Branches of Wing Chun

The branches of Wing Chun are a student-teacher family tree within the Chinese martial art Wing Chun.

The different branches of Wing Chun can be thought of as describing both the differing traditions and interpretations of Wing Chun, and the teacher-student relationships which perpetuate them.

This is an abridged listing, showing three generations. Additionally, this family tree starts with the Yip Man family because of its size in the family tree as a whole.

Reliability, context and conventions

There is no universally recognized sanctioning body for Wing Chun which governs certification of lineage, nor an unambiguous way of defining lineage. A student may be heavily influenced by many teachers, or even students of higher seniority. A student may have trained less time under one teacher, but identify more with the teachings of another. A student may also pass on an interpretation radically different from what they were taught.

As this lineage relies on existing published family trees, the possibility of contradiction and inconsistency exists. A branch's affiliated organizations and schools have more complete listings of their branch or lineage, and should be consulted for further information.

Yip Man branch

Yip Man was well respected by other martial arts instructors in Foshan and Hong Kong. He was the first person to teach Wing Chun to a wider public. After his death, many of his students formed separate schools. In some cases, instructors developed more systematic methodologies of teaching Wing Chun -- however, there is probably no substitute for direct hands-on transmission of the feel of the art. This has led to varying interpretations of the art.

Yip Man was well-known for having a very quick wit and an acid tongue. His teaching style, along with the very direct nature of the art and its despising of superfluous talk, infuses the art with a certain edginess. This is probably why Wing Chun is well-known for being split into many factions.

Leung Sheung (梁相)

The first Yip Man students in Hong Kong.cite web
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**Leung Sheung
***Wong Shu (王柱) Dai Sihing
***Kwok Keung (郭強) Yi Sihing
***Cheng Pak (鄭北,雙番北,笑面虎)
***Cheng Fuk (鄭福,玉面虎)
***Ng Wah Sum (吳華森)
***Leung Ting (梁挺) (prior to study with Yip Man)
***Cheung Chun Fun (鄭傳勳)
***Po Kin Wah (布建華)
***Leung Koon (梁冠)
***Kenneth Chung
****Eddie Chong
****Ben Der
****Alson Yuen
****Patrick Au
****Hoover Chan
****Bradford Louie
****Sydney Wong
****Mike Lam
****Gate Tsao
****Nelson Fong
****Cliff Wong
****Richard Vargas
****Doug Eibeck
****Dan Adachi
****Jim Pieri
****John Ho
****John Adams
****Art Rose
****Eddie Oshins
****Carl Decharria II
****Caesar Julaton II
****Ernie Nazareno Jr.
****Jurgen Reinke
****Jerome V. Braun
****Yvonne Kerno
****J.L. Shaw
****Ray Van Raamsdonk
****Juergen Heerdegen
****Chuck Chan
****Jack Moorman
****Dan Lam
****Dan Lau
****Mars K Cheung
****Humphrey Wong
****Ng Wah Sum
****Kathy Jo Connors
****Mark Stoddard
****Alan Ngai
****Tim Tsang
***Fung Hon
**** George Wong
***Jack Ling

Lok Yiu(駱耀)

One of the first Yip Man students
**Lok Yiu
***Allan Che Kong Lee (李志剛)
***Ivan Lee
***Lok Keng Kong - son
***Lok Keng Sang - son
***Wilhelm Blech - founder of ELYWCIMAA in Europe
***Winston Wan (Canada)
***Yau Sung Ying ()

Chu Shong-tin (徐尚田)

One of the first Hong Kong Yip Man students. Start date: 1951
**Chu Shong-tin (Hong Kong)
***Ah Keung (Hong Kong)
***Jim Fung - student of Chu Shong-tin since 1960 (Sydney, Australia)
****Graham Kuerschner (Adelaide, Australia)
*** Leung Pui Chung (Hong Kong)
***Lit Leung Yiu (Leo Lit) (Vancouver, Canada)
***Ma Chee Fai (Hong Kong)
***Susana Cheuk Har Ho (Sydney, Australia)
***Ting Kwok Kwai (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
***William Lai (Sheffield, U.K)

Wong Shun-leung (黃淳樑)

