Sigung Taky was the most gracious and extraordinary man I have had the honour to know. He was my friend, teacher and role model. He was hugely influential in my life and inspired me to teach and be a role model to my own students, as he was to his.
Below are some memories of Sigung and of my continuing martial arts journey.
With Linda, Sigung & Sifu Abe, Seattle Demo 2015Post-Barn era, one night at classSigung’s 89th birthday lunchKicking off the Wing Luke Museum’s Bruce Lee Exhibit in 2014With Big Kev at the last Barn class, 2016Sigung’s 94th birthday dinnerWith Big Kev post-Barn era, 2018Leading the Demo Team with Sifu Abe at another Seattle Chinatown demonstration 2014Dinner at home with Sigung and Big Kev at my home dojo in RedmondLunch out with Sigung and my kids. Sigung loved Asian food and was quite partial to pho for lunchNew England Martial Arts Camp 2014 participantsSigung and I at one of our Seattle Chinatown demos, 2014A candid shot of me and Sigung after lunch outOut and about at my son’s gradingOut for lunch in WoodinvilleLunar New Year dinner 2015That one time I tried to grow a ‘stache in Sigung’s honour for his 90th birthdayBarn class the night of Sigung’s 90th birthdayAn early photo of me and SigungWith Linda at the first Wing Luke Museum demo 2014At a rare Saturday morning class held especially for an overseas visitorWith Sifu Mike and Sifu Abe at my farewell dinner 2019Dinner with Greglon Yimm Lee in Oakland CA, 2016With Linda at Sigung’s 90th birthday dinnerBarn class with Sifu Abe, 2014With distinguished visitor Sensei Kensho Tokumura, founder of Tokushin Karate and Kobudo, visiting from Okinawa, JapanBarn class 2015Post Barn-era class with Sifu AbeSydney classSydney classSydney classBarn class 2013Sifu Wei visiting from China, 2013Leading a warmup, 2013. I continue to run “Barn-style” warmups now in SydneyAssisting at Sigung’s first Canadian seminar, Vancouver 2016Leading the Demo Team, Wing Luke Museum demo 2014Wing Luke demo 2014Sifu Abe conducting the Hing Hay Park demo, 2014With my kids at Sigung’s 90th birthdaySydney classJun Fan Gung Fu Academy Seattle class photo, 2019Instructing with Big Kev at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016With Ryusei visiting from Japan, 2015Barn class 2016Barn class 2016Wing Luke Museum demo 2014Wing Luke Museum demo 2014At Sijo Bruce’s gravesite, 2014Wing Luke Museum demo 2014Wing Luke Museum demo 2014Wing Luke Museum demo 2014Instructing at Sifu Abe’s Calgary seminar, 2019Instructing at Sifu Abe’s Calgary seminar, 2019Barn class 2016Instructing with Big Kev at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016Sigung’s inscription to me in the Japanese print of his bookLast Barn class, 2016Last Barn class, 2016Hing Hay Park demo, 2014With Sifu Mike and Sifu Abe, 2019Instructing with Big Kev at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016Sigung’s Calgary seminar, 2017Instructing at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016Sigung’s inscription to me in his book “Regards from the Dragon”Sydney classBarn class 2016Instructing in Calgary, 2018Barn class 2013 with visitors from ItalyBarn classCalgary Seminar 2017Calgary Seminar 2017Benefit seminar for Sigung 2016Instructors and Senior Students last Barn class 2016Last Barn class 2016NSW Central Coast Seminar 2024Wing Luke Museum Demo 2015NSW Central Coast Seminar 2025Dinner at home, 2014
Jun Fan Gung Fu Academy Sydney 