Jason Liao is a Personal protection operative, combat instructor, chef. Disciple of George Ling Hu of Side Gate Bajiquan. He is also an experienced chef.
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Liao began his training in Chinese martial arts at the age of 9 under his Sifu George Ling Hu, learning Shaolin Long Fist as well as Cheng Ting Hua Ba Gua and Hebei Xing Yi. Not understanding what he was looking for in the martial arts, Jason left his teacher and began learning under Eugene Chou whom trained him in the Gong Family system of Ba Gua Zhang. It was here that Jason began his lifelong approach to martial arts training for combat effectiveness. Jason later on also learned under John Wang of Shuai Jiao ( Chinese Wrestling) and David Chin under the Tibetan Hop Gar system. In this time period, Jason crossed hands constantly to implement his arts, including competing in full contact tournaments, Chinese wrestling, as well as working as a bouncer for a number of years before entering the restaurant industry as a chef.
After a hiatus in training for a number of years, Jason felt something was missing. A fateful range of events lead to returning to the doorstep of his original master George Ling Hu. Following along from where he left off on his journey, Jason asked his Sifu to train him in Bajiquan for it’s combat effectiveness.
Feeling that the Chinese martial arts of the modern age was being seriously watered down, Sifu George Ling Hu broke traditional approach and trained Jason in a modern manner by de-emphasizing forms training and drilling him on structure/power generation as well as combat methods in Liu Yun Qiao’s Bajiquan. Years of testing and continued study is what led birth to this unique lineage of “Side Gate”.