Depends on what you consider good
I've posted on this topic a few times before, it depends on what you want. Are you looking for a very traditional style, internal, sparring & applications, wushu, lion dance, etc....? There are a lot of good clubs in Vancouver and conversely there are a lot of substandard ones. How one measures good and someone else can be two different things. Some clubs have good demo teams & lion dance and so on but don't really produce fighters. Some clubs specialize and are good at what they do while others offer a wider range of studies. Again it all depends on what you want. Heres a few places to look into (with a few of my personal comments / opinions);
Good Resource Page
Western Canada Chinese Martial Arts Ass'n website - www.kungfu-canada.org
Choy Lee Fut Clubs
Shung Ying Vancouver - www.shungying.ca & Shung Ying Richmond - www.clfcanada.com (also has Tai Chi, Wushu, Lion Dance & some sparring)
Hung Sing Hall Richmond - www.choylaifut.com (forms school)
Seto's Choy Lee Fut - www.setokungfu.com (good application school)
Qun Ying Ass'n - located in North Burnaby @ Willingdon Heights School
Strathcona CLF - located at the Strathcona Community Center near Chinatown
Hon Hsing Ass'n - Pender St across from Chinese Cultural Center
Bak Mei, Lung Ying & Hakka Arts
Wilkie Wu's Bak Mei (located in Chinatown @ the Gee How Oak Tin Society) - www.bakmei.ca Note - does application training as well as Lion Dance & Tai Chi
Yin Ping Athletic Ass'n (Chinatown) - www.yinping.cjb.net/
Dragon Sign Athletic Ass'n (Neil Chan & Ritchie Chow) @ Kerrisdale Community Center Note - does plenty of application training
Kong Han Kung Fu Canada (located in Coquitlam) - www.konghankungfu.com (a very good traditional school that also competes & appears to do lots of sparring)
Yau Kung Moon - club changes locations so hard to track down but good club for lion dance & sparring
San Shou club
Wuji Kung Fu Club - http://www.wujikungfu.com Note this club is taught by Ayron Howey 3 time member of Canadian National Sanshou teams & coach of the 2005 National team.
Hung Gar clubs
Stephen Chang as mentioned in previous post (honestly there are a lot of better clubs)
Shaolin Hung Gar (@ UBC, SFU & Kensington) - bigger club also does lots of lion dance, San Shou training & some wushu (wushu in my opinion from this club is not great but other stuff is good)
Shaolin
Shaolin Temple Canada - http://www.shaolintemple.ca Note this club does a lot of Sanshou training as well as the typical mish mash of Shaolin & Wushu forms
Kin Fung Athletic Group - Hong Kong lineage Northern Shaolin also does lots of lion dance & some wushu (good club) http://www.kinfungkungfu.com
Northern Shaolin - HK lineage branched out of Kin Fung, good club www.northernshaolin.ca
Northern Shaolin Kung Fu - http://www.northernshaolin.com a different school of HK lineage. Good quality students.
Hap Ga / Lama / White Crane
Tibet Lama Kung Fu group is headed by GM Tony Jay http://www.freakyman.ca/Tibet%20Lama
Vincent Chow White Crane Kung Fu long established club http://www.angelfire.com/bc/whitecrane
Wushu Clubs
West Coast Chinese Martial Arts - strictly a competition style wushu club, also does lots of acrobatics & some lion dance. A good club but strictly sport wushu for competition. http://www.wccma.com
Sino Wushu Center - Wushu as well as Tai Chi & Internal styles. Located under Arthur Laing Bridge.
Dragon River Wushu Tai Chi Center - Wushu as well as Tai Chi & Internal styles. Located off of Commercial & 32nd Ave.
Wing Chun
Not familiar with all the clubs, there are several, but here are a few;
Fred Kwok Wing Chun & Kickboxing - now located at Commercial & 12th Ave.
Yuen Kay Shan Wing Chun - operates out of Western CMA in Richmond http://www.westerncma.ca
Clubs teaching several styles or other styles
Wilson Wu's Kung Fu Ocean (located in Richmond) - http://www.kungfu-ocean.com Note - does good application training, several external & internal styles & in my opinion one of the better of the newer schools in Vancouver / Richmond
Shouyu Liang Wushu Tai Chi Institute - known for Wushu originally but does lots of good traditional & internal as well as San shou. http://www.shouyuliang.com
Traditional Kung Fu Training Center - offers a village style of Hung Gar, Tai Chi Praying Mantis, Tai Chi, Lion Dance & Sparring. Good club. http://www.traditionalkungfu.com
Ken Low Shaolin Kung Fu Club teaches Hung Gar, My Jong Lahon & some wushu. Was quite a strong club a few years ago but in my opinion not as strong as it once was. http://www.kenlowkungfu.com
Chow Gar Kung Fu - club is located in Coquitlam not sure of location & is a very traditional style club
Western Chinese Martial Arts Center - several styles including Yuen Kay Shan Wing Chun, Tai Chi & Internal Arts & a branch class of Kin Fung group. http://www.westerncma.ca
Tai Chi well there are a lot of groups doing that too many to list if you are interested in that let me know & I can list those as well.
Again it all depends on what you want & what you consider good. Hope this helps!
Last edited by firepalm; 06-12-2007 at 01:22 PM.
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