Martial Arts has been a part of my life and upbringing since age 12. I was weak, frail, & asthmatic, and I wanted to be like normal kids. Used ta get teased alot and schoolmates used to call me "bones", cause I was skinny as a rail. So, after junior high, I was sick of the way I was and I set my goals high and went for a big change! Took me a decade to change my body & overcome my ailments! There wasn't a day when I didn't eat, drink & breath Kung Fu! Being chinese, I definately didn't have the genetics for bodybuilding, but I made do with what I had and slowly my body came around. Then, after college, I discovered Muay Thai & that changed my life forever! I fell in love with it's simplicity, power and fierce techniques. So, after studying 15 years of both Hung Sing & Buk Sing Choy Li Fut styles & Hung Ga with great Kung Fu Masters - Grandmaster Doc Fai Wong, Sifu Bosco Young, Master Michael Chau & Sifu Wilson Ng, I switched to Muay Thai after a friend told me about his father's school and that there was a new thai teacher(Kru Jet Yordchai Moungpeuk)instructing there. At that time, Muay Thai was not popular yet. Most people didn't even know what it was. After my 1st day, Muay Thai was part of my life forever! I went on to train in later years with Master Toddy & Ajarn Surachai Sirisute. I've been teaching in San Francisco since 1995 and became a certified Kru in 2004. All Muay Thai gyms have sirnames, ours was given the name - Thepprathan. So, when we fight we use our first name and then the gym's name thus...Dan Thepprathan. I love to teach, and I don't charge my students a penny! Thats how much I love the art! I devote a few days a week to my cherished students. I learned long ago, that this was a very old chinese tradition where the teacher never charged for lessons. But took in the disciples as if they were his own children. What do I get out of it? Just the joy of knowing that I am passing down a knowledge that will improve their health, build their confidence and maybe save their life one day! Master Toddy once told me that I have a great heart...a lion's heart! I am always giving! I've always tried to live by that.But what I do get paid nicely for is having loads of fun meeting/working with some of the finest people in the entertainment industry. I'm a Actor/Stunt Performer/Coordinator. Hard work that comes with a price! But, what a dream profession that is! It's a natural high everytime I get on a movie set! As a child, my playground were rooftops, so it was common for my neighbors to see me jumping and running from rooftop to rooftop and rolling off! I think this was what set me in motion for stuntwork! At the age of 6 I had already done a 25 ft high fall! Not by choice of course! lolstyle type="text/css".fcsS{}
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