Teaching
Throughout his fighting career, Vizzio also taught kung-fu first, and later, kickboxing as well. In 1971 he began teaching Tiger Claw for Grandmaster Wai Hong at his Chinatown school and at Columbia University, where he taught for 12 years. He opened his own school, Wai Mo Kwoon, in New Jersey on the Chinese New Year of February 17, 1972. He has trained such celebrities as Hollywood starlet Morgan Fairchild in kung-fu, and trained Olympian Kevin Padilla, and Olympic Gold Medallist Herbert Perez in kickboxing. He currently offers classes in kung-fu and kickboxing at his school in Fairfield, NJ, and teaches kickboxing in Hoboken, NJ, as well as at the municipal recreation center in Mountainside NJ.
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