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Dustan will greatly increase your Wing Chun knowledge.
SiFu Doc Savage
After twenty two years as a US Paratrooper, and combat vet, I thought I had pretty much seen and done most everything. Learning to fight, survive and kill if needed. I have been in the Martial Arts off and on since I was 12 and pretty much thought I could take care of myself. That was of course till I met my SiFu Dustan Carroll. We are both Army Veterans and know what it takes to survive when it comes down to it.
As a paratrooper I wish that I had more Wing Chun under my belt. As a civilian in today’s world I am glad I do. This is an Art that has no rules, has no ring but, at the end of the day if you ever have to use it you know that you can do what ever it takes. What ever it takes to get home safe and be with your family.
SiFu Carroll is a no holds barred instructor, one who deals with reality, not a staged ring environment. You will be in a realistic setting and learn not to be afraid to hit or get hit. Size makes no difference, the smallest person can take down the largest person, just a matter of knowing how. Wing Chun is not about fighting clean and fair, it is about if you have to fight, fight and walk away safe.
Hector Castellano
U.S. Army Retired
I have given it a few days to write because I was so blown away by your class.Thank you so much for the excellent class. In one session, you have allowed me to really see what works and what I have been searching for. I finally found something that is practical but effective. I realize I need to be able to apply it, but your knowledge, your passion, and the way you show us how things relate in a practical sense is amazing. Wing Chun is an art that will allow me to defend myself for real, not just in a controlled classroom. Thank you for showing me the truth about how much I have been wasting my time with other styles. Your teaching method is amazing and I am honored to be able to learn what you know. I thank you for giving me some of your time to learn an art that will allow me to defend myself with something that works, as well as all the life lessons you provide in your teaching.
J.P. Lovallo
I have to say that what you teach really works. Even though I only trained with you for about 7 months what you taught me saved my life.
I was attacked outside of a mall in Pennsylvania and instinctively stopped my would be attacker. He wouldn’t let me in my car and tried to force me into the backseat. I didn’t have to think about what to do, my body was on auto-pilot and I hurt him bad enough that he was lying on the ground when I drove off.
When I got home, I was in shock and had a few drinks, as I told my son about what had happened. He wanted to know what I did and we went through it again. He then tried to show me some moves that he had learned but I was able to stop him without thinking. What is so crazy about it all is that my son serves in the Army and is a combat veteran and I am half his size. Thank you SiFu for training me to react instinctively, without it I would have been hurt really bad. By the way my son told me to do what you taught me because it is extremely effective even after I had a few to drink.
Thank you,
Penny
Earlier in my life I was always interested in martial arts, yet my parents would not let me train in any of them. Around the age of eighteen I got very interested in MMA after watching some pride fights on TV. I trained at home picking up some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu thinking I was learning how to handle myself when a friend of mine showed me SiFu Carroll’s website. I read the description on the website and instantly began looking it up on the internet. I liked what I saw and went in to SiFu Carroll’s school where I was blown away. What I learned far surpassed anything that was posted on the internet. In the first 2 weeks I had emptied my cup of every fighting notion I had before Wing Chun and began to fully believe in the only fighting style worth learning.
Over the next three months I saw and learned many amazing things. The one that stuck out the most was one Saturday morning a man came in to train with us. He was in great shape and explained to us that he was well versed in an Israeli Counter-terrorism martial art made for combat situations (Krav Maga or Haganah). Israel has one of the best military’s in the world and I had heard their hand to hand style was very effective. He further explained that he was licensed to teach it and was beginning a class at a martial arts school in town. During those two hours I witnessed SiFu Carroll best him in every combat situation as well as the area of mental strength. The man said he would return to train but never did after being embarrassed over and over again by SiFu Carroll. This display further proved to me that Wing Chun was the best martial art out there.
SiFu Dustan Carroll is the most generous and knowledgeable teacher I have ever met. He will show you the way of the no nonsense, complete self defense art that is Wing Chun.
Brandon Struthers
Huntsville, AL
I learned about Wing Chun while looking at various martial art schools in Huntsville after becoming interested in MMA. MMA wasn’t nearly as interesting after just one class with SiFu Carroll. Within a few weeks I was learning how to fight armed attackers, how to fight multiple attackers, and more. One time in class SiFu Carroll had three of us attack him while he was on his back on the ground and he easily ended the threat within seconds. All of this was great because I had a three month trip to South Africa(the murder capitol of the world) coming up and my training meant that I didn’t have to worry and I could focus on what I needed to. If you want to learn how to defend yourself from whatever might happen, SiFu Carroll is the one to learn from. Nothing else compares.