Start date: 1954
**Wong Shun-leung
***Lewis Luk
*** [http://www.ninobernardo.com Nino Bernardo] learnt in Hong Kong in the 1970s and senior UK representative until Wong's death.
****Guy Coffe
**** [http://www.theunitwingchun.co.uk Kenneth Robinson]
**** [http://www.theunitwingchun.co.uk Marc Wallach]
****Segun Johnson
**** [http://www.teamwingchun.co.uk Lucas Castrounis]
**** [http://www.francoregalzi.org Franco Regalzi]
****Pascal Bortoli
****Greg Manwaring
****Lemmy Man
***Lawrence Leung AKA Leung Chi Sing AKA Big Leung
***Lee K Tong (Tony Lee) [http://www.stolaf.edu/orgs/mac/resources.html]
****Wade Holmgren (Chow Yun Su) [http://www.stolaf.edu/orgs/mac/resources.html]
***Gary Lam - Gary Lam was Wong's assistant instructor for 15 years.
*** Wan Kam Leung
*** Barry Lee
**** Fu-Shan Yang
**** Gino Torreblanca
**** Theodore Pasialis
**** Bill Dowding
***David Peterson
*** Rolf Clausnitzer
*** Bruce Lee
***Phillipp Bayer - Philipp Bayer was Wong's assistant throughout the 1980s until Wong's death
***Desmond Spencer -Representative of Philipp Bayer UK branch for Ving Tsun Kung Fu Association Europe
***Clive Potter
****Alan Gibson
***Attilio Reale - Attilio Reale trained for sixteen years under Wong until Wong's death
***Li Man Kit
****Tom Reichert
***Philip Ng

Ho Kam-Ming

Ho Kam Ming began learning from Yip Man in the late 1950s.In the mid-1960s, Ho opened his own school in nearby Macao, but returned to Hong Kong on weekends to train.When Yip fell ill, Ho helped care for him. In the early 1990s, Ho relocated to Ontario, where his son opened a school.
**Ho Kam-Ming
***Hong Sui (Hong Kong)
***Augustine Fong (Fong Chi-Wing)
****Daniel Chan (Tucson - Arizona)
****Curt James (Tucson - Arizona)
****Nancy McDonald (Arizona)
****Brian Tufts (Phoenix - Arizona)
****Dan Maricich (Tucson - Arizona)
****Joy Chaudhuri (Tempe - Arizona)
****Robert Lopez sillumwingchun.org (Tucson - Arizona)
****Dom Gilliam (Tucson - Arizona)
****Adam Taylor (Bournemouth - England)
****Alan Lavery (Lambertville - New Jersey)
****Carina Cirrincione (Oracle - Arizona)
****Charles Zarris-Vagts (Tucson - Arizona)
****Chun Hay Liu (New York)
****Kelly Szeto (Phoenix - Arizona)
**** [http://www.naturalwingchun.com David Bennett] (Derby / Nottingham - England)
****David Calderwood (Cave Creek - Arizona)
****Dean Johnson (Phoenix - Arizona)
****Edward Basile (Chicago)
****Edward de la Cruz (Chicago)
****Greg Allen (El Paso - Texas)
****Horace Romero (California)
****Jerry Post (New York)
****Jonathan Booth (Balto - Maryland)
****Jose Grados (New York)
****Christian Pankhurst (Unknown - United States and UK)
****Ken Harnish (Chicago)
****Ken Weingart (Chicago)
****Kurt Saenz (Albuquerque - New Mexico)
****Lawrence McIntyre (Lake Bluff - Illinois)
****Lee Keener (Port Hueneme)
****Manny Vasques (Tucson - Arizona)
****Marc Noel (Manchester - New Hampshire)
****Oliver Van-Overbeek (Bournemouth - England)
****Patrick Gordon (Ottawa - Canada)
****Randy Chu (Tucson - Arizona)
****Richard Iotti Verzuolo (Tucson - Arizona)
**** [http://www.HeritageMartialArts.ca Rick Gonzalez] (Ottawa - Canada)
****Rob Lewis (Milton-Freewater - Oregon)
****Stephen Iacullo (California)
****Terence Carling (Ottawa - Canada)
****Tony Frighetti (Tucson - Arizona)
****Tony Kariotis (Glenview - Illinois)
****William Denny (Tucson - Arizona)
**** [http://www.sifuzahler.de Zahler Roland] Zahler Roland (Kempten - Germany)
****Gabriel Michael (San Diego - California)
***Buddy Wu
***Jonny Wong
***Lam Fat Ming
*** Randy K. Li
***Lui Ming Fai
***Chan Lin Yun
***Rene Ng (Ng Tak Cheung)
****Brian Bernard
****Richard Wise
****Pete Roberts
****Bernard Wright
****Kenny Kozoro
****Michael Palaga
****Vincent Tran
****Michael Amedeo
****Larry Clark
****Carl Coleman
****Richard Quan
****Rodolfo Chan
****Willie Wat
****Joey Tan
****Luo Si Young
****Gabriel Hernandez
****Nathan Hart
****Chris Merkle

