Sunny Tang

Sunny Tang was born in Hong Kong,China on September 3, 1946.[1][2] In 1960 Tang began his training under Ip Man and Moy Yat in his home city. He is a practitioner and teacher of both Wing Chun Kung Fu and Wushu.[3]

Tang emigrated to England in 1971, to open a Wing Chun school in Worcester.[3] He then moved to Toronto in 1973, where he was one of the first practitioners of Wing Chun in the country, opening the Sunny Tang Martial Arts Centre.[4] The business became a chain, numbering ten centres across Canada.[1] In 1993 Tang founded Wushu Canada.[2] Tang was also the leader of Team Canada for the Pan American Championships in both 1996 and 1998, as well as the Wushu World Championships in 1995 and 2003.[5]

In 2004 Sunny Tang won the gold medal at the World Traditional Masters competition in China.[2] In 2009 he was then the organizer of the 10th World Wushu International Championships in Toronto. Tang is a board member of the International Executive Board of the International Wushu Federation, President of Wushu Canada, and the President of the International Moy Yat Wing Chun Federation.[3]

• Pah Chum Do of Wing Chun Kung Fu (1986)
• Pah Chun Do of Wing Chun (1986)
• Wing Chun for Young Ladies (1986)
• Advanced Wing Chun Kung Fu (1991)
• Wing Chun Chi Sau/Bui Chee (1993)

In 1989 a video interview with Tang about Chinese-Canadian culture was included in the collection of the Canadian Museum of History.[3] He then received the Canada Day Achievement Award in 1990, and performed before Queen Elizabeth II in 1992 on the occasion of Canada’s 125th Anniversary.[2] Tang received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and in 2016, he was inducted into the Canadian Martial Arts Hall of Fame.[3] Tang has also appeared on the cover of Wing Chun Illustrated.[4]

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