Stan Hurst
Huntsville, Al
My Experiences with SiFu Carroll
After Meeting at U.N.A. we discussed that we both had the same sifu in Jeet Kune Do (Sifu Wildman) just at different times. As he was advancing in J.K.D. he asked if I would practice and study with him. At the time I eagerly agreed not knowing the adventure I was then entering upon. I soon found him to be competent and well educated and a very good Sifu of the art of JKD. My regrets only came when we were working on the five point star drill or when he would close his eyes and have me attack. During both of those I knew it was going to hurt like skydiving without a parachute.
Later SiFu Carroll was teaching a martial arts class in the athletics dept. at U.N.A., and challengers from a plethora of styles came out of the woodwork to challenge SiFu Carroll. The lucky ones limped away. There was however a grappler (BJJ) who ran his mouth a lot. As usual SiFu would say, “That’s nice, show me.” Finally after weeks of endless chatter about the perfection of his art (The BJJ guy), SiFu agreed to a “light spar”. This one I had to see even though I knew the outcome. Several of us met in an upper unused hall of our student center. SiFu then said, “Put me however you like. As a matter of fact put me where you have the greatest advantage.” He had SiFu lay on the ground and proceeded to wrap SiFu Carroll up like a Christmas present with his arms and legs. At that point from under the mass tangle I heard SiFu say in a monotone voice, “Are you ready?” The BJJ guy said “Now!” Not even a millisecond later I heard a little girl scream and yell, “Get off me B****!!” It took a second to realize it was the grappler who was moving away at light speed and that it was his voice that I heard three octaves higher than normal. For some reason I never saw him again.
After moving to Texas and After SiFu Carroll had discovered the deadly art of Wing Chun Kung Fu he was holding class in the weight room at the apartment complex we both lived in. Just like before, along came another nay-sayer. Only this time it was a 6’3” 325lb. Prison guard, named Bobby, who was working with fifty-pound dumbbells as if they were soda cans. He looked on with mild interest and the look in his eye said I want to try this little man and embarrass him in front of his students. SiFu had placed me with another student to work on technique when Bobby asked to try his hand. As Bobby stood head and shoulders taller than SiFu and he kept saying, “That won’t work in a real fight like prison.” So SiFu finally said, “ Try me.” Bobby wadded up his fist and swung as fast and hard as he could at SiFu. Bobby’s arm was gigantic and it cut threw the air with an audible noise. At this point everyone had stopped and was watching. All at once there was a sound like a steak hitting the counter and another sound like a green branch snapping. It was a sickening smack and crack. With everyone watching, hearts racing, and breaths held we saw Bobby hastily sit down, turn green and start to fight the urge to empty his stomach. For a while I really thought we were going to have to call 911. SiFu on the other hand was urging us to get back to training. We all trained harder that night because we had witnessed the true effects of Wing Chun under SiFu Carroll.
I trained with SiFu off and on as my finances would allow. He is a person to seek out if you want to learn how to defend yourself and your loved ones.
Kenneth Lambert
Student from 1998 and 2003
I attended 2 different schools in the Kansas City area and quickly realized that there were significant variations in how each person taught, what they considered important, and how each boasted of knowing the most, teaching the best, or how their lineage made their knowledge more complete than other instructors. After having approximately 1 year of instruction I moved to Houston and found SiFu Carroll teaching Wing Chun. We quickly went through what I had learned and we talked about the differences in how he taught the first form and what would be gleaned from performing various drills.
Despite our conversation(s) the philosophy that actions speak and teach louder than words were evident. He spoke only the truth and said if you have any doubts then test yourself and test the art. After just a few classes I was doing drills and “movements” that had been considered extremely advanced and only for “upper level” students at the previous school I had attended. I had a much more complete understanding of how each part of the first form was applied in real situations and the drills SiFu taught were effective and provided a complete “package” of Wing Chun instruction. The fundamental aspects that had originally turned me onto learning Wing Chun were there again, fueled by SiFu Carroll and his desire to further learn and teach the art.