Duncan Leung

**Duncan Leung
***Darren Leung (Virginia Beach, Virginia}
***Alan Lee, Lee Chee Kong (New York City)
***Gorden Lu (Virginia Beach, Virginia}
***Larry Saccoia (Virginia Beach, Virginia}
****Joshua Shaw (Norfolk, Virginia}
***Brian Edwards (Fayetteville - NC)
****James Widmar (Raleigh - NC)
***Rohy Batliwala (Switzerland)
****Christoph Hauch (Germany)
***Robert "Doc" Savage (Ft. Walton Beach- FL)
****Dustan Carroll (Huntsville, AL)
****James Sasiton (Houston, TX)
***Jerry Gardner (Salt Lake City - UT)
****Bart Mann (Denver - CO)
***John C Holzer (MO)
****Steve Moreno
****Jary Hudson
****Donald Joyce
***Joseph Musse (New York)
****Angel E. Mercado (NYC)
****Ramon Diaz (Aguadilla - Puerto Rico)
****Joseph Musse
****Victor Morales
***Mitch Ammons (Greenville - NC)
***Raul Zapata (New York)
***Rohy Batliwala (Switzerland)
***Steve Faulkner
***Steven Leung (Las Vegas - Nevada)
****Donald Kim
***Wayne Goss (Glendale - AZ)
***Willie Arroyo (New York)

Ip Ching

Yip Man's younger son. Start date: 1962
** [http://www.ipching.org/vticaa Ip Ching] (HK)
*** [http://www.ipching.org/vticaa Ron Heimberger] (USA)
**** [http://www.wute.de Mukatder Gül] (Germany)
**** [http://www.wingchun.co.nz Tony Brooks] (New Zealand)
**** [http://www.wingchuntr.com Aydin Erdem] (Turkey)
****Carlos Colorado (Orem, Utah)
**** [http://www.wingchunuk.com Terry Estcourt] (United Kingdom)
***Eric Li
***Garner Train
***Samuel Kwok
****Paul Smith (Scotland, U.S.A)
**** [http://www.sifustevenwilliams.com Steven Williams] (Liverpool)
**** [http://www.notjustwingchun.co.uk Harry Cannon] (Carterton, Oxfordshire)
**** [http://www.chingmo.com William Davidson] (Manchester)
**** [http://www.hualong.de Heinz-Josef Flecken] (Germany)
**** [http://www.wingchunkungfu.co.za Guy Didcott] (South Africa)
*** [http://www.chanskungfu.com Sam Hing Fai Chan]
****Duncan Duffin
****Brad Groom
****Rey Garcia
****Tom Fick
****Tom Ross
*** [http://www.hualong.de Heinz-Josef Flecken] (Germany)
***Russell Cichon (Albany, New York)
*** [http://www.chingmo.com William Davidson] (Manchester)
***Paul O'neal (AFS Wing Chun) Newcastle UK
***Chris Damiano
*** Shabir Akhtar http://www.pro-xsports.com Leeds

Ip Chun

Yip Man's elder son. Start date: 1962
**Ip Chun
*** [http://www.qimagazine.com Michael Tse] (London)
*** [http://www.grandmasterleong.com Leong Cheok Son (Felix Leong)] (Australia)
***Shaun Rawcliffe [http://www.wingchun.co.uk]
*** [http://wingchunkwoon.net/ Colin Ward]
*** [http://www.wingchunacademy.co.uk Karl Stanely]
*** [http://www.eawingchun.co.uk/ Brian Desir]
*** [http://www.geocities.com/wingchun_sg Ken Lau] Singapore
*** [http://yipwingchun.com Terrence Yip (Yip Pui Martial Arts Center)] Hong Kong / New York

