WCI Contributors

ACTON VICTOR LEOW learnt Wing Chun from Masters Wong Shun Leung and Fung Bing Bol. His Kulo Wing Chun teacher is Master Leung One-Qi. He is also researching and studying Practical Wing Chun with Master Wan Kam Leung.

ALAN GIBSON is a firm devotee of the Wong Shun Leung lineage. He founded The Wing Chun Federation with the express purpose of the development and promotion of Wing Chun. Alan is known for his seminars, instructional books and DVDs. Visit website.

ALEX RICHTER is the Chief Instructor of City Wing Tsun in New York City. He was a private student of Grandmaster Leung Ting and Sifu Carson Lau as well as a graduate of the Langenzell Academy in Germany. Visit website.

ANDREAS HOFFMANN is the current Grandmaster of Chi Sim Weng Chun. He learned directly from the late GM Wai Yan from 1986 to 1996, and has introduced Weng Chun to more than 15 countries. He was awarded “International Grandmaster of the Year 2010” Hall of Fame, by Budo International. Visit website.

BEY LOGAN Hong Kong-based writer/director/producer Bey Logan is a 20-year veteran of the Chinese film industry, and a world-renowned expert on Asian action cinema. Though primarily a Hung Kuen stylist, Bey previously trained in Wing Chun, mainly under Nino Bernardo in the Wong Shun Leung lineage. Visit website.

DAVID PETERSON is a direct student of the late Sifu Wong Shun Leung, well-known for his book, DVDs and many published articles on the Wing Chun (Ving Tsun) system. He is a much in-demand seminar presenter all over the world and Principal Instructor of WSL Ving Tsun Combat Science Malaysia. Visit website.

ERIC LILLEØR is the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of WCI. He started his martial arts training in 1978, and in 1984 he started to train Wing Tsun (Leung Ting lineage). Today, Eric is a proud and devoted WSLVT practitioner under the guidance of Morten Ibsen, David Peterson and John Smith. Visit website.

ERNIE BARRIOS is the founder and chief instructor of Applied Body Mechanics Ving Tsun, certified in the Wong Shun Leung Method by both Gary Lam and David Peterson, and dedicated to the development of honest, effective, modern training methodologies. Visit website.

GARY LAM is a forty-year veteran of Wing Chun. He honed his skills under the guidance of legendary Wing Chun master Wong Shun Leung, and is recognised worldwide for his expertise and contributions to the art. Sifu Lam currently lives in Southern California. Visit website.

JAI HARMAN is a closed-door student of Master Wang Zhi Peng and Senior Instructor at Beijing WSL Ving Tsun, China. Known for his “no nonsense, hands on approach” to teaching and fighting, Jai has appeared in countless magazine articles and on every national Chinese TV channel exhibiting his skill. Visit website.

JIM ROSELANDO JR. is a disciple by ceremony of Sifu Henry Mui and Master Fung Chun in the art of Pin Sun Wing Chun boxing. Jim’s Kulo Boxing Association is the HQ for Pin Sun Wing Chun in the US. His Kulo DVD, eBooks and many articles have become true classics in the Wing Chun world. Visit website.

JIM WOODCOCK is the co-coach at Havant Wing Chun (UK). He trained and graded under Alan Gibson, David Peterson, Kevin Bell and Mark Page in the WSL method of Ving Tsun. He has also trained extensively in the Self Protection fighting systems. Visit website.

JOHN SMITH commenced training under the tutelage of Wong Shun Leung back in 1991, and continued regular training until the un-timely death of Wong Sifu in 1997. John continues to pass on what was taught to him by Wong Shun Leung in an undiluted manner. Visit website.

PROF. DR. KEITH R. KERNSPECHT has been in the martial arts since 1958 and practising Wing Chun/WingTsun since 1970. Black Belt Magazine called him The Father of WingTsun in Europe. Kernspecht is less interested in traditional Wing Chun/WingTsun and its techniques but more in a scientific WingTsun that is “radical” because it goes back to the roots of WingTsun: the principles. Visit website.