After studying with SiFu Carroll for a little less than a year I had progressed (probably) 10 times farther than I had during the previous year. SiFu Carroll’s common sense, honest, and practical approach to teaching Wing Chun and how it is applied in different situations is what learning Wing Chun is all about. Not only does his teaching instill ability; it instills confidence-both of which are needed for self defense when the time comes where you have to use it. Unfortunately, many Sifus are more interested in padding their pocket than teaching the truth of the art to other people. However, SiFu Carroll and his ability to teach Wing Chun are the real deal. It’s not about money and it’s not about teaching you how to be a martial arts competitor where rules govern your abilities. It is 100% purely effective self defense that can only be understood by being a student. The skills he teaches can be applied in any situation that presents itself in a real life situation.
If you want to learn something to keep yourself and your family safe in today’s hostile society and you’re anywhere near SiFu Carroll I would HIGHLY recommend learning Wing Chun from him. Anything less and you’re cheating yourself, your family, and you’re most likely wasting your money.
Clark Rein
Kansas City, Kansas
I am a veteran of the Marine Corp. I was a SWAT member and currently a career police officer that has to be in “harms way” everyday I work.
I have been a student of numerous martial systems over the years, to include one of the other styles of Wing Chun. I can say in all honesty that the Wing Chun taught to me by SiFu Carroll is more street effective than any other art that I have studied. The no nonsense, reality based self defense skills that I have learned have no doubt given me that ability to protect myself, and my family should the need arise. So, If you are searching for a traditional martial art without all of the B.S. then I recommend that you seek out SiFu Carroll.
K.R.
Huntsville Police Officer
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I have been a student of martial arts over 20 years. I have studied Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Kick Boxing, Ninjitsu, Eagle Claw Kung Fu, Tai Chi Chuan and Dim Mok. I have worked as a bouncer and in other jobs that required me to use my martial arts skills to protect.
SiFu Carroll is the best instructor I have ever met or learned from. He teaches the most effective art I have ever seen. Shadowhand Wing Chun Boxing is like smoke; formless, shapeless, you can see it but cannot touch or harm the person using it.I was skeptical at first but I am true beliver now.
The Wing Chun he teaches is not like the Wing Chun that is so commercialized or mixed up with other arts such as Kali. Wing Chun is a complete art when it is taught correctly.
SiFu teaches his students discipline of mind and body. I hurt my shoulder and my right arm in an altercation. SiFu showed me how to fight without using my hands. He explained that in the middle of my difficulties lies opportunity. SiFu Carroll is a true teacher.
If you want a great martial arts teacher that is not a jack of all trades but a true master, SiFu Carroll is the only one you want to learn from.
Bob B.
Huntsville. AL
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I am a former Marine that has studied Kick Boxing, Tang Soo Do, Capoiera, Hsing I, Ba Gua, Tai Chi and another branch of Wing Chun up to Bil Jee level.
In the 1st form alone SiFu Carroll has shown me many hidden techniques that I didn’t even know were there. In the few months that I’ve trained with SiFu Carroll he has elevated my fighting skill to another level. It’s not something that can be described in words. It’s something you have to see and feel to get the picture.
I now have something I can pass down to my children, something worth preserving. Not only has he given me many great Wing Chun lessons but he’s given me many great life lessons as well. I can’t thank SiFu Carroll enough.
If you want to know how to defend yourself and your loved ones, you want to learn under SiFu Carroll.
Respectfully,
Jay Baudean – Huntsville, AL.
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SiFu Carroll is a great instructor. He teaches real skills-in a way applicable to your learning style. I was practicing Taekwondo and seeking other martial arts for several years prior to being introduced to Wing Chun by SiFu Carroll where my search ended. Needless to say I am enlightened to the efficiency and practicality he has presented. He teaches…the real way, the right way and I am grateful for his patience and sharing of the ART.
Curtis Alden
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Over the last seventeen plus years I have studied three major contrasting styles; Ishinryu (a karate style based on simplicity), western boxing, and an aikido-based Japanese jujitsu. It wasn’t until I started training under SiFu Carroll in Wing Chun that I truly started to learn how to defend myself in actual combat. The only thing I had learned before was how to ring fight. SiFu Carroll teaches a Wing Chun style that is very quick and aggressive, so much so that the attacker is completely off balance and defeated within seconds. SiFu Carroll’s teaching method is unparalleled. You won’t regret learning under him.
