Hung Gar in Vancouver

[-christopher-]

Hello

I´m looking for a Hung Gar school in Vancouver, so does anyone have a suggestion for me?

Thank you in advance

[Syn7]

And which Vancouver would that be?

[-christopher-]

Vancouver in Canada

[Happy Tiger]

Hi Christopher. First fellow comes to mind is sifu Ken Low. He's just down the street from me in south Vancouver. He teaches a few styles, the southern fist being Hung Gar. I'm not sure who all his masters were for that except one, the well known master Stephen Chang. Sifu Low specializes in young adult and youth but teaches all ages. After being a fixture in Vancouver a long long time in community centers, he finally got his own kwoon last year, which my sweetheart and I attended the grand opening last year.

[David Jamieson]

UBC has a program I believe, but still, you shouldn't have much trouble finding this style in Vancouver.

[David Jamieson]

I understand there is a Stephen Chang out there who teaches Hung Gar style as well.

UBC has a program in HG and I believe that's what you'll find at the Chinese Freemasons place.

[firepalm]

Richmond BC - Joseph Kwok (Bao Chi Lum on No. 3 Road and Cambie across from Yaohan)
Richmond BC - Wilson Wu www.kungfu-ocean.com
Vancouver BC - Raymond Cheung www.shaolinhunggarkungfu.com
Vancouver BC - Ken Low www.kenlowkungfu.com
Vancouver BC - Francis Chan teaches out of a Chinatown society Gee How Oak Tin.
Vancouver BC - Stephen Chang

In my opinion Wilson Wu would be my preference out of those. Learnt his Hung Gar and other styles in Guangzhou, China. He also works a lot of applications and such.

[firepalm]

244 Keefer Street, Vancouver Chinatown. You can Google map them.

That society used to be home to Wilkie Wu's Bak Mei, but like a lot of Chinatown teachers he moved on (in this case to Yin Ping Society). Francis Chan took over maybe a half year ago.

Most of those Chinatown Society clubs function on weekends. So popping down mid day would be your best bet.

Hope this helps.

[frankiemantis]

Hi, notice you know a lot about Vancouver schools. would you mind given me a list of traditional schools. Also I have been told that there is a lot of traditional clubs in Vancouver that don't advertise, do you know of any of these schools? Your email is full , that's why I posted here

Thank you

[firepalm]

Quick cut & paste based on active instructors I know & just give you a start.

Choy Lee Fut
1 - Peter Wong
3 - Paul Tam
4 - Hilbert Yiu
5 - Gary Seto
6 - Mathew Wing
7 - Hailey Wong & Carmen Choy
8 - Kenneth Liu
9 - Phillip Lee (Buk Sing)

Hung Gar
1 - Raymond Cheung
2 - Steven Chang
3 - Joseph Kwok
4 - Francis Chan

Bak Mei
1 - Wilkie Wu
2 - Patrick Brehmer

Chow Gar
1 - Andrew Yen

White Crane/Lama/Hap Ga
1 - Perry Fung
2 - Fong Shek Hon
3 - Vincent Chow

Wing Chun
1 - Fred Kwok
2 - Tsui Siu Ming
This website gives a better run down of Wing Chun in Vancovuer
http://www.rollinghands.com/wing-chun-schools.html#.T_vpMu0qMy4

Northern Shaolin
1 - Danny Ma
2 - Edmond Mah
3 - Jun Ng
4 - Marquis Lung
5 - John Spak

Preying Mantis
1 - Jon Funk
2 - Al Cheng
3 - Wang Xilin

Shaolin
1 - Yuan Zhenwu
2 - Ye Geng

Various Traditional or Modern Styles or Tai Chi
1 - Liang Shouyu
2 - Ken Low
3 - Jack Wong
4 - Wilson Wu

Modern Wushu
1 - Bruce Fontaine
2 - Candice Wong
3 - Benson Xiao
4 - Wang Heng

Sanshou
1 - Ayron Howey

Tai Chi & Internal Arts
1 - Sylvia Wong
2 - Sun Manchang
3 - Stella Wu
4 - Gao Feng
5 - Eugene Mah
6 - Yang Goutai
7 - Paul Ng
8 - Raymond Chung
9 - Steve Maliaris
10 - Li Rong
11 - Victor Fu
12 - Dave Melkie

Hope this helps you.
Firepalm