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SiFu Henry Araneda

Born in Sydney, Australia, he began his martial arts training at a very young age in various styles, achieving an instructor's level in different styles.
During the early 90's he immigrated to Chile, South America with his family, where he was involved in Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu for many years. SiFu Henry competed at an international level where he always attained 1st place.

SiFu Henry was always intrigued by Wing Chun theory in fighting and of course like many he was a Bruce Lee fan.

At the time there were no Wing Chun schools in Chile, so after some research he heard of Master Li Hon Ki based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Henry made contact with the Master, and soon after a young Henry was found his way to Brazil with a lot of hope and even more determination. He traveled on a bus for more than 72 hours crossing three countries just to meet the Master!!

SiFu Henry Araneda, was accepted by Master Li Hon Ki, as his private student.

That was the beginning of a great journey and one of so many trips he made by bus to Brazil to continue his private training with Master Li Hon Ki staying with the Master for extended periods of time at the Masters home.

Since returning to Australia SiFu Henry has travelled extensively to Hong Kong and China to further develop his Wing Chun skills under the tutelage of SiFu Duncan Leung. He hosted an international seminar in Melbourne, Australia for SiFu Duncan Leung in 2006 where he was accompanied by Sifu Alan Lee (New York) and Sifu Florian Walter (Switzerland).

SiFu Henry is currently organising another international seminar for SiFu Duncan Leung in Chile. It is his goal to help promote SiFu Duncan Leung's interpretation of Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Link to other biographies:
Yip Man

Duncan Leung

Li Hon Ki