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 began his training at a young age in full contact Shorinji-Ryu Karate,
Bagua Chang and meditation. This foundation sparked a life-long interest of studying the
traditional martial arts. This led Will to study at the East West Wing Chun Kung Fu school
in San Francisco, and eventually Will became Instructor of the class. He taught the class
for over 6 years, focusing on training a core group of instructors. Once that was completed,
he left the San Francisco class in order to start a new Wing Chun school. He currently runs
the Northbay class, and teaches privately in the Northern Bay Area.
Henry Lyne - Senior Instructor
Henry is the San Francisco Class instructor. His classes are a balance of traditional Wing Chun
training mixed with self defense application. He has trained in Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
and other martial arts, and incorporates techniques like joint locks back into his Wing Chun practice.
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.
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.