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Bak Mei Kung Fu Vancouver
HISTORY IN VANCOUVER
Bak Mei Kung Fu came to Vancouver in 1972, when Grandmaster Yip Chi Sum and Master Wilkie Wu established the first club on the outskirts of Vancouver's Chinatown, in the working-class neighbourhood of the Downtown Eastside.
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Bak Mei Kung Fu came to Vancouver in 1972, when Sifu Wilkie Wu established the first club on the outskirts of Vancouver's Chinatown, in the working-class neighbourhood of the Downtown Eastside. Sifu Wilkie was helped by Grandmaster Yip Chi Sum, who flew in from Hong Kong.
Below: Grandmaster Yip Chi Sum (centre) and Bak Mei disciples in Oppenheimer Park, 1973
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