This an informational post for anyone looking to join the school opened in Sydney, Australia, being run by Chris Sellers (or Christopher Sellers), currently located in Potts Point.
Chris trained for approx. 2.5-3 years under Toni Bardakos in Newcastle, achieving a rank of 4th grade (first level instructor) towards the end of his training time. On a number of occasions he was the most senior instructor present and therefore ran the classes. There were a number of other instructors who were considered to be more skilled and senior to Chris at all times.
Chris was caught stealing substantial amounts of money from the school in 2002 and immediately kicked out. He was also kicked out for physically and mentally abusing students at the school, including breaking a young girls wrist, sparring with and beating up a ten year old student on his second lesson, assaulting a man on a train because he wouldn't let Chris sit down on a seat, and taking sexual advantage of a young female student.
He was not given permission to open his own school either before or after he was kicked out.
Chris has not received any instruction in Wing Chun since 2002, as Toni informed a number of other Wing Chun instructors across Australia at the time of what had occurred and requested they refuse to train him.
Chris has no respect or consideration for his former instructor Toni, making comments on the day of the funeral in front of both friends and family that Toni would never have died if he hadn't kicked Chris out of the school.
These facts can be verified by any of the other students who trained at the time.
I would encourage any students interested in joining Chris's school to ask questions about these matters before attending a class, including asking to what level he can teach you since his own training was never completed and he hasn't studied Wing Chun since 2002. I also
strongly encourage you to ask about his insurance cover, and to be careful letting children or females train under his instruction.
The web site for his school is
http://www.wingchunhouse.com/.
About me: I trained with Chris from January, 2001 when he was ranked as 2nd grade, and was a close friend of his from that time while he trained in Newcastle up to the time of our instructors funeral. Please PM me if you require more information.