My highest and warmest recommendations. To give perspective, my background has been training in martial arts (Tae Kwon Do, Baji, Yi Quan, Muay Thai and others) for 15+ years. In recent years, I’ve been training also Climbing and social dances like Salsa and Kizomba.
I’ve studied with Thong via Skype/Zoom now for a bit over a year. And oh boy, have I’ve learned a lot during that time. In my experience Thong is an exceptional teacher. He’s been able to show me limitations I didn’t know I had (tension, bad habits…), which I now understand have been responsible for my plateaus and physical problems and pains all these years.
Better yet, he’s been able to help me improve on those areas in a continual and consistent way. He’s been able to show me underlying principles of many moves and techniques I’ve trained for years, and helped me understand everything I learned before on a deeper level.
Thong is able to show concretely how the physical and mental parts of training fit seamlessly together, something I’ve heard many teachers talk about but very few to demonstrate and teach.
I’ve learned a lot about relaxing under pressure, and that has been very valuable for me both in work- and personal life. For me, his teaching has produced easily testable results quickly and consistently.
Also, to me it’s clear he cares a lot about the wellbeing and progress of his students, and does his best to help them. This kind of sincere commitment is something I deeply appreciate.
Thong’s teaching is highly accurate, honest, efficient and effective. I feel lucky to have met him and to learn from him. Whatever your level in your movement art, I’m certain he can help you improve.
~ Marcus Malka,
Tae Kwon Do, Baji, Yi Quan, Muay Thai