Raymond Wong Biography

(Edited by Britney Ramirez - Sun, Oct 28, 2018)

Born in the year of the Monkey 1956, Raymond Wong was a child prodigy of the martial arts. He had his first taste of martial artistry watching secret agent movies. His father introduced him to a tiger style of Kung Fu, and he became a fanatic. Later, he joined the Jow-Ga Kung Fu School, under the direction of Dean Chin, in 1973. His intention was to take it as a summer course during his school break, but Dean Chin found him such a fast learner and diligent student with superior intelligence and physical ability that he offered Raymond Wong a job as an assistant instructor. He continued to learn Kung Fu as he assisted in teaching the beginning students for his Sifu. His parents were upset because he practically lived at the Kung Fu school.

    As Raymond Wong reached the advanced level, Dean Chin began to teach him the secret knowledge he kept from the regular students, who were less dedicated. Dean Chin felt that because Raymond Wong came from a traditional Chinese family he could understand this knowledge better than the other students. Dean Chin also trusted him to handle his affairs. Raymond Wong got along so well with his Sifu that he never took a leave of absence from the school, and he remained loyal to Dean Chin through good times as well as difficult times from the first day he joined until the day dean Chin died.

    Raymond Wong followed in Dean Chin’s footsteps as a community-minded individual, who used his Kung Fu to help people in the community with their problems. Raymond Wong became very skillful at all aspects of Kung Fu, and he became a well-known figure on the tournament circuit. His skill at lion dance brought him to prominence in Washington, D.C, and he performed martial arts at the White House, the Smithsonian Institution, as well as on television. He has also trained many students who have been rated nationally on the tournament circuit.

    After Dean Chin’s death, Raymond Wong opened his own studio and called it the Wong Chinese Boxing Association. At the same time, he inherited his family’s restaurant business and real estate concerns. Because of the income from his other enterprises, Raymond Wong has been free to run his martial art studio on a non-commercial, not-for-profit basis. He makes it possible for underprivileged children to learn Kung Fu, and he offers Tai Chi to senior citizens at no cost. He has also instituted a special program of free tuition and free room and board to train qualified instructors to propagate the art of Jow-Ga throughout the United States and abroad. He began this because there is a severe lack of qualified Jow-Ga representatives, even though many claims to be experts in the art.