A Lifetime In Martial Arts.
International Wing Chun Instructor · 3× European Sanda Champion · 7× Serbian Champion · National Team Coach
Sifu Arsenije Jelovac is an internationally experienced martial arts instructor, champion competitor, and coach with more than three decades dedicated to the study, practice, and teaching of martial arts. His journey began in 1996 with Judo, later developing into an extensive study of Wing Chun Kung Fu and Sanda/Sanshou, the full-contact fighting discipline of Chinese martial arts.
Over the course of his career, Sifu Arsenije has competed at championship level, coached national-team athletes, studied under internationally respected Wing Chun masters, taught seminars across multiple countries, and worked in professional VIP protection. Today, he brings those experiences together in a teaching method built around efficiency, structure, timing, intelligent movement, confidence, and practical application.
Championship & Coaching Experience
Sifu Arsenije's approach has been shaped by extensive experience under competitive pressure. He became a three-time European Champion in Sanda/Sanshou and a seven-time Serbian Champion, establishing himself as an accomplished full-contact Chinese martial arts competitor. His experience eventually progressed from competitor to coach, serving as a trainer of the Serbian National Team and helping athletes prepare for high-level competition.
Competition taught lessons that cannot be learned through theory alone: maintaining structure under pressure, controlling distance, adapting to an opponent, managing adrenaline, and applying technique against genuine resistance. These principles remain a core part of his teaching today.
Wing Chun — Teachers & Lineage
Sifu Arsenije's Wing Chun development was shaped by years of training, study, and guidance from respected teachers and mentors:
- Sifu Predrag Koviljac
- Sifu Nenad Koviljac
- Sifu Phillip Redmond
- Grandmaster William Cheung
Each contributed to the development of his understanding of Wing Chun, from technical foundations and structure to strategy, application, and the deeper principles behind the system. Arsenije also had the opportunity to train with and be personally tested in front of Grandmaster William Cheung, receiving the highest grading results during his examination.
Grandmaster William Cheung occupies an important place in modern Wing Chun history and was part of the Hong Kong Wing Chun environment in which Bruce Lee began his early martial arts development. For Arsenije, lineage is not simply a collection of names or certificates — it represents respect for the knowledge received from previous generations, and a responsibility to understand it, test it, develop it, and pass it forward.
Respect the lineage. Understand the principles. Make the art your own.
International Teaching
Sifu Arsenije has taught martial arts and conducted seminars internationally throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States, with his teaching experience in America extending from Los Angeles to New York. His martial arts work, demonstrations, training concepts, and students have also reached audiences internationally through YouTube and social media.
His students range from complete beginners and young practitioners to experienced martial artists and competitors. Regardless of experience level, the standard remains the same: understand what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how to make it work.
Real-World Experience
Sifu Arsenije's professional background also includes VIP and executive protection work involving internationally recognized artists Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones. Working in professional protection reinforced an important distinction between martial arts performance and practical personal security — real-world self-defense begins long before physical contact.
Awareness. Positioning. Distance. Judgment. Composure. Timing. The ability to recognize danger, remain controlled, and make intelligent decisions is as important as the ability to physically defend yourself.
The Training Philosophy
Traditional knowledge. Modern understanding. Practical application. Sifu Arsenije does not believe that every student should be trained identically. Age, experience, physical ability, personality, and individual goals all influence how a person develops. Training focuses on building the individual while preserving the fundamental principles that make Wing Chun effective. Students develop:
- Wing Chun principles and practical applications
- Structure, balance, coordination, and footwork
- Timing, distance, angles, and reaction
- Whole-body power and efficient movement
- Sanda/Sanshou and stand-up fighting concepts
- Practical self-defense and situational awareness
- Pad work and controlled partner training
- Forms and technical development
- Mobility, body awareness, and standing meditation
- Competition skills for appropriate students
- Discipline, composure, confidence, and control
The objective is not simply to memorize more techniques. It is to develop a body that moves efficiently, a mind that remains composed, and the ability to adapt what you know to the situation in front of you.
Train With Sifu Arsenije
With more than 30 years of martial arts experience, Sifu Arsenije Jelovac brings together a rare combination of Wing Chun knowledge, championship fighting experience, national-team coaching, international instruction, professional protection experience, and decades of practical martial arts development.
Training is available for youth and adults, from complete beginners to experienced practitioners seeking a deeper and more individualized approach — private training, partner training, and small group classes across Palos Verdes, the South Bay, and Los Angeles.
Whether your goal is self-defense, confidence, physical development, deeper Wing Chun knowledge, or competitive martial arts, the training is designed to help you build skills that extend beyond simply learning techniques. Build structure. Develop power. Control distance. Understand movement. Train with purpose.