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						Sifu Master Eric K. Hermansen 
						
						As the Chin family 
            taught their art only to family members, the art of Kung Fu San Soo 
            was passed down five generations to our late Grand Master Jimmy H. 
            Woo from his great, great, great grandfather who had learned the art 
            from early childhood in the Kwan Yin monastery.  
						Those of us, who have been privileged and 
            blessed with the opportunity to learn this art, have found that it 
            has profound character building traits. It helps us to better 
            understand others and ourselves with the harmony we refer to as 
            "body of mind". 
						I am honored and humbled to study this 
            beautiful art that has become me. I started training in the art 
            under the tutelage of Master Paul Borisoff in 1986. I was awarded my 
            black belt in 1991. In 1993 I opened my own school in Medford, 
            Oregon. I have taught to people from all walks of life including 
            police, military and celebrities. I have conducted seminars and 
            demos for women crisis clinics, public schools, universities and the 
            Britt Garden Children festivals. In 1996 I opened a school in 
            Olympia, Washington and started teaching the art at Evergreen State 
            College. I've currently signed on as martial arts contractor for 
            Fort Lewis military base. In 1999 I was awarded my Masters degree. 
						I am committed to the preservation of the art 
            as passed on to us by Grand Master Woo. The art is a culmination of 
            much time and effort and has been tested and proven in combat over 
            many generations. It is based on highly sophisticated principles of 
            physics. It has the roots that are pure and complete. Being designed 
            for combat, it cannot be made a sport. To mix San Soo with other 
            styles shows a lack of understanding of the art. I am dedicated to 
            keeping the art pure. You cannot serve two masters. In Kung Fu San 
            Soo you are training your nervous system. If you train in another 
            system your nervous system gets confused and you end up with 
            nothing. Kung Fu San Soo is a gold mine. We are lucky to have found 
            such pure system! 
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