Shifu David Sherman was already a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do prior to starting his training in Chinese martial arts under Carlos Aguilar in 1987. During the past 30 years, he has studied under world-renown masters, competed in national and regional tournaments, opened his own kung fu academy, and held seminars on empty hand forms, weapons and chi kung. Shifu David currently trains kung fu students in the Baton Rouge area and travels to New Orleans often to help supervise instruction to students there. When not practicing martial arts, Shifu David helps manage his family’s business, a retail bakery, located here in Baton Rouge.