Leung Ting

Created the "WingTsun" branch.
**Leung Ting
***Allan Fong
**** [http://www.wingtsjun.com Thommy L. Boehlig] Former student of Kernspecht, Emin Boztepe, Stefan Fischer, Hans-Peter Edel and Thomas Schroen. Founded Martial Arts International with Allan Fong.
*** [http://www.eleungwingtsun.com/home.html Elmond Leung]
*** [http://wingtsun.no-ip.info Leung Kwok Wah]
***Keith R. Kernspecht
**** [http://www.wingtsunretreat.com/instructors Simon Mayer] - Student of Kernspecht and currently a sifu for the Bay Mountain Martial Arts organization.
**** [http://www.wingtsun.dk Allan Jensen] - Former student of Keith Kerspecht, now head of Scandinavian WingTsun Organisation.
**** [http://www.leungjan.de Axel Oschlies] - Former student of Keith Kerspecht, now head of the Deutsche Leung Jan Organisation (DLJO)
****Emin Boztepe - Former student of Keith Kernspecht, now head of and "inventor" of Emin Boztepe Martial Arts System (EBMAS)
**** [http://www.wingtsunkungfu.com Ralph Haenel] - former student of Keith R. Kernspecht (Vancouver, Canada)
**** [http://www.wingtsunaz.com/ Keith Sonnenberg] (Mesa and Scottsdale, AZ)
**** [http://www.wtcf.de Frank Paetzold] - former student of Keith R. Kernspecht, now head of and Founder of Wing Tsun Combat Federation (WTCF)
***Norbert Maday
***Robert Jacquet
***Slavko Truntic (Zagreb, Croatia)
**** [http://www.autodefence.co.uk/ Milan Prosenica] (Slovenia)
*** [http://www.autodefence.co.uk/ Nick Smart] (Manchester, UK)
*** [http://www.chicagoselfdefense.com Ingo Weigel]
***Richard Mendoza Guerra
***William Sullivan Stone (Liam Stone)

Lo Man Kam 盧文錦

Yip Man's nephew
** [http://lomankamwingchun.blogharbor.com/blog Lo Man Kam 盧文錦]
***( [http://vbwingchun.com Gorden Lu] (Lo Man Kam's son) (Virginia Beach, Virginia}
*** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Bruce Cheng 陳正信] (New Zealand)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Ian Varley] (Tauranga, New Zealand)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Antony George] (Massey, Auckland, New Zealand)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Robert Smith] (Hamilton, New Zealand] )
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Simon Witchalls] (t Eden, Auckland, New Zealand)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Tim Clayton] (Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz, Gerard Ngawati] (New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Francois Medevielle] (New Caledonia)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Louis Su] (St Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Arthur Batakin] (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
**** [http://www.chengwingchun.co.nz Nick Bowie] (Forrest Hill, Auckland, New Zealand)
*** [http://wchun.free.fr Luo Jia Jue] (France)
*** [http://www.wingchungiessen.de/index5.htm Olaf Buschke] (Giessen, Germany)
****Björn Etzler (Darmstadt, Germany)
****Sergej Wolf (Giessen, Germany)
**** [http://www.sportschule-budokan.de Sabine Peters-Martin] (Augsburg, Germany)
****Gero Schwenk (Giessen, Germany)
****Timothy Bostick (Giessen, Germany)
***Marc Debus ( [http://www.wingchunhochtaunus.de Neu Anspach, Germany] )
**** [http://www.lomankam-germany.eu Aribert Weidmann] (Frankfurt, Germany)
****Valentin Gress (Neu Anspach, Germany)
****Martin Dzemski (Berlin, Germany)
****Dominik Dertinger (Eschbach, Germany)
****Swindger Juniel (Neu Anspach, Germany)
****Jan Philipp Simon (Neu Anspach, Germany)
****Marcel Emmerich (Frankfurt, Germany)
****Clarissa Muzammil (Neu Anspach, Germany)
**** [http://www.wingchun-friedrichsdorf.de Oliver Nahlen] (Friedrichsdorf, Germany)
***Michael Hanamura (Germany)
***Frank Kuhnecke (Karben, Germany)
****Frank Bast (Giessen, Germany)
****Alexander Stechmann (Bad Homburg, Germany)
***Andreas Zerndt (Marburg, Germany)
****André Achnitz (Marburg, Germany)
****Daniel Himmelreich (Frankenberg, Germany)
****Raphael Jarrar (Marburg, Germany)
****Manfred Rohrberg (Marburg, Germany)
****Viktor Medgessy (Marburg, Germany)
***Philipp Müggler (Switzerland)
***Horst Uecker (Switzerland)
***Christian Hauser (Switzerland)
***Mike Felder (Switzerland)
*** [http://www.lomankamwingchun.com Bradley Temple] (Las Vegas/U.S.)) (Las Vegas Wing Chun Kung Fu School)
***Richard Doell (Taipei)
*** [http://evolutioncombat.com Gordon Preston] (Taipei)
*** Mark Mondot (Taipei)

