Instructor Chris Wong

Chris Wong is a Level 3 Instructor who has been teaching at the school for eight years. His approach blends discipline, curiosity, and compassion, reflecting a lifelong commitment to personal growth through martial arts.
 

Chris began his journey at age sixteen, first training in boxing and Southern Preying Mantis Tong Long after being inspired by the classic kung fu films he grew up watching. That early spark eventually led him to Wing Chun, which he began studying in 2017. He was immediately drawn to its adaptability — a quality that continues to shape both his training and his teaching.
 

Under the guidance of his main teacher, Sifu Jack, Chris found a mentor who always placed his development and well-being first. Through this close relationship and years of dedicated training, Chris completed the three empty-hand forms in just four years — a milestone he is deeply proud of.
 

His path, however, was far from easy. One of his biggest challenges was failing his final grading five times. Yet this eventually became the heart of his breakthrough: the realisation that success and failure do not define you — persistence does. This understanding fuels his teaching philosophy today.
 

Alongside Wing Chun, Chris has broadened his experience through cross-training and competition in Muay Thai, Kosen Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Thai swords, Kali, Capoeira, Boxing, and Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu. These diverse influences help him bring a well-rounded perspective to every class he teaches.
 

Chris’s teaching style focuses on training the mind, body, and spirit — especially the willpower that carries students through challenge. He encourages his students to embrace discomfort, confusion, awkwardness, and frustration as natural parts of the learning process. To him, kung fu means growth: a continual cycle of confronting obstacles, training through them, and emerging stronger. He applies this process not only in martial arts but in every aspect of his life.
 

Above all, Chris is dedicated to helping each student discover their own potential, believing that with patience, determination, and the courage to face difficulty, anyone can grow far beyond what they thought possible.