Bradenton
- J.S. Wing Chun
3402 66th St. Ct W, Bradenton, FL 34209
Tel: (941) 795-8006
Web: www.angelfire.com/fl/jswingchun
Contact: Sifu Robert Miller Jr.
Notes: In this school we cover the best of Yip Man's Wing Chun, through the experiences of Sifu Jesus A. Santiago, who is a black sash in Alan Fong's Wing Tsun & Master Steve Lee Swifts Wing Chun Gung Fu.
Cape Coral
- Chinese Boxing Institute International Cape Coral, Florida Group
Email: kskf@juno.com
Web: www.angelfire.com/fl4/kskf
Contact: Sifu Kenneth W. Mills
Notes: Teaching Kai Sai Yim Wing Chun, Tai Chi, the Chinese Boxing Synthesis, Combat Jiu Jitsu and Kali. Affiliated with Chinese Boxing Institute International (www.chineseboxing.com) and the Sayoc Group International.
Update: 23feb03
Ft. Myers
- The Wing Chun/Kali Academy
5780-2 Youngquist Rd., Ft. Myers, FL 33912
Tel: (941) 418-6784, or (941) 267-4569
Contact: Sifu David Gallaher
Ft. Walton Beach
- Doc Savage Wing Chun School
29 F Miracle Strip Pkwy S.W., Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548
Tel: 850.301.3500
Email: sifudoc@excite.com
Web: www.Executive-Fitness.com
Contact: Doc Savage
Notes: I have been a student/friend of Duncan Leung SiFu since 1976 and completed my training in 1990. My school has been open since 1990, with a branch in Tallahassee.
Update: 28feb03
Gainesville
Hollywood
- Wing Chun Kung Fu
3301 Johnson Street, Hollywood, FL 33021
Email: WingChun411@aol.com
Contact: Si Fu
Jacksonville
- Anthony Arnett's Wing Chun Academy
6001-27 Argyle Forest Blvd., Suite 19, Jacksonville, FL 32244
Tel: (904) 264-6248 or 384-1297
Contact: Anthony Arnett
Notes: affiliated with WWCKFA
- Karate Arts
8011-14 Merrill Road, Jacksonville, FL 32277
Tel: 904.744.9994
Fax: 904.762.9365
Email: uvmaster@attbi.com
Web: www.blacknbluevideo.com/Content.cfm?ContentFile=Karts&CFID=233453&CFTOKEN=33491322 Contact: Sensei Lee Barden
Notes: Wing Chun, Jeet-Kune-Do Concepts, Kali, Olympic Karate, Lissajous-Do Weapons Systems, Freestyle, Kenpo, Grappling. Also the largest martial arts supply and video store in N.E. Florida. We also offer After School Karate courses. Karate Arts is a unique, realistic and complete system based on the Lissajous Logic Systems. You will learn practical ways to defend yourself using all four fighting ranges: kicking, punching, trapping and grappling. You will also learn throws, sweeps, joint locks and extensive weapons training. You will develop better balance, coordination, self-confidence, body mechanics, speed, agility and energy flow. The Karate Arts approach to the martial arts draws elements from both the traditional and progressive fighting arts. We take a unique approach by combining teachings from many different styles into a fluid and effective full-range system. Our system offers benefits for beginners and the expert martial artist. If you are a beginner you will learn the skills and develop the attributes needed to effectively defend yourself in almost any situation. If you have other experience, you will simply enhance your current knowledge and bring your skills to a higher level. Men, women and children can learn from the Karate Arts program. A person may be strong or weak, heavy or thin, tall or short, fast or slow--at Karate Arts each student is an individual. This system can be adapted to the students age and individual characteristics. Our system of training stresses physical, as well as emotional development through self-discipline. Happiness in life is based on the balance of knowledge, academics, achievement, truth and, ultimately, excellence!
Update: 17feb03
Miami
- Ving Tsun Kung Fu
4374 SW 74th Ave., Miami, FL 33155
Tel: (305) 666-1781
Contact: Robert Smith
Orlando
- Dr. Wei Shio Liu Kung Fu Academy
Tel: (407) 381-9341
Fax: (407) 658-2144
Email: dr.ws@liu.com
Web: www.freeyellow.com/members7/drwliu/page4.html
Contact: Dr. W.S. Liu, D.D., Ph.D., C.Ht., A.P.