Moy Yat

"Note: This branch seems to be empty because of an (unverified) request by Moy Yat's family.""See Moy Yat and "
**Moy Yat
*** [http://www.wing-chun.ca Greco Wong (Wong Wai Chung)] (Calgary, Canada)- Moy Yat's first student from Hong Kong since 1958
****Thomas Lo (Lo Siu Chung) (born in Hong Kong, living in Brazil)
****Kam Wong (Calgary, Canada)
****Tony Yung (Calgary, Canada)
***Dunn Wah (Sunny Tang) Toronto, Canada
***Don Green Penfield, NY (Taught by Dunn Wah And Moy Yat)
**** [http://www.christiankungfu.org Mark Messare] , Burnt Hills NY
**** [http://www.sixharmony.com/Main/main.html Vingrove A. Thomas]
**** [http://www.shaktinj.com/KungFu.htm David Robinson]
**** [http://www.WVTAA.org/Main/main.html Darrell Jordan]
*** [http://www.wingchun.ca Nelson Chan (Toronto, Canada)]
**** [http://www.kwwingchun.com Charles (Chuck) O'Neill (Chan Cheuk Yiu)]
***Jacky Tsang Orlando, FL. jackytsangvingtsun.com
****Nelson Pina Orlando, FL
***Leo Imamura (Brazil)
****Leandro Godoy (Argentina)
**** [http://www.sdswingchung.com.ar/ Leandro Crivellari (Argentina, Buenos Aires)]
***Abraham Gandhi Yuaza (Brahim Gandur Yuaza) Mexico City Kungfu Evolution

Wang Kiu

Oldest living student of Yip Man (84 years old, 2007)
**Wang Kiu, Joseph
***Khoe in Canada
*** [http://www.wingchun-germany.de Klaus Jeske / Germany]
***Martijn van Wagtendonk
*** [http://www.vechtsport.org Dennis Wetter]
***Ruud Perreijn
***James Terbeek
***Dick Wachtberger
*** [http://www.yellowrose-wingchun.org Herbert Maier]
***Willem Bont

William Cheung

Head of the "Traditional Wing Chun" (TWC) branch. Start date: approx. 1954-1955
**William Cheung
*** Adam Laskowski
*** Alexander Srokowski
*** Alfredo Del-Brocco - Wing Chun Kung Fu Australia (affiliated)
*** Anthony Arnette~
****Charlie Herrera
****Louie DeBono
****Jessica Williams
*** Andy Smith
*** Anna James
*** Arjan Ruinard (no longer affiliated)
*** Blaine Collins (no longer affiliated)
*** Bob Shores
*** Bozidar Gabersek (no longer affiliated)
*** Bobby Gabersek (no longer affiliated) same as Bozidar Gabersek
*** Brian Lewadney (no longer affiliated)
*** Carlan Steward (no longer affiliated)
*** Chris Serras
*** Christopher Wilson (no longer affiliated)
*** Charles Boness
***Angelo Foti
*** Costas Bochtis
*** Dana Wong (former TWC Chief Instructor, no longer affiliated)
*** Dan Brazitis
*** Danial Brown
*** David Cheung (Brother, no longer affiliated)
**** Garry Baneicki
*** Dave Flood
*** David Whitney
*** Del Fisher (no longer affiliated)
**** Michael White
*** Denis Shink
*** Derek Jones
*** Delroi Flood
*** Dimitri Exintavelonis
*** Dino Mantzas
*** Djore Kostovski
*** Dominic Bekes
*** Dominique Emond (no longer affiliated)
*** Don Schouten
*** Eric Oram
*** Felix Rosado (no longer affiliated)
*** Gary Wilkins
*** Gary Young
*** George W. Vance (no longer affiliated)
*** Gian Luca Boccato
*** Ian Protheroe (no longer affiliated) [http://www.wingchun-kungfu.com.au/schools/chungchi.shtml]
**** John Poole (Holland Park, Brisbane, Australia)
**** [http://www.wingchun-kungfu.com.au/schools/toowoomba.shtml Shaun Halley] (Toowoomba, Australia)
**** [http://www.wingchun-kungfu.com.au/schools/goldcoast.shtml Scott Brennann] (Gold Coast, Australia)
**** [http://www.wingchun-kungfu.org Douglas Crowther] (Oslo, Norway)
**** [http://www.wingchun-kungfu.com.au/schools/ashburton.shtml Ray Solomon] (Ashburton, New Zealand)
*** James Kirkpatrick
*** James Deaver
*** Jerry Bolding
*** Julian Sawyer
*** Julian Richardson (no longer affiliated)
*** Jan-Pieter Boekestijn
*** Jean Pierre
*** Joe Grepo (No longer affiliated)
*** Joe Moahengimo (no longer affiliated)
*** Joe Molnar (no longer affiliated)
**** Peter Atkin
**** Guy Bellman
**** Simon Mclean
*** Joe Sayah (No longer affiliated)
****Alon Peterson
*** John Clayton 10th level (Traditional Wing Chun)
**** Shannon Moore 10th level
*** Julian De Boers (former TWC Chief Instructor, no longer affiliated)
*** Koviljac Nenad (Traditional Wing Chun, Serbia si fu)
*** Keith Mazza
*** Keith Young
*** Kostovski Jore
*** Kypros Andreos
*** Lawrence Hochobeb
*** Leszek H. Starybrat
*** Marc Pericaud
*** Marty Goldberg (no longer affiliated)
*** Michael Bottoroff
*** Mike Kraushaar (no longer affiliated)
*** Panagiotis Raptopoulos
*** Paul Elston
*** Paul Hartley
*** Peter Guy
*** Phil Holder (no longer affiliated)
*** Philip Redmond
*** Philip WALKER (no longer affiliated)
*** Randall J Sugrue (no longer affiliated)
*** Randy Kollar
*** Ray Tilley (no longer affiliated)
*** Raymond Mar (no longer affiliated)
*** Rick Spain (no longer affiliated)
**** Andrew Nerlich
*** Ronda Bolding
*** Segvic Branimir
*** Sean O'Neil (no longer affiliated)
*** Steve Clegg
*** Steve Ruiz
*** Sonny Whitmore (no longer affiliated)
*** Tansel Ersavas
*** Victor Parlati
*** Warren Stratulate
*** Wayne Wright (no longer affiliated)
*** William O'Connell (no longer affiliated)
*** Yves Dantec
*** Zoltan Juhasz
***Bruce Corles (Head instructor of Life style Kung fu of Melbourne, Victoria in Australia)

