Gung Fu Institute's Goals to Realistic Training
SiFu Gallaher

My goal is to give you the most realistic training that truly involves the full spectrum of the human being . I want you to understand both your potential as a person and as a fighter. I want you to face any fear you may have in life whole heartedly, realizing that most fear is an abstract illusion that can be defused and discarded through martial arts training.

Martial arts is about simplification and refinement, hacking away the unessential. Martial arts can be an instrument to fine tune your true essence, your God given gifts. The height of our society lies in the simplicities not in the ornamentation, rituals and ceremonies, but the search for the truth. A true martial art style should concentrate on viable information not the classical mess Bruce Lee spoke about. A martial artist should realize that martial arts is about efficiency.  We all have two arms and two legs what it really boils down to is how well we use them. I will strive to have you totally refine your tools down to your sharpest point or edge.  A question to ask yourself is how do you base your fighting skills, on limitation or are you free from all bondage free to convey your full potential, realizing the truth is outside of the box.

At Gung Fu Institute you will be a total fighter able to deal with all ranges of combat. You may be a great kicker but if I shoot in on you and take the fight to the ground , all the high power spinning kick will not be of any use to you, you will be totally at my mercy.  We give you the full training package to handle any situation.

At Gung Fu Institute you will learn how to free yourself of physical and mental bondage. Your thoughts will become like water, always flowing to  the lest resistant area but having the patients to move mountains, piece by piece.

May God bless you with his wisdom.
SiFu Gallaher

SiFu Gallaher's Biography

Sifu Gallaher's training did not stop there. In his desire to be the most complete 2nd generation Jeet Kune Do student, he sought out Dan Lee, another Bruce Lee student. Dan Lee was considered to be one of the best fighters of the Bruce Lee clan. Lee, already having a remarkable boxing record, was perfect for Jeet Kune Do. He also has natural understanding in philosophy and his skill, like Sifu Wong's, is remarkable. 

Sifu Gallaher has also privately trained with many other students, such as Steve Golden and Jerry Poteet. This solid training added a variety of information and a unique perspective of Bruce Lee, the man. The Chinatown school was Bruce Lee's last school before his untimely passing. Sifu Gallaher thought it would be beneficial to go back to Bruce Lee's roots. He wanted to trace his evolutionary process in the formation of Jeet Kune Do (the way of the intercepting fist.) 

Sifu Gallaher began training with Bruce Lee's 1st generation student, Jesse Glover, to gain insight to the way Lee was thinking and the material he was teaching. What he found, was a direct, simple, no nonsense approach to combat. Bruce Lee modified a Gung Fu system, known as Wing Chun. Lee was taught Wing Chun, in China, under Sifu Grand Master Yip Man. 

Sifu Gallaher was already a sifu of Wing Chun under the renowned and respected teaching of Grand Master Yip Man's sons, Grand Master Yip Ching and Grand Master Yip Chun, through the training of Sifu Samuel Kwok. Sifu Gallaher had already gained a full understanding of Wing Chun prior to Jesse Glover. Jesse Glover's Wing Chun was different in that is seemed modified, and perhaps, simplified. It was Wing Chun, but it had taken a different shape and essence, referred to as Jun Fan, Bruce Lee's art. 

Sifu Gallaher has spent time with many other 1st generation students of Bruce Lee-this is a biography to highlight some of his training. Sifu Gallaher's training in Wing Chun was also unique, because his early training was incomplete. A rare chance came to study with Sifu Samuel Kwok, a teacher under Grand Master Yip Man's sons. 

Under Sifu Kwok's teaching, he was quickly able to fill in any gaps he had encountered in his Wing Chun training. He was able to fully grasp the understanding of the system's core ideas. Sifu Gallaher has had the ability to study several different Wing Chun systems throughout the world with many top masters. Valuable information given to him by Grand Master Yip Ching, Grand Master Yip Chun, and others has given him a solid comprehension of the principles of the incredible fighting system, Jeet Kune Do. 

Several more of the systems that Sifu Gallaher has had great accomplishment in are the arts of Kali, Kun Tao, and Silat. These are combat fighting arts based on the blade and stick. Sifu Gallaher had the rare fortune of living in the right area of the world. Grandmaster Bo Sayoc from the Philippines was only an hour away. He began the journey into Sayoc Kali and worked his way up to full master, until his instructor decided to move back to the Philippines. 

Remember that the style is never more important than the human, and all systems of martial arts are not created equal. Sifu/Guru Gallaher is always in the process of refinement, a process of evolving himself to a higher level of excellence. Through the proper cultivation of the mind and body, we will begin to see the subtleties of life. Most people look through their eyes in a sort of translucent, blurred vision. Gung Fu will let you see the world from a clear outlook, not a clouded one.

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