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HOW WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE 3rd Wing Chun Sifu - Grandmaster Franco Lung:
TRAINING WING CHUN? Grandmaster Franco Lung migrated from Hong
Kong to America in 2008; he was the student of
The Search for Wing Chun Kwoon: Grandmaster Wong Shun Leung. After settling
down in Los Angeles area, he started his Wing
Wing Chun Gung Fu was always my desire to learn Chun School called, Lung Wing Chun. Every Wing
it while I was learning some other martial arts due Chun practitioner cant’ master everything within
to Wing Chun was not available at the time. Un- Wing Chun System because Wing Chun system is
til later in 1993 when I found the Kwoon with my so big and endless due to it’s a Concept and Princi-
good friend of mine in Fountain Valley, California. ple Martial Arts. Therefore, everyone has a strong
part in the system, and Grandmaster Franco Lung
1st Wing Chun Sifu - Grandmaster Don Fling un- has his strong part, which is the Wing Chun Dra-
der Chanh Wah Shun Lineage: gon Pole. Grandmaster Franco Lung has earned
My first Wing Chun Sifu was very strict of accep- his nickname as “The King of The Dragon Pole.”
ting any student; he only wanted 8 students and it
was very private. The Kwoon was at home in his 4th Wing Chun Sifu - Grandmaster Wong Long
garage with plenty of Wing Chun equipments. My Ching:
Sifu’s Kwoon was operated with an Old School and
very traditional settings. For example, we had to Sifu Grandmaster is a very special person to me;
bow when entering and exiting the Kwoon and all here’s our stories:
time we were taught to be humble, polite, respect-
ful and carried ourselves as a modest and gentle- As of June 17, 2014 the birth and the new begin-
men like attitude; otherwise, my Sifu would ask us ning of WONG LONG WING CHUN was named
to leave his Kwoon or he would kick any student and formed with WING CHUN TEMPLE as of
out if not followed by his rules. My Sifu was the preserving the legacy of Grandmaster Wong Long
only one that had a Kwoon, which he was the only Ching.
Chanh Wah Shun Wing Chun lineage from his Sifu.
Grandmaster Wong Long Ching is the 1st genera-

2nd Wing Chun Sifu - Grandmaster Jerry McKin- tion of the late Great Grandmaster Ip Man, who
ley under Ip Man Lineage: was the teacher of Bruce Lee. Grandmaster Wong
has a great respect and great admiration of his
After multiple family issues of my first Wing Chun teacher, GM Ip Man, so he decided to stay close
Sifu, he decided to close his Kwoon temporary due with his teacher until the end. Grandmaster Wong
to he had to attend to his problems. My yearning could be famous or well-known like many other
and desire to learn Wing Chun was unstoppable, Wing Chun practitioners of the 1st generation like
so my buddy and I decided to join Southern Ca- Bruce Lee, Wong Shun Leung, William Cheung,
lifornia Wing Chun Association under my second Hawkins Cheung, Victor Khan, and etc… Howe-
Sifu - Grandmaster Jerry McKinley whose Sifu ver, Grandmaster Wong decided to stay away from
was Sigung Jim Lau, under Ip Man lineage. Sifu the spotlight and just wanted to live a normal life
Jerry McKinley was very well known and well res- since the passing of his teacher, GM Ip Man.
pected among Wing Chun communities and he was
the one that trained an actor Nicolas Cage. But Until recently, Grandmaster Wong decided to ac-
sadly he passed away unexpectedly on August 15, cept his new and last disciple from the West, Sifu
2002 due to heart attack. Sifu Jerry McKinley may Clark Tang to carry on his legacy and his Wing
be gone physically but his spirit and legacy will Chun Gung Fu. Sifu Clark Tang founded WING
live forever… CHUN TEMPLE since 2012 and started teaching
Wing Chun Gung Fu without under any linea-

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