Notes: Dr. W.S. Liu, native born in Hsin Chu, Formosa, Taiwan has had twenty-one years experience in martial arts. At the age of seven he immigrated to the USA and became an American citizen. Speaking only Hakka and Mandarin Chinese, he learned to speak English at a young age without a trace of accent. Dr. Liu also speaks conversational Spanish, from missionary work in Monterey, Mexico and Hawaiian from his independent research time in Maui. He had training in Tai Chi, Hsing-I Kung Fu, Praying Mantis and basic Chi Gung with Dr. Her Yue Wong as a child and studied Shotokan Karate, Jeet Kune Do concepts and Kenpo Karate with other instructors in his later teenage years. Upon arriving as an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Liu had the great fortune to meet and study under Grandmaster Richard M. Guerra of the Wing Chun Gung Fu style and became a certified Mano De Guerra instructor under Sifu Guerra. During his Senior year as an undergraduate at U.T. Dr. Liu also had the opportunity to experience Hapkido and Tae Kwon Do under Dr. Daesnik Kim, professor of Physical Education at U.T. Austin and one of the five instructors who brought Tae Kwon Do to America. Dr. Liu has taught Wing Chun and martial arts to students in Austin, Texas, Houston, Texas, Nebraska, and Maui, Hawaii. A USAF (covert ops) reserve vet, currently he teaches privately in Orlando. His most recently trained student is former Orlando Police Officer Jamie Valentino during his time at the police academy. Currently, Dr. Liu is in private clinical psychoanalysis/holistic medical practice in Orlando, Florida where he lives with his wife, Terri and their two and half year old daughter, Maile. He is a member of the clergy and serves as an ordained minister of Jesus Christ. For more information on Dr. Liu visit his website at www.freeyellow.com/members7/drwliu/index.html
- Jacky Tsang Ving Tsun Kung Fu
11765D South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32837
Tel: 407.438.4071
Contact: Sifu Jacky Tsang
Notes: Sifu Jacky Tsang began studying the art of Ving Tsun in 1980 under the expert tutelage of the late Grandmaster Moy Yat. He has been teaching privately for many years and to the general public for the last eight years. Now open in a new location in Orlando, between Pepper Mill Boulevard & Whisper Lakes Boulevard behind Rentaland (re-located from Kissimmee,FL).
Update: 21mar03
- Lee Gar Lin Ving Tsun Kung Fu
2603 E. South St., Orlando, FL 32803
Tel: (407) 673-9036
Email: lglvtkf@aol.com
Web: www.geocities.com/lee_gar_lin
Contact: Lee Gar Lin
Notes: class schedule: Mon., Wed., Fri. 7-9 P.M.--Ving Tsun; Tue. and Thu. 7-9 P.M.--Ch'ang Tai Chi with Sifu Rocky Byars.
Pembroke Pines
- Shing Yi Kung Fu Academy
7751 Johnson Street, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
Tel: 954.964.9800
Contact: Sifu Andrew Chung
Notes: Traditional Wing Chun.
Update: 11jan03
Pompano Beach
- Authentic Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy
760 W. Sample Road, Pompano Beach, FL 33062
Tel: 954.786.3141
Email: MelilloJohn@msn.com
Web: www.authenticwingchun.com
Contact: John Melillo
Notes: Authentic Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy (formerly South Florida Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy) has been in business at the same location since 1995. Our mission is, and always has been, to provide the best Wing Chun training available in the world! Our four instructors possess well over 40 years combined experience in Wing Chun Kung Fu alone, as well as many more years experience in other forms of martial arts. We teach "Authentic" Wing Chun as our business name states. This means we teach the original style the way it was meant to be taught and then teach you how to apply it for self defense in today's quickly changing environment.
Update: 11jan03
St. Petersburg
- Kung Fu Training Center Non-Classical Wing Chun
6541 Park Blvd. N Pin. PK., St.Petersburg, FL 33781
Tel: (813) 545-5925
Contact: Sifu Paul Chessare
Notes: lineage - Bruce Lee to James DeMile to James Clark to Paul Chessare
Tallahassee
- Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu
670-1A Industrial Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310
Tel: (904) 224-4418
Email: miller_ju@ngw.dep.state.fl.us
Contact: Thorton Williams
Tampa
- Hand2Hand Chinese Kickboxing Club
Tel: (813) 871-5818
Email: hand2handckbc@hotmail.com
Contact: Sean C. Ledig
Notes: Hand2Hand Chinese Kickboxing Club offers instruction in Wing Chun/Jun Fan Kung Fu and Yang Tai Chi Chuan. H2HCKBC currently offers 7 to 8:15 A.M. morning Tai Chi classes, with WC/JF Kung Fu morning classes starting shortly. Evening practice offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call or email for more information.
Update: 10/9/02
- Steve Lee Swift International Martial Arts Academy/Steve Lee Swift International Wing Chun Association
1725 W. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd., Tampa, FL 33607
Tel: (813) 87-SWIFT [813-877-9438]
Fax: (813) 876-1686
Email: WingChun4u@aol.com
Web: www.SwiftWingChun.com
Contact: Grandmaster Steve Lee Swift
Notes: Call, write, e-mail or check our web site for all affiliated schools, info, videos, supplies, etc. Steve Lee Swift is USA Sr. Instructor of both the Ving Tsun Athletic Assoc. and Yip Man Martial Arts Assoc. in Hong Kong. Also Grandmaster Yip Chun/Yip Ching USA Representative.
- Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy
6838 South MacDill Ave., Tampa, FL 33611
Tel: (813) 832-5343
Email: dougkost@ix.netcom.com
Web: pw2.netcom.com/~dougkost/WingChun.html
Contact: Doug Kostelnik
Notes: associated with Jason Lau Wing Chun Kung Fu Training Center in Atlanta Georgia. Lineage is from the Jiu Wan family.
Tarpon Springs
- Clearwater Wing Chun
270 rue des chateaux, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688
Tel: 727.421.5113
Email: hunschuld@yahoo.com
Contact: Hunter von Unschuld
Notes: Moved from Clearwater Florida. Taught by Senior Cert. Instr.VTAA
Update: 10/5/02
Winter Garden
- Central Florida Wing Chun Academy
993 Stucki Rd., Winter Garden, FL 32787
Tel: (407) 656-6571
Contact: Bill Mason
Notes: affiliated with NAWCA
