George Kovács

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 ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 

3 TIME WORLD , 2 TIME EUROPEAN, 

KUNG FU AND KICKBOXING CHAMPION 

George Kovács or better known in the Martial Arts arena as the Dragon Grandmaster, was born in Budapest, Hungary.

He began his career in the arts at the very young age of 5 in the field of Judo. It wasn’t long before he proved himself a very talented young man entering many competitions and winning many trophies. In 1969, he received his black belt in Judo, and the ball began to roll quickly.

Although Karate was his first love under Sensei Sakaguchi; in 1970 he was fascinated by the mysterious art of Kung Fu. In 1971 he began his study and training in Wai Chia Chuan Kung Fu under the mastery of Si Gung Leung. Chow Chia and also in the more competitive Chinese Kickboxing. In 1971 he went on to win the European Karate tournament. All this exposure drew the attention of Arnold Schwarzenegger. They met in a gym where George was weight training and they began to swap expertise with each other. Arnold shared his muscle building techniques and George shared his agility and martial arts skills. They soon became fast friends. And it was after a few years Arnold asked George to teach his actors to fight on screen in the movie Red Heat.

Afterwards, he increased his kicking skills in 1974 and began his training in Tae Kwon Do. One year later in 1975 he received his black belt in Kyo Hain Karate, Kung-Fu and Kickboxing.

In 1979 he went to the Shaolin Temple China and same year won World Wushu championship in Hong Kong.

George has studied Bamboo Bow Fighting, Aikido, Ju Jutsu, Karate, Sambo Wrestling, Kendo and Kali Stick Fighting.

In 1981, he also won the “full contact” open Karate Tournament in Sweden. This was the same year he proved himself to the masters of Kuoshu Asian Federation and received his accreditation for Pik Lik Kung. (Ping Kwon Do)

• 9 Degree Black Belt in Pik Lik Kung

   (Ping Kwon Do)

• 9 Degree Black Belt in San Shou, 

   Sanda Kickboxing

• 9 Degree Black Belt in Wai Chia Chuan 

   Kung Fu

• 3 Degree Black Belt in Kyo Hain Karate

• 3 Degree Black Belt in Judo

• 2 Degree Black Belt in Ju Jutsu

• Black Belt in Chin Na Kung Fu, Aikido & Sambo

• White Kru in Muay Thai Kickboxing

• Junior Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist

• 15th Level General in Hand To Hand Combat 

   Fighting (S.S.J.Q.D)