Wong Long

Start date: 1956
**Wong Long
***Robert Yeung
****Robert Tome
****Bobby Cheng
****Rodney Lam
****Donald Li
****George Asato
****Don Swain (aka Chung Po)
****John DiVirgillio
****Art Kodani
****Clif Lau
****Richard Wong
****Lawrence Miyashiro
****Randy Sanches (aka Ching Loong)
****James Sweet
****Alan Vasquez (Bak Fu)
****Basil Wong
****James Tanaka
****Wayde Ching
****Kirk Saiki
****Marcos Rivera
****Dino Pertzoff
****Embrey Williams
****Gordon Caluya
****Mike Konig
****Ron Zelman
****Thomas Perry
****Mike Kitzer
****Wayne Wong
****Ted Hackbarth
****Lenoid Nichols
****Michael Mitcham
****Hesh Goldstein
****Gary Yokoyama
****Ed Dumancus
****Alex Yoshikawa
****Garret Ho

Other Yip Man Students

*Lun GaiOne of Yip Man's six original students in Foshan, China, Lun Gai began to study Wing Chun at the age of 14 under Yip Man in 1940.
** [http://www.kungfu-academy.com Mark Hobbs] .
** [http://www.itswa.co.uk Derek Frearson] .
*** [http://mantiskungfu.co.za Wayne Pinto] .
*** [http://www.itswasa.co.za Brett Vallis] .
*** [http://www.kungfu.co.za Philip Collier] .
*** [http://www.masterclasscentre.com Shaun Noteman] .
** [http://www.rogersmart.com.au Roger Smart] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Martin Foreman] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Tim Buytels] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Gary Jess] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Ray Knight] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Collin Pearce] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Micheal Karpinski] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Arlin Simons] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Sonny Lim] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Eddie Iemi] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au David Prior] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Steve Papaphotis] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Daniel Costello] .
*** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com.au Toby Walsh] .

