Brandon Eugenio (Senior Instructor)

Brandon Eugenio and Master Michael Tse

Tse Qigong Centre – Qigong Instructor Course 2010 (Photo courtesy of Tse Qigong Centre)

Brandon Eugenio with the Damo Staff

 

Brandon K. Eugenio was born and raised on the island of Oahu in Hawaii and was exposed to martial arts at an early age by his father whose own studies in Hawaii and California included Aikido, Kajukenbo, Okinawa-Te Karate and Kung Fu.  Although he was taught informally by his father, he did not begin his formal study of martial arts until about the age of four beginning with Professor Walter Godin’s Kempo Karate classes in Palisades.  While his Kempo training only lasted a couple of years, he would continue to learn informally from his father while also being exposed to Aikido and Okinawa-Te Karate in elementary and high school.

Around 1989, while at the University of Hawaii, Brandon studied Yang Style Tai Chi with Sifu (teacher) Francis Pang and later tried Kempo Karate again for several months.  He first started Wing Chun Kung Fu under Sifu James Sweet from about 1991-1993.  After a few years’ break, he then went back to study with Sweet Sifu from about 1997-1999 while attending the William S. Richardson School of Law.

Around 2001, Brandon was first introduced to Chen Taijiquan (Chen-Style Tai Chi) at Puunui park in Liliha and in 2002 he discovered the Tse Qigong Centre.  At the Centre, he began studying Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong and Chen Taijiquan under Sifu Michael Tse.  After a several months he also began studying Wing Chun Kung Fu and Chun Yuen Quan.  In 2007, when Tse Sifu moved back to England, he entrusted Brandon to continue teaching the Centre’s Hawaii students where, as a Tse Qigong Centre authorized instructor, he teaches Dayan Qigong, Chen Taijiquan and Wing Chun Kung Fu.

In 2010, Brandon founded the Hawaii Wild Goose Qigong and Kung Fu Association, now known as Paradise Martial Arts, to continue to pass on the traditional Chinese skill he learned from Tse Sifu and to help the people of Hawaii live healthier, happier lives.  Brandon continues to improve his skill by studying with Tse Sifu both in Hawaii and abroad.

Adrian Bagayas (Instructor)

Tse Qigong Centre – Chen Taijiquan Instructor Course 2012 (Photo courtesy of Tse Qigong Centre)

Adrian Bagayas

White Crane Spreads it’s Wings

Adrian Bagayas was also born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii.  He too was exposed to martial arts at a young age studying Kenpo Karate under Professor Walter Godin and Professor Martin Buell.  Later he moved on to Hung Gar studying under Sifu Jose Ramos at Kong’s Siu Lum Pai.

After a layoff of several years he started looking to get back into martial arts.  In 2003 he found Master Michael Tse in East Oahu and became a student studying Chen Taijiquan.  In 2010 he joined his Sihing (older martial brother) Brandon Eugenio at the Hawaii Wild Goose Qigong and Kung Fu Association, now known as Paradise Martial Arts.  In 2012 he became a Tse Qigong Centre Chen Taijiquan authorized instructor.

He also continues to improve his skill by studying with Tse Sifu both in Hawaii and in London.