Sifu
Mak is 44 years of age. He has been practising Wing Chun for 26
years. Sifu Mak 
started
practising in 1979 and was lucky enough to have become a descendent
of Master Chow Tse Chuen. Master Chow was one of the few direct
close students of Grand Master Yip Man, but himself a low profile
master.
From
1987, Sifu Mak started to act as an Instructor in Master Chow’s
Kung Fu school, to help coaching and practicing with Kung Fu siblings
in the school.
In
1993, with his master’s encouragement and blessing, he started
his own Wing Chun school under the name of ‘Hong Kong Wing
Chun Institute’. (www.hkwingchun.com)
The passion of Sifu Mak in Wing Chun has also led him onto a more
academic path of researching on the Wing Chun Style, regarding its
theories and history. This necessitates his frequent visit into
China to look up and discuss with old masters who are still alive
and practising the different lineages and branches of the style.
This exercise has brought him much less known knowledge of Wing
Chun, both technically and historically, as well as many experienced
Wing Chun practitioners in China as friends and teachers.
Apart
from being reasonably trained and skilled in the Wing Chun subject,
Sifu Mak speaks good English and communicates well. Because of this,
he is in a capacity to teach foreign students in the west. Since
1998, he has made effort to squeeze out 2-4 weeks each year as holiday
from his work to leave Hong Kong to do teaching and seminars for
Western students in most part of the world. So far, he has been
invited to teach in Singapore, UK, Russia, France, Italy and Romania,
and for some of these places, more than a couple of times.
Sifu
Mak currently holds the following official titles:
•
Permanent member of Ving Tsun Athletic Association (VTAA),
• Recognized Instructor of Ving Tsun Athletic Association
(VTAA),
• Eighth Level Master of World Organization of Wu Shu Kung-fu
Masters,
• Permanent Honourable President of Wing Chuen Alumni Association
• Permanent Honourable President of Kong Chi Keung Ving Tsun
Martial Arts Association
Sifu
Mak holds an MBA Degree from USA (1989) and is currently working
as a Sales Director to one of the top 5 companies in the world for
the elevator business.