Instructors

HEAD INSTRUCTORS

Chris Cornaz
Chris Cornaz

Chris began practicing martial arts at the age of eight. He trained in various systems including Judo, Karate and Vô Bhin Dhin Kung Fu, as well as in Western, Chinese and Thai boxing. Between 1985 and 2004, he competed in amateur and semi-professional fights in Full Contact, Kick Boxing, Muay Thai, Grappling and Mixed Martial Arts.

Since 1994, Chris has been teaching martial arts in Geneva. The MIG curriculum is principally influenced by the arts which he has practiced since 1995 under the instruction of Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto and several of his highest ranking students.

Teaching credentials:

  • Instructor in Jun Fan Gung Fu & Jeet Kune Do under Sifu Dan Inosanto
  • Instructor in Filipino Martial Arts under Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto
  • Instructor in Maphilindo Silat & Majapahit Martial Arts under Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto
  • 3rd rank in Combat Submission Wrestling and official representative for Erik Paulson in Switzerland
  • 1st rank in Shootwrestling (Shooto) under Sensei Erik Paulson and Sensei Yorinaga Nakamura
  • Brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Professor Yvan Kalezic
  • Head Instructor and Co-founder of the Martial Institute Geneva
Helen Chen Cornaz
Helen Chen Cornaz

Helen began practicing martial arts in 1995 and since 2004 has been teaching at MIG.

Helen is the first and only woman in Switzerland certified under Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto to teach the arts which form the core of the MIG curriculum.

Teaching credentials:

  • Instructor in Jun Fan Gung Fu & Jeet Kune Do under Sifu Dan Inosanto
  • Instructor in Filipino Martial Arts under Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto
  • Instructor in Maphilindo Silat & Majapahit Martial Arts under Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto
  • Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Professor Yvan Kalezic
  • Head Instructor and Co-founder of the Martial Institute Geneva

 

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS

Pierfranco Farci
Mark Tarin
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