Damian Mohler
Biography[edit]
Shifu Damian Mohler (Kwok Tien Lung - 郭天龍) was born in 1970 in Basel (Switzerland).
At the Age of 5 years old (1975) he started to pursue Martial Arts (Judo). Might be that this path was inherent to his Family roots, his Grandmother - a native Indonesian - supported him with all her might. At the age of 12 years old he started Karate, which he's still practicing with his Sensei- and dear Friend Salvatore Caprino, a 5th Dan Fudokan-Karate master.
During his childhood, Basel was known to be a very rough town. He was attacked several times by youth gangs. Most of time he could defend himself and help others quite successfully. Until a fight in 1984 where he was alone in a fight against five attackers. All but one attacker were discouraged from attacking him but that one hit him pretty hard: It was the very moment he got introduce to Ving Tsun. After doing researches he found two Schools and – he had chosen the one which was representing the lineage of Grandmaster Wang Kiu.
In the year 2000 through Wing Chun he was introduce to Grandmaster Kwok, who has since become his Sifu. At the 2002 opening ceremony of Ip Man Tong, Grandmaster Kwok encouraged him to take Part at 1st Duan Wei Graduating outside VR China in Northern Irland. Going through 3 days of evaluation at Masters Class he was recognized as the second Wing Chun Practitioners in history of Wing Chun by the Officials from VR China.
Since 1994 he has developed his own Self Defense System. It has been thought to several hundred civilians, officer and at private Security Field and is still being adapted to the needs and challenges of everyday life. Even after he left Police Forces and retiring from the Armed Services this month as an Officer ranked as a Captain his Law Enforcement colleagues and civilians are asking him for offering Classes. Presently they are planning and evaluating a special "Peace Enforcement Project" to Set Up a "Seminar" in Kosovo 2014 where Serbs and Kosovo-Albanians may join under one common understanding: The Traditional Martial Arts Code of Conduct.
A great honor was given to him in August 2013 by entering through Bai Si into Grandmaster Kwoks family as "Kwok Tien Lung" and within this as 3rd Generation Disciple of We Yan (Ip Man) and becoming Senior Instructors for Switzerland and near border cities (France, Germany, Austria and Italy), Israel and Palestine, Schleswig (Germany close border to Denmark) and Kosovo[1] .
End 2013, an international recognition was given to him by the WWMAC (World Wide Martial Arts Council) for his huge work in promoting martial arts and Chinese culture across Europe.
Moreover, he is dedicated to several causes such as the "Weisser Ringe" which helps victims of crime.
Martial Arts-CV[edit]
| Years | Martial Arts Education |
|---|---|
| 1975–1977 | Judo (Senzei Leo Gisin, Basel) |
| 1984-88; 2014 | Karate (Senzei Chin Mok Sung, Steve Lunt, George Santiago, S. Caprino) |
| 1985-88 | Kobudo: Nunchaku und Tonfa (Senzei Chin Mok Sung) |
| 1985 | Pencak Silat: Kris/Butterfly - Messerkampf, (GM Richard Jacobson, Indonesien) |
| 1985-1994 | Eskrima (Grandmaster Bill Newman, lineage Master Peter Preckmezcky) |
| 1985-1994 | Wing Chun (Grandmaster Wang Kiu, lineage Sifu Preckmecky) |
| 1986-87 | Boxing (Boxclub Basel, Mr. Peter Saner) |
| 1986–2002 | Wing Chun Chuan (GM Wang Kiu, Master Lex Reinhart) |
| 1990 | Tai Chi Chuan, Yang-Style (Grandmaster Peng, lineage Ms. Kathrin Ruthishauser) |
| Since 2001 | Wing Chun Chuan, GM S. Kwok/Kwok See Mo (Blackpool, England) |
| 1990 | Tai Chi Chuan, Yang (Kathrin Rutishauser) |
| 1994-2000 | (Police/law enforcement adepted Jiu-Jitsu, later Krav Maga Maor) |
| 1994-2000 | Eskrima (Grandmaster Lotosa, lineage Master Alexander Reinhard) |
| 1994-2000 | Wing Chun (Grandmaster Lo Man Kam, Lineage GM Roland Krauer, Master Alexander Reinhard) |
| 1994-2000 | (Qigong, I-Chuan/Xingyiechuan, lineage Master Ming Chan, Master Marcel Eichenberger) |
| 1994-02 | Jiu-Jitsu (Polizeispezifische Selbstverteidigung) |
| 1994-02 | Qi Gong und Ta Cheng Chuan (Master Ming Shan) |
| 2001 until today | Wing Chun (Grandmaster Kwok) |
| 2005 | Qi Gong und Ta Cheng Chuan (GM Lam Kam Chuen, London) |
| 2005-today | Brasilian Jitsu / Submission Grabbling/MMA (GM C. Gracie, 10x WC Paulo Balicha) |
| 2012 until today | (Nei Dan Gong, Universal Tao, Grandmaster Mantak Chia) |
| 2012 | (Xingyiechuan, Qigong Chanse Gong, u.f.m.Long Men Pai within Education Programm of ETG, GM Shen Xijing, Master Tobias Puntke) |
POLICE SPECIAL FORCES DT INSTRUCTOR[edit]
After completing mandatory Basic Swiss Armed Forces at Specialized Ranger Battalion 1990, he's joined the Police Academy and served until 2000. Already then Police Instructors asked him to join at "Open door"-Days to demonstrate Defense of Tactics Technics. 2000-2006, after been promoted to Detective, where he was assigned to certain Task Forces, his career took a final step to being assigned to the Fedpol as a Federal Investigator.
Already familiar with international Tasks, he's been recruited by Special Office and send to advanced education and training to Germany for missions abroad. From 2007-2010 Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs has seconded him to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) within UNMIK-Police (International Police Advisor, Rank 1st Lieteunant). Being Part of specialized Police Units he was tasked with and in Charge of the Police Commissioners Close Protection Unit. he was a Member of the Training Team for Defense Tactics and Exchange on personal Base at recreation Center for The international Community at Capital City of Kosovo.
MEDIA PRESENCES: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TELEVISION[edit]
Portraits of Damian Mohler[edit]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn-uFU4susc
http://www.gemeindetv.ch/player/vereinsportrait?id=2333#2333
Self Defense[edit]
TeleBasel "MashTV": Selbstverteidigung
http://www.telebasel.ch/de/tv-archiv/&id=366827198&mid=
TIAN LONG GUAN Union[edit]
Educational Program: National Television SF DRS "10 vor 10": Drachenmädchen
Lecture at University of Basel 2012: "Internal energy; application and History of Wing Chun Chuan”(Demo 1-inch-punch)
Chinese Dragon- and Liondance[edit]
http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/glanz-und-gloria/glanz-gloria-mit-fitnesskeller-festlaune-und-pferden
http://www.telebasel.ch/de/tv-archiv/&id=366818933
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- ↑ "Ip Man Family". KwokWingChun. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
