SF Bay Area Teaching Team
Jasan Fujii- Chief Instructor
Jasan has assumed the reigns of the Bay Area Association. He brings a strain of realistic fighting, focusing on contact drills and fighting pscyhology. Highly enthusiastic about martial arts, he is constantly examining and experimenting with other styles and approaches. He has also studied Judo. As one of the shortest of our students, Jasan has helped many of the shorter people to maximize their angling abilities. He knows all three hand forms and the wooden dummy form. He has also learned Wong Shun Leung's 12-section Bat Jarn Dao form from John Divirgilo of Hawaii Wing Chun.
Will Yturriaga - Senior Instructor
Will Yturriaga was the instructor of the San Francisco class for over 6 years. His martial arts experience started with full contact Shorinji-Ryu Karate at a young age. He also currently studies and teaches Bagua Zhang, meditation and Nei Gung(inner skill), and is a lineage holder of Chao style Bagua Zhang. He incorporates the internal power principals of Nei Gung, and meditation for a clear and focused mind, into his practice and teaching of Wing Chun.
Henry Lyne - Senior Instructor
Henry is the San Francisco Class instructor. He cross trains in other martial arts whenever possible and incorporates what he learns back into class.
AJ Herrera - Junior Instructor
Is one of the San Francisco Class' assistant instructors. He also studies Bagua Zhang and runs a Wing Chun workgroup on weekends.
Ken Dam - Assistant Instructor
Is one of the Oakland Class' assistant instructors.
Emil Ong - Instructor
Emil Ong started learning Wing Chun under John Kang when the class was still at the Lake Merritt BART station.
Jackson Gee - Instructor
Jackson Gee started learning Wing Chun under John Kang when the class was still at the Lake Merritt BART station. He cross-trains in boxing and is particularly interested in practical application.
Jevon Wong - Assistant Instructor
Is one of the Oakland Class' assistant instructors.
Victor Wong - Assistant Instructor
Is one of the Oakland Class' assistant instructors.
Derek Douville - Assistant Instructor
Derek Douville leads a class once a week in Pleasanton.
John Kang - Co-Founder
After studying Taiji Quan, northern Shaolin Kung Fu, and Shorinji Kempo, John formally learned Wing Chun under Sifu Lo Man Kam while living in Taiwan. At the time, there were many occasions to spar against and learn from practitioners of Seidokaikan and Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Western boxing, Aikido, Judo, Sambo, Western wrestling, Jujitsu, Chen and Zheng Taiji, and several other styles of Kung Fu. After returning to the U.S., he has continued to explore Wing Chun, learning advanced footwork from Sifu Lo's son, Gorden Lu; fighting drills from Sifu Duncan Leung and his student Sifu Mike Shea; drills, ideas, and mid-level kicks from Sifu Akko Nishimura of Francis Fong's lineage; approaches and drills from seminars with Sifu Randy Williams; and varied use of elbows and knees from Daniel Munkus of Sifu Jim Lau's lineage. He also studies Internal martial arts with Sifu Johnny Jang in Oakland.John is currently teaching in Richmond, VA, but returns to the Bay Area semiannually to check up on his students.