*Gwok Fu- The second student of Yip Man in Foshan, China.
*Lee Che Kong (Allan Lee) - student and an assistant instructor of Lok Yiu; later taught by Yip Man.
*Law Bing
*Stanley Chan
* [http://www.uswingchun.com/ Chris Chan] (陳成 Chan Shing)Chris Chan started training with Yip Man in 1955. Over the past 40 years, he has taught semi-privately. Chan continues to increase his knowledge of Wing Chun with numerous trips to Fatshan.
**Darren Chan (eldest son)
**Ryan Chan (younger son)
**William Paul (Bill Paul) (deceased)
**Joe Diaz
**Chris Diaz
**Alfred Leon (deceased)
**Kevin Kavanaugh
**Bill Araya (deceased)
**John Mikulin
**Kevin Shea
**Earl Garlin
**Tony Lindsey
**Angelo Lucido
** [http://www.sfproject.com/ Greg Yau]
** [http://www.wingchundynamics.com/ Ken Chun]
**Mel Garduno
**Gus Ramirez
**Mike Thompson
**Tito Pedruco
**Johnny Blade
**William Pilchick (deceased)
**Ralph Pinkerton
**Miguel Neri
**Steve Androvich
**Osama Naser
**Brad Pappalardo
**Jaime Estrada
**Gino Bennetti
**Jordon Lum
**Yodi Nin
**Andrew Lee
**Andrew Lesko
**Gint Atkinson
**Paul Yep
**Adam Wong
**Shannon Wolfe
**Manny Herscovich
**Leo Alvarez
**Sam Chan
**Ken Lui
**Morgan Alm
**Cisco Spano
**Charlie Reinhorn (deceased)
**Mara Okita
**Lisa Carroll
**Molly McGee
**Corine Casterline-Sheng
**Van Palacio
**Juergen Reiske (Germany)
**Helmut Katzdobler (Germany)
**Anton Baumann (Germany)
** [http://www.chris-chan.de Peter Christian Behringer (Germany)]
**and many others in the U.S. and around the world
*Hawkins Cheung
*Fung Ping Bor (Derek) - Nicknamed "lightning hands".http://www.derekfungpingborwingchun.com.au/] Teaches in New South Wales, Australia.
**Richard Bulley
**Robert Fernandez
**Brett McIntosh
*Tong Tze Cheun - Master of Mak Kwong Kuen international wing chun institute
**Stephen Chan
*** [http://www.geocities.com/hew.simon/ Simon Hew] (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
**Lee K Tong (Tony Lee) [http://www.stolaf.edu/orgs/mac/resources.html]
***Wade Holmgren (Chow Yun Su) [http://www.stolaf.edu/orgs/mac/resources.html]
*Kan Wah-Chit (Victor Kan) - teaches in London, UK.
*Simon Lau - teaches in London, UK.
*Lee Che Kong (Allan Lee)
*Bruce Lee
*Wong Chok (Tsok)
**Robert Yeung
*Yip Bo Ching
**Stephen Law
**Yip Tin Yau (James (Jimmy) Yip)
*Tam Lai
**Paul(Ma)Ping, Montreal, Canada
***Yee Siu Keung, Montreal, Canada
***Denis Shink

*Lee Shing:
**Samuel Kwok
**Nigel Fan
**Eddie Yeoh
**Simon Lau
**Joseph Man
**Joseph Lee
**Joseph Cheng
**Jimmy Yip

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Yiu Kai branch

*Yiu Kai
**Leung Keung
**Wai-Po Tang----

Jiu Wan branch

HistoryJiu Wan (招允; pinyin: Zhāo Yǔn) first taught Wing Chun at Jing Mo Gwun, a school in Foshan, China. When the Communists took over China, he moved to Hong Kong where he continued to teach.

Jiu Wan's relationship with Yip Man is controversial among students of both branches. Some students of Jiu Wan maintain [http://www.wingchunkuen.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=118 1] he studied under his cousin and later under Yip Man. Yip Man students claim that as well. Jason Lau's branch of Jiu Wan [http://www.jasonlau-wingchun.com/lineage/jiuwan.htm 2] claim were kung fu brothers directly under Chan Wah Shun.

* Jiu Wan
**Jason Lau
***Alan Goldberg
***Michael Militano
***Ed Berger
***Rob Andes
***Chris Burke
**Ti Lung
**Tam Fu-Wing
**Chow hung-Yuen
**Francis Fong
***William Smith
**Denis Chan
***Eric Chiu

Gu Lo Village branch

Wong Wah Sam (Leung Jan art)

*Fung Chun
**Fung Chiu, Fung Keung, Fung Leung, Fung Sang, Fung Chu, Ng Chun Keung etc..

*Fung Hoi

*Fung Lim
**Fung Sang, Lee Ding, etc..

*Fung Kong

*Fung Min

*Fung Jau

*Koo Lung
**Fung Sang, Koo family

*Etc.

*****

Fung Chiu
*Mui Wai Hun

Fung Sang
*Fung Ming
*Sung Chen

Fung Keung
*Alfred Kwan
*etc

Lee Shing 12 point version:
* [http://www.wingchunpedia.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WCP.LeeShingLineage Austin Goh]
**Juerg Ziegler (Switzerland)
** [http://www.wingchunkuen.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=106 Joseph Lee]
**Nigel Fan
**Eddie Yeoh
**Simon Lau
***Joseph Man
**Joseph Lee
**Joseph Cheng
**Samuel Kwok

Fung Lim 22 point version

*Chiu Fan Kai
**Leung Wan Jee

Yim Sei 40 point version:

