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Sifu Robert McInnes started his Martial arts at the age of 5 yrs old and practiced his Kung Fu everyday, when he grew up he had a passion that ate at him to learn more.....Sifu traveled to China where he spent 4 years with Master Zui at Taishan, where he mastered the teachings of Sir Ge Dorr being until this day the only westerner accepted by Master Zui. In the seventies to the eighties, Sifu traveled the world competing in competitions mainly in Kung Fu kumites and other fights held throughout Asia. He won 7 World Kumate titles . By doing this he found he needed to find a way to evolve his system to work in real life situations but not lose sight of the traditional system at the same time..
Sifu's love for Asia is what bought him back to the land where martial arts evolved and is given the respect it deserves. Sifu has taught every day for the past 31 years passing on the knowledge he has acquired through 45 years of training in the martial arts. He is probably one of the very few in the world that can say he has either trained or taught martial arts everyday of his life. In Thailand, Sifu has received numerous awards from people as high ranking as the Crowned Prince of Thailand for his achievements in Martial arts and help with charities. He is without a doubt the most recognized westerner in Thailand in the Martial arts and boxing. Nearly everyone involved in either Muay Thai Boxing or martial arts knows of his name.
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Thai fighters from all over travel to study with him to learn the famous boxing skills punching skills that Thai fighters possess
From 1980 to 1991 Sifu opened and ran the Sir Ge Dorr Schools in New Zealand. Over 11000 students passed through his schools with huge followings. In 1984, Sifu McInnes began the inner student program (similar to the full uchi Deshi system of Japan. In 1992 Sifu returned to Thailand to teach full time at Thai Military Acadamy and International School of Martial Arts where he remains today.
Sifu McInnes known for his hard core teaching methods has trained some of the best fighters in the world such as Peter Aerts 3 times K1 champion, Stan The Man Longinidis 5 times world champion, Pedro Rizzo UFC world champion, Yodsanan 3k the WBA 130lbs world boxing champion, Yodumlung the former WBA 122lbs world champion, Daniel Dawson ISKA world champion and K1 fighter, Albert Klaus K1 world champion, Chatchai Paiseetong 3 times lumpinee world champion, The tank (Lort Tung, Sukmongkol Sitchuchork 5 time world champion, Rambo II the ISS Muay Thai Champion, and many more, these are just to name a few.
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Sifu McInnes is one of the very few that has managed to understand and define the art of fighting using traditional methods, and have great success. His philosophy is that all fighting systems have the same base, its how you evolve that base foundation that will result in success. He has proven beyond a doubt that this philosophy works in all aspects of training and fighting, also in other sports as well. In 1992 Sifu took on two fighters one 15 yrs old and the other 13yrs old. Yodsanan 3k and Yoddumlung as they are known today from 1992 to 2002 these two boys lived, ate, and slept at Sifu's private estate. In this eight year period, both boys whom had never fought before in their lives had straight win victories without a loss all the way to the WBA world title of which they both won. During all this time, only Sifu trained them using his philosophy and methods of training. |
Sifu Robert Mcinnes receives an award from the
Crown Prince of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn |
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Although, we are talking about international boxing, the punching and basic philosophy is the same as Sir Ge Dorr. Sifu believes it's just a case of adapting the traditional movement and evolving it into whatever system or method of fighting you are using.
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