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Sifu		Pictures	Homepage	Gen*	Lineage**	Notes:	Rank
	Carmelino Guiao	1 2	sifu's site	3rd	Yip Man -> William Cheung -> Phillip Redmond -> Carmelino Guiao	Sifu Carmelino Guiao is currently the sifu of the Traditional Wing Chun at the Michigan Wing Chun Academy.	"Sifu" Rank under William Cheung
	Carsten Werhan	1 2 3 4 5 6	homepage	3rd	Yip Man -> Wong Shun Leung -> (Franco Morelli/Ernest Höfler & Barry Lee) -> Carsten Werhan	Carsten Werhan ( Member of VT Athletic Ass. HK) started his Ving Tsun Training 1989 at Franco Morello (WSL). After he trained intensively for 7 years, his teacher gave him the administration for the school in Darmstadt.	Certified to Teach/Run a School
	Catalin Amariei	1 2 3 4	homepage	4th/ 3rd	1. Yip Man -> Leung Ting -> Slavko Truntic -> Popovic Zeljko -> Catalin Amariei	2. Yip Man -> Lo Man Kam -> Popovic Zeljko -> Catalin Amariei Teaches of Veng Tsun, Jun Fan Kuen, Jeet Kune Do in Romaina.
	Cemil Uylukcu	1 2 3 4 5	homepage (Turkish)	4th	Yip Man -> Leung Ting -> Keith Kernspecht -> Emin Boztepe -> Cemil Uylukcu	Started martial arts at age of 8 with freestyle wrestling and then he did two years Thai-Kickboxing and he started WT when he was 14 under Emin Boztepe. He became a Sifu when he was 23.
	Chan Chee Man 陳志文	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	N/A	1st	Yip Man -> Chan Chee Man	One of Yip Man's Senior Students.
	Chan Keo	1	homepage	3rd	Yip Man -> Wong Shun Leung -> (Nino Bernardo) Chan Keo	Together with JEAN MARC NOBLOT founds the school B.A.S.E. (Body mechanic Application for Self Evolution). Trained with Nino and later WSL himself. 1 of 3 French WSL students.
	Chas Fisher	1 2 3 4	homepage	4th	Yip Man -> Duncan Leung -> Jerry Gardner -> Bart Mann -> Chas Fisher	Sifu Chas Fisher started Wing Chun in 1999 under SiFu's Bart Mann. He currently teaches Wing Chun in Seattle, Washington.
	Cheung Kwok Chow	L 1 2	homepage	3rd	Yip Man -> Leung Sheung -> Ng Wah Sum -> Chung Kwok Chow	Founder of Integrative Wing Chun, and has a series of videos on the subject. Born in 1951, he started WC at the age of 17. Opened his first school in '72 in NY. full bio
	Cheung Kwok Wan	1 2 3 4 5 6	homepage	2nd	Yip Man -> Ip Chun -> Cheung Kwok Wan	Head of the UK South Region Ving Tsun Association. The school's name was pre- sented by Ip Chun in year 2001. "I pledge that I would not hold back in my teachings to all dedicated students". Sifu Kwok Cheung
	Chow Tze Chuen 鄒子傳	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2	about	1st	Yip Man -> Chow Tze Chuen	Followed and trained under Yip Man from 1955 to 1962 when Yip man moved again. Was presented a wooden dummy by Yip Man and encouraged to open his own school at that point. Low-profile disciple.
	Chris Chan (Chan Shing)	1 2 3 4 5 6	homepage	1st	Yip Man -> Chris Chan	Grandmaster Chan started training in 1955. Before leaving Hong Kong for America in 1960, he trained intensively for 12-16 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 9 months under Yip Man's close guidance.
	Chris (Vincent) Damiano	1 4 5	homepage	2nd	Yip Man -> Ip Ching -> Chris (Vincent) Damiano	Sifu Chris Damiano has been doing wing chun since 1994 and is a direct student of Grandmaster Ip Ching. He has been going to Hong Kong every year since 2000 to train with Ip Ching. In 2006 went through the entire system in great detail on how it's taught with Grandmaster Ip Ching. Runs a semi-private school in Destin since 2007 where he passes on Grandmaster Ip Ching's teachings.	Certified Full Instructor picture picture 2
	Chris Kellner	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	homepage	3rd	Yip Man -> Yip Ching -> Matt Johnson -> Chris Kellner	Chris Kellner has been involved in Chinese Kung Fu since the age of 10. He found Ving Tsun in early 1996. Under the direction of Sifu Matt Johnson with his Sifu Ip Ching the goal is to pass on Ving Tsun's top skill as it was passed down from Ip Man.	Certified and lifetime member of the VTAA in Hong Kong.
