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Sifu Jackson, an Infantry Soldier in the US Army, is also the son of a retired US Air Force Master Sergeant, and was exposed to Asian fighting arts at a very young age while living on the island of Okinawa. His father, an Okinawan Karate stylist, began training Sifu Jackson when he was a toddler.
Sifu Jackson's official training began in 1982, when he began studying Chinese/Okinawan Pangai-noon under Master Bill Kieth, then later, Grandmaster James Thompson.
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Teddy Wong (Wong Tiet Wai) > Mark Stewart > Tim Greenman > Jason Jackson
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Sifu Jackson, an Infantry Soldier in the US Army, is also the son of a retired US Air Force Master Sergeant, and was exposed to Asian fighting arts at a very young age while living on the island of Okinawa. His father, an Okinawan Karate stylist, began training Sifu Jackson when he was a toddler.
Sifu Jackson's official training began in 1982, when he began studying Chinese/Okinawan Pangai-noon under Master Bill Kieth, then later, Grandmaster James Thompson.
Sifu Jackson, an Infantry Soldier in the US Army, is also the son of a retired US Air Force Master Sergeant, and was exposed to Asian fighting arts at a very young age while living on the island of Okinawa. His father, an Okinawan Karate stylist, began training Sifu Jackson when he was a toddler.
Sifu Jackson's official training began in 1982, when he began studying Chinese/Okinawan Pangai-noon under Master Bill Kieth, then later, Grandmaster James Thompson.
In 1992, Sifu Jackson began training in Chinese martial arts exclusively. He began the study of Shaolin Long Fist and Taijiquan, at the Kalamazoo Chinese Martial Arts Club at Kalamazoo College.
In 1997, Sifu Jackson became a Pressure Point Control Tactics Instructor, and began teaching hand-to-hand combat to Law Enforcement Officials in SW Michigan.
2004, Sifu Jackson began competing in full-contact and Muay Thai events. He began training in Sanshou under International Leg Kicks Champion, and fellow soldier, Bobby Wilson. This is when Sifu Jackson was exposed to non-classical Wing Chun for the first time, and has dedicated his martial arts training to the art since.
2006-2008, Sifu Jackson won the Midwest Reginal Muay Thay Silver Medal; the Stanley Smith Invitational Gold Medal, and the Indiana State Full-Contact Silver Medal, as well as a number of single bouts and events while employing non-classical Wing Chun Sanshou Gung-fu.
2008, Sifu Jackson met and began training intensively under Sifu Tim Greenman, Certified Master Instructor in Grandmaster Bruce Lee's lineage through Ted Wong under Mark Stewart. At this point, Sifu Jackson had knowledge that he was likely to deploy to Afghanistan to fight, and Sifu Greenman planned Sifu Jackson's training accordingly. His training under Sifu Greenman was intense and thorough. Focussing heavily on the more traditional aspects of Wing Chun, Jun Fan Gung-fu, and Original/Chinatown era Jeet Kune Do. The training was conducted with extreme seriousness as Sifu Jackson's life could one day depend on it.
2009, Sifu Jackson became a "Closed Door" desciple of Sun Family Taijiquan Master Ed Kehoe.
2011, just prior to Sifu Jackson's deployment to Afghanistan, Sifu Greenman gave Sifu Jackson authorization to teach non-classical Wing Chun (Jeet Kune Do). Sifu Jackson chooses to use the term Non-Classical Wing Chun, instead of Jun Fan Gung-fu or Jeet Kune Do because of it's heavy influence from traditional Wing Chun, use of traditional Wing Chun techniques, two person drills, and wooden dummy exercises. As well as to avoid any political or organization affiliations that can unfortunately accompany the use of the names Jun Fan Gung-fu and Jeet Kune Do.