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SiFu Henry Araneda
Born
in Sydney, Australia on the 27th of December 1978, 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.
After many years of training Applied Wing Chun he has assisted Master
Li in many International Seminars teaching Wing Chun and unarmed
combat to Elite Police Special Forces and Detectives Academies.
He has also trained extensively in Hong Kong with Master Li Hon
Ki.
SiFu Henry in 2002 returned to Australia, as the Official Australian
Representative of the International Li Hon Ki Martial Arts and Chinese
Herbalists Association.
He continues his training with Master Duncan Leung traveling to
Hong Kong and China.
He is the founder of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy where he
teaches the Duncan Leung Applied Wing Chun System.
Link to other biographies:
Yip Man
Duncan Leung
Li Hon Ki
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