Master Wilkie Wai-Kwan Wu was born in 1948 in the city of Guangzhou, China.

He was educated in Guangzhou and immigrated to Hong Kong in 1962, where he started learning martial arts at a very young age at Yip Chi Sum's Bak Mei Athletic School. Since 1963, he has studied Bak Mei (White Eyebrow) under the tutelage of respected Bak Mei Grandmasters Yip Chi Sum, the late Kwok Chi Cheung, and the late Chow Fuk. His curriculum included Wushu routine training, weapons training, sparring, theory and history studies. During the course of his studies, he often participated in Wushu demonstrations, competitions, and lion dances during festivals. In 1968, Wilkie's intensive training was completed at the Wushu school in Hong Kong, where he stayed on as an assistant coach.

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In 1969, Wilkie immigrated to Canada to further his education. During his years in university, he continually taught Wushu in his spare time -- Wilkie was the first to introduce Bak Mei in Canada and it has spread ever since.

In the 1970s, he opened a school and taught Bak Mei in Vancouver's Chinatown area. The school became so popular that it was required to separate students into multiple classes; Wilkie also invited Master Yip Chi Sum to come to Vancouver and stay and help out at the school for a few years in order to better train the students. During those years, he taught many students and participated in numerous competitions and demonstrations, helping to promote Chinese martial arts to Canadian society.

In the late 1970s, Wilkie participated in the founding of the Western Canada Chinese Martial Arts Association. After the inception of the association, they hosted many Wushu competitions and invited Masters from all over Canada and the United States to participate.

In early 1980s, Wilkie was honoured to be invited as a coach to teach the Dragon Sign Athletic Association of North America where he helped train many students. In 1984, he was selected as one of the members of the Canadian National Wushu Team to represent Canada. participating at the 1985 World Wushu Invitational Competition in China.

In 2001 he was a committee member who participated in organizing the International Chinese Martial Arts Championship, hosted by the Western Canada Chinese Martial Arts Association in Vancouver.

In 2002, he was awarded an achievement award from the Canadian Chinese Wushu Organization (CCWO National) for Outstanding Contribution to the Martial Arts.

In 2004, Wilkie was a team leader for the World Traditional Wushu Competition in Zhengzhou, China. The team brought back seven medals.

Wilkie is the current President of the Western Canada Chinese Martial Arts Association and President of the Canadian Bak Mei Martial Arts Association, as well as the Overseas Vice-President of the Hong Kong Pak Mei Martial Arts Association.

Throughout the Years, Wilkie has trained hundreds of students, many of whom have won great honours and awards throughout their Wushu careers. Wilkie Wu is highly regarded in the Chinese martial arts community in Vancouver. He is currently coaching Bak Mei Wushu in the Vancouver area and actively participating in various organizations promoting Chinese martial arts.