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Director of Wing Chung
Master
Alan Goldberg

Like the U.S. Marines, Wing Chun
Kung Fu Master Alan Goldberg, a WorldBlackBelt Founding Member, is just
looking for a few good students. So far Goldberg has only found about 50
Martial Artists who have shown him enough of the right stuff in terms of
attitude and dedication to be invited into his extraordinary dojo in the
heart of Brooklyn, New York.
“I am particular with who I train because my students become part of our
very close family,” explained Goldberg. “I have had opportunities to
expand, but I am really not interested in having a large school because
it loses some of the tradition.”
Included in Goldberg’s select circle of students are notable celebrities
such as actor Joe Piscopo, who co-starred with WorldBlackBelt’ First
Founding Member Chuck Norris in Sidekicks, former heavyweight fighter
Dimitrius “Oaktree” Edwards, who broke Mike Tyson’s ribs in a sparring
session just prior to the former champion’s first fight against Evander
Holyfield, and Dr. Richard Pearl, who was recognized by Newsweek
Magazine as one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the United States.
Training with Goldberg is not like attending your ordinary Martial Arts
class. “My students take an average of three classes per week and each
class runs at least three hours,” Goldberg explained. Despite these
intensely rigorous workouts in this combat style, Goldberg’s students
remain loyal with nearly 80% of them still studying with him.
The dedication that Goldberg has instilled in his students today is
derived from his own personal devotion to his Martial Art. At the age of
24, Goldberg was the first person to actually go and live inside a
Shaolin Wing Chun Temple. “I lived there for five years and I would have
stayed longer, but I got married and my wife didn’t think that would
work too well,” joked Goldberg. “I was inspired by David Carradine and
his Kung Fu television series show and I saw living in this Temple as my
calling.” “It was quite an experience, we would train around the clock,
sometimes I would get a knock on my door at 4:00 a.m. and it was time to
train.”
Outside of his dojo, Master Goldberg may be better known as Martial Arts
Entrepreneur Goldberg, as he is the publisher of Action, one of the most
widely read Martial Arts magazines in the country, creator of the very
popular Action Martial Arts Trading Cards, Television and Movie Producer
and the host and promoter of WorldBlackBelt’s International Martial Arts
Conference and Hall of Fame Awards Dinner..
EDITOR'S NOTE:
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"Academy Awards of the Martial Arts" click this link and tell them that
Soke Cullen sent you. I am proud to know this man and have him on our
board! Lights.. Camera.....ACTION!
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