Email Sifu Paolo  - sifubonucci@emas-selfdefence.it

Sifu Paolo Bonucci has trained for many years in Martial Arts and has schools in Rome and surrounding areas. He, with Sifu Marco Mattioni, teach through EMAS (Effective Martial Art System) their own organisation and with the Alliance.   

Sifu Paolo Bonucci’s interest in Martial Arts began when he was around ten where he played in the streets and had fights and so he began watching Martial Art films to find strategy to win fights using martial arts skills. He was a Bruce Lee fan and therefore wanted to train in Kung Fu but his city had no Kung Fu School. At the age of 14 he joined a Judo Club and after a couple of years a friend convinced him to combine punches with Judo in order to cover all ranges, so he began training boxing too. The boxing club he trained at liked him and he liked the club, which was a very prestigious school in his city, and so he crossed gloves with many good fighters.

In 1985 and 1986 he travelled for military service and discovered his friend was a Karate Champion, during the first fight with his friend he felt it was necessary to understand the use of kicks and different footwork. He began training Karate Shotokan with his friend and they also practiced Shaolin Kung Fu. In 1986 he moved back in his city and joined a Kung Fu Club that had now opened - the main system taught was Shaolin but also many Wing Chun elements were taught.

In 1988 he discovered Wing Tsun Leung Ting and he trained hard in Wing Tsun and Shaolin and in 1990 he opened a Wing Tsun School - he also practiced the Martial Art of Escrima and began teaching Escrima in 1995. From 1999 Sifu Paolo contacted many organisations and finally at the beginning of 2004 he contacted the Founders of Alliance and he was invited to join them.

Sifu Paolo now teaches Escrima Concepts under Master Steve Tappin and is one of the most knowledgeable Wing Tsun experts in Italy and shares his knowledge with EMAS in Italy and with the Alliance in the rest of the world.

Sifu Paolo Joined the Alliance for many reasons:

In the past he had trained with them and knew their value.

He had his own EMAS organisation and as the boss he it felt the necessity to train with other Masters to ensure his mastery improved and the Alliance had many Masters to train with in ‘Friendship and Knowledge’.

After many years completely dedicated to Wing Tsun Sifu Paolo wanted teach Escrima for the benefit of his members and his own enjoyment and progression.

Now after only two years Sifu Paolo states:

In Alliance he has many friends.

He can teach Escrima Concepts with the support and guidance of Master Steve Tappin and his organisation.

He can continually train with very good and helpful Masters with different knowledge and with this training his desire to share and train his skills are rising.

He can teach many students not only his students. His students have the chance to practices others martial arts or other Wing Chun systems with evident advantages. 

He is very enthusiastic about training with his friends in the Alliance.