East-West Wing Chun Kung Fu Federation San Francisco Bay Area

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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.
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.
Edgar Chan - Instructor John Kang's senior-most student in the Bay Area, Edgar Chan was the first person to regularly join the Oakland class. He excels at chi sao, and especially at helping beginners to learn it. 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. Aaron Miller- Assistant Instructor A veritable giant of a man and second regular student in the Bay Area, Aaron Miller has soft hands and quick explosiveness that bely his size. As someone who had to unlearn the use of muscular strength, he provides many insights for bigger people. He has completed the three sections of the wooden dummy form. Angela Wu - Assistant Instructor As a smaller person, Angela Wu excels at angling and controlling hands. She has also learned Hapkido, Muay Thai, and Boxing. Angela has learned through the second section of the dummy form. She has previously led a women's work group for the San Francisco Bay Area Association. She has also learned Wong Shun Leung's 12-section Bat Jarn Dao form from John Divirgilo of Hawaii Wing Chun.
Will Yturriaga- Associate Instructor Will is currently leading the San Francisco Class and a work group in San Rafael. His martial arts experience started with Karate from a young age. Will has finished through the Biu Jee form and has started the dummy form.
Senior Students The following students have learned the first two forms of Wing Chun, and may or may not have completed the third. All have been learning for over two years and can help many beginning students. Nathan Purdham, Rob Kunkle, Marc Redwine, Tylon Leung, Bryan Bemis, Steve Jeong, Arend Pryor, John Chan, Orlando Tinoco, and Deziel Camargo
John Kang - 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.
Bradley Temple - Advisor A si-hing (senior brother) to John, Bradley Temple lived in Taiwan for 9 years from April of 1989 to June of 1998, studying Chinese cultural arts. His studies included Chinese language, kung fu, and acupuncture. He has done tours around Taiwan giving kung fu demonstrations, and continues these demonstrations as well as currently teaching in Las Vegas. He further helps to translate the works of his Wing Chun Sifu Lo Man Kam. Bradley is a disciple of Sifu Lo Man Kam. He provides his guidance to the San Francisco Bay Area Branch on occasion.