Sifu Maurice Ruiz
Teacher, Small Business Owner, and Martial arts instructor in Albanvale, Australia
Sifu Maurice Novoa born in Uruguay South America on a year of the tiger first practiced Judo at age 8 and enjoyed wrestling until the present, then trained Karate till age 14 until 1992 becoming a full time student of Wing Chun in Flinders St Melbourne.
Sifu Maurice trained full time 12 lessons per week for nearly 2 years before grading to level 3 which permitted him to train in the senior classes, in 1997 level 5 was achieved.
Training with various different Wing Chun instructors followed until finally by competing and testing Sifu Maurice graded to level 10 gold sash in Wing Chun and achieved honorary black sash in Arnett Sport Kung Fu Jacksonville USA in 2013. Thanks to Sifu Arnett’s teachings and full time coaching Sifu Maurice was successful in obtaining 1st and 3rd place in two different tournaments in Florida USA.
In 2012 Sifu Maurice started his own Wing Chun school independently until becoming affiliated to Master Sifu Anthony Arnett’s Academy.