KENTON SEFCIK is a Registered Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine practitioner. Starting martial arts at the age of 14 (after watching a late-night commercial) and trained in a few types of Gung Fu before settling down with Wing Chun. Visit website.

KLEBER BATTAGLIA started training WSLVT in 2001 under Clive Potter, and later, Nino Bernardo. Since 2009, he has studied Practical Wing Chun under Sifu Wan Kam Leung. In January 2010, he moved to Hong Kong to study full time. Visit website.

LAMAR M. DAVIS II has practised martial arts for 44 years. He is a 2nd generation Certified Senior Instructor of Jun Fan Gung Fu/Jeet Kune Do, and the Executive Director/Senior Instructor of Hardcore Jeet Kune Do Chinese Gung Fu Association. Lamar is the author of several books, over 100 magazine articles and star in over 50 Instructional DVDs. Visit website.

MARK PAGE is a WSLVT coach at Havant Wing Chun (UK), which is part of The Wing Chun Federation. He has a background in the Chinese internal martial arts, with the last decade dedicated to the WSL method of Ving Tsun. Mark continues to learn the system from Alan Gibson and Cliff Au Yeung. Visit website.

MATTHEW L. SCHAFFER is a cameraman, editor and writer based in Long Beach, CA. He specialises in producing martial arts videos and writing about various fighting systems. A seasoned martial artist, Matthew presents his material in a way that many will find enlightening, as well as entertaining.

DR. MATTHEW MILLS came to Wing Chun during travels to Hong Kong between 2000 and 2002. He has a PhD from the Department of Medicine at UCL. Through a long-standing friendship with Alan Gibson, Matt has developed a keen interest in the scientific basis of Wing Chun. He has co-authored several books with Alan Gibson. Visit website.

DR. ROBERT CHU is internationally known in Wing Chun and Acupuncture circles, specialising in body structure methods. He is the co-author of Complete Wing Chun, and has been featured in Masters Magazine, Inside Kung Fu, Black Belt, UK’s Martial Arts Illustrated and other publications. Visit website.

ROLF CLAUSNITZER started out as Wong Shun Leung’s first foreign student in 1965, and also trained with instructors of other Ip Man lineages before completing the system under David Peterson. He wrote the first English language book on Wing Chun and lives in Perth, Western Australia.

SERGIO PASCAL IADAROLA is the founder of IWKA (International Wing Tjun Kung Fu Association). At age 12, he started studying Wing Chun under Wang Kiu and continued his study under several students of Grandmaster Ip Man, as well as studying several non-Ip Man lineages. Visit website.

SETH PISZCZUK is the Principal Instructor of Full Circle Wing Chun and co-founder of the Australian Wing Chun Federation, an organisation dedicated to the growth and preservation of the Chu Shong Tin lineage of Wing Chun. He continues to train under senior students of his late Sifu, Jim Fung. Visit website.

STEPHEN DYDE is the owner of “Central Martial Arts” and “The Academy of Wing Chun” in Nuneaton, UK. He has studied Wing Chun since the early 1980s. Stephen recently received his “Master” certification from Samuel Kwok Martial Arts Association. Visit website.

SUKI GOSAL studied Wing Chun and Chinese Boxing under (the late) Leung Kwok-Keung and Non-Classical Gung Fu under Jesse Glover. A keen advocate for pressure testing, athletic conditioning and mind-setting, Suki teaches privately in British Columbia, Canada. Visit website.

TONY MASSENGILL is a Wing Chun instructor based in Yorktown, Virginia. He is the co-author along with Sifu Samuel Kwok of two books and is featured in almost a dozen instructional DVDs from Masters Magazine. Tony is a Master Instructor in the Ip Family Lineage. Visit website.

WAYNE BELONOHA has over 30 years of martial arts experience and is author of the Wing Chun Compendium books. Through the guidance of Grandmaster Moy Yat and Grandmaster Sunny Tang, Wayne has mastered both the intellectual and practical sides of Ving Tsun. Visit website.