Maurice Novoa

Sifu Maurice Novoa first practiced Judo at age 8 and enjoyed wrestling until the present, then trained Karate till age 14 until 1992 becoming a full time student of Wing Chun in Flinders St Melbourne where he became friends in and outside the academy with now fellow Sifu Joe Sayah. Sifu Maurice trained full time 12 lessons per week for nearly 2 years before grading to level 3 which permitted him to train in the senior classes, in 1997 level 5 was achieved. Training with various different Wing Chun instructors followed until finally grading level 10 gold sash in Wing Chun and black sash in Arnett Sport Kung Fu Jacksonville USA in 2013. Thanks to Sifu Arnett's teachings Sifu Maurice was successful in obtaining 1st and 3rd place in two different tournaments in Florida USA. In 2012 Sifu Maurice started his own Wing Chun school independently until becoming affiliated to Master Sifu Anthony Arnett’s Academy. Sifu Maurice expressed his interest to Master Joe Sayah in continuing his path of Wing Chun under his guidance, not only due to there friendship they both agreed it would be of great benefit for Sifu Maurice join Wing Chun Universe in 2013.