Tuesday, April 6, 2010

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

The greatest battle is fought within - when you have to fight fatigue and mental weakness and perform beyond your limit by telling yourself "I CAN!" - Gabriel Huang

About Coach Gabriel



Name: Gabriel Huang
Coaches: Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do, Wrestling.
Interests: MMA, JKD, Wrestling, Submission, Fitness, Crossfit, Sports Rehab, Nutrition

Coach Gabriel's first exposure to martial arts stemmed from his Grandfather who was a pioneer student of Taekwondo in Singapore. He enrolled into a taekwondo school and made the transition to Japanese Jujitsu and Judo. In 2004, a friend invited him to attend a Jeet Kune Do Workshop taught by Sifu Mark Stewart. After the 2 day workshop Gabriel was totally blown over by how scientific, simple, direct but efficient Jeet Kune Do was and started training religiously with Mark Stewart who also encouraged him to start competing actively in JKD using other martial arts tournaments as a platform. As a firm believer in contact sparring and combative sports, Gabriel has trained and competed in various combative sports such as Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay thai, Judo, Freestyle Wrestling, Amateur MMA and Submission Grappling. Gabriel has had the opportunity to train with many masters such as Ted Wong(JKD) and Gilbert Durinho Burns(BJJ) and wrestling under 2x Olympic champion, Sergei Beloglazov.

Gabriel is training and competing in Freestyle Wrestling for the Singapore National team and is also pursuing his bachelor's degree in Sports and Exercise Science whilst working out regularly at Crossfit Singapore.

Achievements
- 2004 STKD Gymnasium Invitational TKD Tournament Men’s(B)Featherweight- Bronze
- 2005 1st Kup(Brown belt) Taekwondo, World Taekwondo Federation
- 2006 Judo IVP MEN'S Lightweight 6th/5th kyu - Silver
- 2006 1st Kyu(Brown belt) Japanese Jujitsu, World Ju-jitsu Federation
- 2006 Fitness Asia Boxing Trivia - Champion
- 2007 Tanglin CC Muaythai Tournament – Runner-up
- 2007 Combat Academy Boxing Tournament – Champion
- 2007 Level 1 Sambo trainers Certification
- 2009 Competed in Fightworks Asia Invitational Submission Grappling Tournament
- 2009 Level 3 Jeet Kune Do, International Jeet Kune Do
- 2009 Level 2 Jeet Kune Do Instructor, International Jeet Kune Do
- 2009 Competed in Amateur MMA at SEA Grappling Games, Bangkok Thailand
- 2009 NCAP Level 1 Certificate
- 2009 First Certified NCAP Level 1 Wrestling Technical Coach
- 2009 Adult First Aid Course
- 2009 Competed in Commonwealth Wrestling Championships, India