Bruce Cochran
Huntsville, AL
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I met SiFu Carroll while training in MMA in Huntsville. He quickly opened my eyes to the misrepresentations inside the MMA teachings. SiFu Carroll teaches his students to use common sense and not to just follow blindly. MMA is a sport not a self-defense art… that was evident when SiFu Carroll explained the effects of rules and sport mentality/training versus street “Fight for your life!” mentality and training. He is the real deal. If you want to learn how to effectively defend yourself and your loved ones see him.
Tim M.
Huntsville Police Officer
“You are real and that is what makes everything you teach so valuable. You have made it possible for me to go out without fear. It means so much to me. Thank you !”
Gina H.
“SiFu Carroll is the person to learn from if you want to learn how to handle yourself. What he teaches is what everyone is looking for but can’t seem to find. Wing Chun is the art you want to learn and SiFu Carroll is the one you want to teach you.”
Mark A.
Huntsville Police Officer
I have known SiFu Dustan Carroll for five years. I have studied under him for the past three. I met him at the High School where we both taught. I was a middle-aged, mild mannered history teacher who dreaded conflict of any kind.
As a veteran teacher with a master’s degree in education, I am qualified to judge SiFu Carroll’s teaching ability. I was impressed by his creativity and classroom management as a teacher of high school students. When I began to train under him, I saw he used the same skills teaching Wing Chun that he did in the classroom, and with equal success.
At 48, I am still teaching, but no longer mild mannered. I no longer feel compelled to back down in a touchy situation. I have the confidence to look potential trouble in the eye, knowing I have the skills to meet any attack, physical or other.
I have not undergone rigorous strength training, I’m still middle-aged and out of shape. But I have learned the techniques and tactics I need to know I can take care of myself and my family.
My Sincerest Thanks and Respect to SiFu Dustan Carroll,
Jay Smith
Houston, Texas
Dustan Carroll has been my SiFu for three years.
I studied Tae Kwon Do when I was younger and had to defend myself several times but I wanted to learn a more effective martial art. When I began to train with Dustan Carroll, I knew I had found what I was looking for. Wing Chun is the real thing. It is not a martial arts “belt mill,” but a true fighting art that focuses on winning fights, not looking good. Since I began to train Wing Chun I am much more confident and in control. I know I can take care of myself in a fight and send the other guy home on a board if that is what I have to do.
Dustan Carroll is a great SiFu. He teaches the art as it was designed to be used, and I want to thank him for teaching me what I now know.
Pete Priois
Houston, Texas
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I really wanted to get back in to wing chun really bad after moving back home. So I go online and find a guy in _______…I go there and there is this couple that have been taking it for two years…I think they thought I was lieing or something about knowing a little bit of kung fu..but you must have taught me well because I beat there @##…Now I never thought I was way good at kung fu or anything…but they did not know how to fight at all. And maybe I am not that good and they are just really that bad.Their teacher asked me who I learned wing chun from…I told him your name…then added you learned from Duncan Leung lineage. All he had to say was that Duncan’s boys are tough and he knows who they are…what is dumb about the whole thing is that he said I hit too hard.
Thank you SiFu,
Gina
Sir,
I wanted to say that you must be one hell of a teacher. One of your students handed me my a## the other day. Keep in mind that I am over six foot tall and weigh over 250 lbs. I have challenged other martial artists in town and can break cinder blocks with my fist. I met your students at the Koffee Klotch here in town. The girl keep talking about Wing Chun and how effective it was but I told her that nothing was that effective. She dared me to attack her. Now she is maybe 100 lbs and just a little over 5 feet tall. When she said she would kick my a_ _ and do it slow, I decided to teach her a little lesson. She didn’t give me time to scream before she hit me 6 or 7 times as I was falling to the ground. I have never seen or felt anything so painful before in my life. I just wanted to contact you and tell you that as soon as I can get my finances together I want to train with you.
John
Gurley, AL
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I just wanted to take a moment and say that through the training I have been receiving my life has changed. As someone who experienced other arts at a young age and never really found anything that applied to my entire life not just a specific scenario. I greatly appreciate the gift that is being given to me through Sifu Carroll. Not only does he teach us the art in the physical but in our every movements and thoughts. I want to express my gratitude for him and those that paved the way prior, for this knowledge to become open to me.
Thank You
Chris H.