	Chris Serras	1 2 3	homepage	2nd	Yip Man -> William Cheung -> Chris Serras	Sifu Serras has been honored by the board of directors of action martial arts magazine hall of fame in 2001 for lifetime dedication to the martial arts and also the soke ship hall of fame for master instructor.	4th level master grade.
	Chris Thompson	1 2 3 4	homepage	2nd	Yip Man -> Sam Lau -> Chris Thompson	I am 2nd generation in the history book, and under baisi, represent uk for Sifu sam lau, who is unifying wing chun accross the world for Wing Chun Kuen do.
	Christian Martin	1	N/A	4th	Yip Man -> Wong Shun Leung -> Philipp Bayer -> Wil Visser -> Christian Martin	Since 1999 student of the WSL / Philipp Bayer System under Wil Visser. Since 2005 allowed to teach.	Verbal Certification by Sifu Wil Visser Instructor level
	Christian Pankhurst	1 2 3	non-wc page old page	3rd	Yip Man -> Ho Kam Ming -> Augustine Fong -> Christian Pankhurst ->	Full Bio here. It's a non-wing chun site, but mentions his training.
	Christofer Arnold	1	homepage	3rd	Yip Man -> Pan Nam -> Eddie Chong -> Christofer Arnold	Sifu Arnold has practiced martial arts for 28 years. He has been an instructor under Master Eddie Chong since 2000. He currently runs Chong's Wing Chun Bak Mei Kung Fu in Palm Desert CA.	Instructor Level
	Chu Shong Tin 徐尚田	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2	homepage	1st	Yip Man -> Chu Shong Tin (Tsui Sheung Ting)	Commonly known as Yip Man's 3rd private student, and "King of Sil Lum Tao". Lived with Yip Man in the 50's. Practices a more internal style of Wing Chun.
	Chuck O'Neill (Chan Cheuk Yiu)	1 2 3	homepage	3rd	Yip Man -> Moy Yat -> Nelson Chan -> Chuck O'Neill	Chuck is a Wing Chun instructor in the Kitchener / Waterloo, Cambridge area. Chuck is also an instructor at Christian Wushu Fellowship (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), and continues to train in Wing Chun under the guidance of Nelson Chan.
	Chui Hok Yin	1 2 3	homepage	2nd	Yip Man -> Wong Shun Leung -> Chui Hock Yin	One of Wong Shun Leung's 4 senior disciples. "In my early years, I followed my late master, Wong Shun Leung, to learn martial arts diligently. With his patience in teaching me for a long period, I have been benefited from it profoundly. "	Master of System
	Claudiu Cucu	1 2 3 more	homepage	4th	Yip Man -> Chow Tze Chuen -> Donald Mak -> Adrian Tautan -> Claudiu Cucu	Romanian Sifu.
	Cliff Kupper	1	homepage	4th	Yip Man -> Leong Sheung -> Ng Wah Sum -> Chung K Chow-> Cliff Kupper	Sifu Cliff Kupper started his training under the Sifu Jose Colon and later on was accepted by Chung K Chow as a student. He now runs the Atlantic City New Jersey chapter of the IWC Wing Chun Kung Fu school.
	Clint San Antonio	1	homepage	5th	Yip Man -> Leung Sheung -> Ng Wah Sum -> Chun Kwok Chow -> Kevin Becker -> Clint San Antonio	I am a Level 10 Certified Sifu/Full Instructor and was certified under the late Kevin Eric Becker, of which I was one of his disciple for the better half of a decade. I have been training in various Martial Arts for 15 years and specialize in Atienza Kali and Wing Chun.	Certified Full Instructor Black Sash
	Clive Potter	1 2 3 4	homepage	2nd	Yip Man -> Wong Shun Leung -> Clive Potter	Clive Potter has studied Ving Tsun since 1971 and became a student of Wong Shun Leung in 1984. The Wong Shun Leung Ving Tsun Kung Fu Association formed in 1994 with it's Headquarters in St. Albans, UK.	Instructor with Permission to Teach.
	Cristian Butaru	1 2 3 4 5	source 2	4th	Yip Man -> Leung Ting -> various -> various -> Cristian Butaru	Cristian Butaru is the founder and president of the European Ving Tsun Kung Fu Federation, director of National Romania Martial Arts Federation & representative of IKF. Has many complaints against him.	None. None of his teachers will claim him.
	Curtis C. Dittrich (Shi Yan Cheng)	1	page down	3rd	Yip Man -> Leung Ting -> Fong Wai Hung (Allen) -> Curtis Dittrich	Shi Yan Cheng is a Chan-Master and Shi-fu of Yongchun-Quan (Wing Tsun). He started Chan Buddhism in 1969 and Wing Tsun in 1976. Now he teaches Chan & Yongchun-Quan in the Zhulin Daochang (Bamboo Grove School - a Shaolin Chan Centre). continued

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