LeBlanc Wing Chun
Yip Man Lineage-Wong Shun Leung System-Gary Lam StyleWing Chun Kung Fu is a traditional Chinese martial art that has a historical linage of teachers dating back over 300 years. Gregory LeBlanc's late Grand teacher Sigung Wong Shun Leung of "Hong Kong" Wing Chun fame suggested it is most likely that a group of "Kung Fu fanatics" with a wealth of knowledge and experience gradually developed what we now call Wing Chun Kung Fu, refining it further and further with each successive generation. Wing Chun provides an exceptional system of self-defense and personal development that can be maintained for a lifetime.
Wing Chun techniques always reflect a direct, simple and efficient approach to self defense. Wing Chun strives to use concepts and skills that promote martial ability instead of relying solely on physical size and power. Perhaps Wing Chun's most famous student was Bruce Lee, who decades ago mastered Wing Chun's skills and then used its principles as a core art in developing his own mixed martial arts style (Jun Fan Wing Chun).
In 1997 Gregory LeBlanc began studying Wing Chun Kung Fu under Sifu Gary Lam (Lam Man Hoc); Sifu Lam was a student of Lok Yu for 2 years and a student of Wong Shun Leung for 13 years. Gregory became one of a handful of indoor students under Sifu Lam, attending all public classes and training in private twice a week for 7 years. Gregory served as Sifu Lam's assistant coach from 2000-2005, teaching Sifu Lam's brand of Wing Chun under his personal direction. In June of 2005 Gregory was given authorization to teach Sifu Lam's entire Wing Chun system; Gregory is Sifu Lam's first fully certified coach. Gregory has been running his own Wing Chun school with Sifu Lam's full endorsement since 2000, starting in the South Bay area of Los Angeles and now relocated to Oakland, California.
