18/04/2019
Sifu Kleber started practicing martial arts when he was 9 with the Japanese art of Jiu Jitsu, to pass on to train in weapon usage (Escrima Pilipino), Western Boxing, ground defence (Indonesian Pencak Silat) and ground fighting (Brasilian Jiu Jitsu), but his love was always Wing Chun Kung fu, that started training back in 2001 and was a never ending journey. When in Italy he trained the military police, then start teaching Wing Chun in London and met and trained with most of the more knowledgeable Wing Chun masters still alive, until he moved to Hong Kong for almost 4 years to follow full-time his sifu Wan Kam Leung to focus on improving his Wing Chun and start training the internal aspects of martial arts. In 2013 he moved to Shanghai to teach full time and keep researching into internal martial arts styles. He especially focused on the internal art of Yi Quan (which he study under Grand Master Yao Cheng Rong in Beijing and Master Xi Meiwei in Shanghai), Taiji Yang style (under the guidance of Grand Master Sam Tam), Wensheng Quan (with the inheritor of the system, Grand Master Wang Anlin, and Master Zhao Baozhu) and Emei 12 Zhuang with Master Chen DeWen. From 2013 he is also a regular writer for the international martial arts magazine "Wing Chun Illustrated". Since he moved to Hong Kong and China, he is one of the main historical researchers on the art of Wing Chun kung fu, having recorded short video documentaries and interviewing many of the different masters who represent the various lineages of Wing Chun kung fu around the world.
