' came in the form of boxing and self-defence 'tips' from his father - Bill Fitzgerald, a man who was definitely no stranger to 'street survival;' in fact he was known to many simply as 'the Bouncer.'
SIFU Fitzgerald currently holds various degrees of Black Belt (or its equivalent) in FOURTEEN Martial Art systems:
* Tang Lung Combat System
* Wing Chun Kung Fu
* Young Dragons Kung Fu
* Russian Sombo Wrestling
* Combat Sombo
* Misu Ryu Jiu Jitsu
* Sai Shu Teki-Na Jiu Jitsu
* Arnis de Mano
* Warriors Eskrima
* Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do
* Force Necessary/Unarmed Combatives
* Kempo(Karate/Ju Jitsu)
* Muay Thai (Thai Boxing)
* Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima
SIFU Fitzgerald is also a certified Instructor of W. Hock Hochheim's Scientific Fighting Congress - in the arts of SDMS (Impact Weapons), Knife/Counter Knife and Pacific Archipelago Combatives - a Brown belt in Judo and has extensive experience of western boxing, Taekwondo, Kenpo Karate, Kyokushinkai Karate, and Tomiki Aikido. He has won several medals in grappling competitions, including a Bronze in the first British Kurash Championships, a Masters Gold in the 1998 British Sombo Championships, and a Masters Silver in 2003.
In addition to operating the Tang Lung Combat Academy, SIFU Fitzgerald was the official London representative of original Bruce Lee student, the late Larry Hartsell; he is the Chief Instructor UK for Misu Ryu Jiu Jitsu; he is one of the very first in the United Kingdom to be awarded the ACMA Martial Arts Instructor Certification (from the world-famous Cooper Institute & American Council on Martial Arts.)
In March 2001 the International Budo Federation awarded SIFU Fitzgerald with a Diploma Award of Honour for Outstanding Service to the Martial Arts. He was also chosen to demonstrate practical self-defence in ten episodes of Sky Digital's television programme, "Where's It At?"
In July 2005 SIFU Fitzgerald had the honour of being invited to Los Angeles to be Larry Hartsell's seminar assistant at Black Belt Magazine's very first Festival of Martial Arts.
