THE FOUNDER OF GOLDEN FIST:

“I developed the Golden Fist Training Method based on the core energetic and structural training that I learned from my 30+ years of studying and teaching Core System Shaolin Kung Fu/Kenpo Karate, along with Mok Ga/Monk Fist, Tai Chi and Qi Gong, under the guidance of my Grandmaster Carl Totton.  My primary goal with GFTM is to use key aspects of my martial arts training and combine them with my love for physical fitness in order to reach people who want learn self-defense and fighting skills, while getting into peak physical and mental condition.”

– Sifu Jonny Blu

Founder of the Golden Fist Training Method

Sifu Jonny Blu began his martial arts training at age 6, in Japanese Karate and the Filipino art, Sikiran Arnis.  Martial arts study has since then continued to be his lifelong hobby and passion.  In 1995, Jonny began his training under the guidance of the esteemed Grandmaster Carl Totton at the Taoist Institute in North Hollywood, California.  Grandmaster Totton is among the most recognized and highly-regarded martial arts and internal arts practitioners in the United States and he was a 2011 inductee into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame and a 2019 inductee into the Kenpo Karate Hall of Fame.  Under the masterful guidance of GM Totton, Sifu Jonny has earned a Black Belt Instructor degree in Core System (Chuan Fa) Martial Arts, which includes elements of Shaolin Kung Fu, Kenpo Karate, Limalama, Mok Ga/Monk Fist, as well as internal arts such as Tai Chi Chuan and Chinese Qi Gong (Chinese yoga).  Sifu Jonny is also a Certified Practitioner of Tui Na  Massage Therapy.

In 2012, Sifu Jonny was included in “The Kenpo Continuum, Volume 2”, which honors and recognizes the pantheon of Kenpo Black Belts under the lineage of the great Grandmaster Ed Parker. Jonny was also recognized by the distinguished Whipping Willow Association of Grandmasters as a certified Black Belt and Black Sash Instructor of Core System Kung Fu and Chinese Kenpo.

Sifu Jonny developed The Golden Fist™  Training Method based on his more than 30 years of learning, training and teaching the martial and internal arts.