*Tam Yeung
**Kwan Jong-Yuen
***Robert Chu

Pan Nam branch

*Pan Nam
**Pan Siu-Cho
**Pan Siu-Lam
**Lee Dak-Sang
**Wong Jee-Keung
**Lun Fao
**Leung Chong-Ting
**Eddie Chong [http://www.wingchunbakmei.com/index.html]
** [http://www.grandmasterleong.com/ Leong Cheok Son (Felix Leong)] (Australia)

Yuen Kay-San branch

*Yuen Kay-San
**Sum Nung
***Sum Jee
***Leung Dai-Chiu
***Tom Wong
***Kwok Wan-Ping
***Lee Chi-Yiu
***Ngo Lui-Kay
***Chun Ming Lee
***Alton Miller

Nguyễn Tế-Công branch (Vietnam WingChun 永春)

Nguyễn Tế-Công (阮濟云; Yale Cantonese: yun5 jai2 wan4; Yuen Chai-Wan) Older brother of Yuen Kay-San, Yuen first learned Wing Chun Kuen under Fok Bo-Chuen and later continued his studies with Fung Siu-Ching. In 1936 he was invited to teach Wing Chun in Vietnam at the Nanhai and Shunde Expatriates Associations and moved to Hanoi, where he was known by the Vietnamese pronunciation of his name, Nguyen Te-Cong. In 1954 he relocated to Saigon (Now, Ho Chi Minh City) where he established a second school.

Foshan
**Yiu Choi

Vietnam
**Nguyen Duy-Hai
**Luc Vien Khai
**Tran Van Phung
**Vu Ba Quy
**Ngo Si Quy
**Tran Thuc Tien

Way Yan branch (Jee Shim Weng Chun Kuen)

*Way Yan
**Lau Chi-Lung
**Cheng Kwong
***Andreas Hoffmann
**Sergio P. Iadarola
***Cesario Di Domenico
**Rafael Salomão

Cho family branch

*Cho Dak-Sang (曹德生; pinyin: cáo déshēng; Yale Cantonese: chou4 dak1 sang1)
**Cho Chuen (曹全; pinyin: cáo quán; Yale Cantonese: chou4 chyun4)
**Cho Man (曹文; pinyin: cáo wén; Yale Cantonese: chou4 man4)
**Cho On (曹安; pinyin: cáo ān; Yale Cantonese: chou4 on1) - A contemporary of Yip Man said to be the person who introduced Yip Man to teach in the Hong Kong Restaurant Association, he relocated to Pulau Pinang, an island off the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
***Cho Hung-Choi, who returned from Malaysia to Panyu village to undertake training with Cho Chuen
***Yeung Gam-Jeung
***Lau Soon-Yin (Mandarin: S.Y. Liu)

(Hung Fa Yi/Hung Suen Wing Chun Kuen)

*Yat Chum
**Cheung Ng
***Hung Gan Biu
****Cheung Gung
*****Wong Ting
******Dr. Wong Ming
*******Garrett Gee (Inheritor of Linneage)
********Benny Meng
*******Lee K Tong (Tony Lee)
********Wade Holmgren (Chow Yun Su)

Pao Fa Lien branch

*Pao Fa Lien
**Kwok Gai
**Chu Chong
***Chu Wing-Jee
***Chu Ping
****Mok Poi-On

Fut Sao (Buddha Hand) branch

*Hsu Yun
**Henry Leung (Chi Man)
***James Cama

References

*cite web| title=Yip Man Wing Chun Lineage|url=http://www.cebridge.com.au/Ipman/|accessdaymonth=12 December |accessyear=2006
*
* Rene Ritchie, Robert Chu and Hendrik Santo. cite web | title=Wing Chun Kuen and the Red Junk Opera | url=http://www.wingchunkuen.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9 | accessmonthday=August 14 | accessyear=2005
* Rene Ritchie, Robert Chu and Hendrik Santo. cite web | title=Wing Chun Kuen and the Secret Societies | url=http://www.wingchunkuen.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10 | accessmonthday=August 14 | accessyear=2005
*www.wingchunpedia.org

External links

* [http://www.wcarchive.com/ The Wing Chun Archive]
* [http://www.wingchunmagazine.com/ Wing Chun Magazine (formerly Wing Chun Teahouse)]
* [http://www.wingchunkuen.com/ wingchunkuen.com]
* [http://www.vingtsun.org.hk/ Ving Tsun Athletic Association of Hong Kong]
* [http://www.vtmuseum.org/ Ving Tsun Museum]
* [http://www.iatwc.com/ International Association of Traditional Wing Chun]
* [http://www.wingchun.org.uk/ The Wing Chun Federation]