Sifu George Estrada
Chief Instructor of White Dragon Martial Arts Encinitas
George Estrada started his martial arts training with White Dragon Schools in 1994, at the age of twenty. Working with several teachers at first, he advanced quickly through the ranks and became a personal student of the founder of White Dragon, Master Nathan Fisher. In 1998, he won the White Dragon Schools Instructor Grand Championship.
In 2003, Mr. Estrada was promoted to the level of Chief Instructor of the White Dragon School in Encinitas, California. A year later, he was elevated to the level of Sifu by Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong, making him Seventh Generation Sifu in the Choy Li Fut Kung Fu lineage and Fifth Generation in the Yang Family Tai Chi lineage. In 2005 and 2006, he led his school to take the grand champion team award in the Dragon Cup Championship, one of the nation's largest martial arts tournaments.
In addition to martial arts, Mr. Estrada is fluent in Spanish and is learning to speak Chinese. He has also been studying the piano since the age of 3, and is an accomplished concert pianist. His passion for martial arts, however, led him to choose a career teaching martial arts. According to Mr. Estrada: “Passing on the lessons and values of my teacher has been a deeply rewarding experience.”
