Learn Kung Fu in Foshan & Hong Kong

Honest level: All levels; close-range combat focus — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Schools in Foshan & Hong Kong

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Athletic Association (Hong Kong)
  Wing Chun instruction through affiliated Hong Kong schools under the association's lineage and standards
  The Hong Kong Wing Chun association established in 1967 by Ip Man and his students, serving as the lineage's central body in Kowloon and coordinating affiliated schools that teach Ip Man Wing Chun.
  http://www.vingtsun.com.hk/
• Foshan Wing Chun lineage schools
  Wing Chun training centers in Foshan, Guangdong, the city regarded as the art's birthplace and home to Ip Man's early training, though no single official school under this name could be verified.

The credential

Shaolin Duanwei grade conferred by Shaolin Temple-authorized masters, or formal lineage discipleship under a recognized grandmaster · Certifying body: Shaolin Duanwei (Duanpin) grading via the International Shaolin Wushu Federation; Chinese Wushu Association Duan grading; lineage discipleship for traditional styles

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Kung Fu

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.