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 2015 
Post-Barn era, one night at class 
Sigung’s 89th birthday lunch 
Kicking off the Wing Luke Museum’s Bruce Lee Exhibit in 2014 
With Big Kev at the last Barn class, 2016 
Sigung’s 94th birthday dinner 
With Big Kev post-Barn era, 2018 
Leading the Demo Team with Sifu Abe at another Seattle Chinatown demonstration 2014 
Dinner at home with Sigung and Big Kev at my home dojo in Redmond 
Lunch out with Sigung and my kids. Sigung loved Asian food and was quite partial to pho for lunch 
New England Martial Arts Camp 2014 participants 
Sigung and I at one of our Seattle Chinatown demos, 2014 
A candid shot of me and Sigung after lunch out 
Out and about at my son’s grading 
Out for lunch in Woodinville 
Lunar New Year dinner 2015 
That one time I tried to grow a ‘stache in Sigung’s honour for his 90th birthday 
Barn class the night of Sigung’s 90th birthday 
An early photo of me and Sigung 
With Linda at the first Wing Luke Museum demo 2014 
At a rare Saturday morning class held especially for an overseas visitor 
With Sifu Mike and Sifu Abe at my farewell dinner 2019 
Dinner with Greglon Yimm Lee in Oakland CA, 2016 
With Linda at Sigung’s 90th birthday dinner 
Barn class with Sifu Abe, 2014 
With distinguished visitor Sensei Kensho Tokumura, founder of Tokushin Karate and Kobudo, visiting from Okinawa, Japan 
Barn class 2015 
Post Barn-era class with Sifu Abe 
Sydney class 
Sydney class 
Sydney class 
Barn class 2013 
Sifu Wei visiting from China, 2013 
Leading a warmup, 2013. I continue to run “Barn-style” warmups now in Sydney 
Assisting at Sigung’s first Canadian seminar, Vancouver 2016 
Leading the Demo Team, Wing Luke Museum demo 2014 
Wing Luke demo 2014 
Sifu Abe conducting the Hing Hay Park demo, 2014 
With my kids at Sigung’s 90th birthday 
Sydney class 
Jun Fan Gung Fu Academy Seattle class photo, 2019 
Instructing with Big Kev at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016 
With Ryusei vising from Japan, 2015 
Barn class 2016 
Barn class 2016 
Wing Luke Museum demo 2014 
Wing Luke Museum demo 2014 
At Sijo Bruce’s gravesite, 2014 
Wing Luke Museum demo 2014 
Wing Luke Museum demo 2014 
Wing Luke Museum demo 2014 
Instructing at Sifu Abe’s Calgary seminar, 2019 
Instructing at Sifu Abe’s Calgary seminar, 2019 
Barn class 2016 
Instructing with Big Kev at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016 
Sigung’s inscription to me in the Japanese print of his book 
Last Barn class, 2016 
Last Barn class, 2016 
Hing Hay Park demo, 2014 
With Sifu Mike and Sifu Abe, 2019 
Instructing with Big Kev at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016 
Sigung’s Calgary seminar, 2017 
Instructing at our Rhode Island Benefit Seminar for Sigung, 2016 
Sigung’s inscription to me in his book “Regards from the Dragon” 
Sydney class 
Barn class 2016 
Instructing in Calgary, 2018 
Barn class 2013 with visitors from Italy 
Barn class 
Calgary Seminar 2017 
Calgary Seminar 2017 
Benefit seminar for Sigung 2016 
Instructors and Senior Students last Barn class 2016 
Last Barn class 2016 
Wing Luke Museum Demo 2015 
Dinner at home, 2014
Jun Fan Gung Fu Academy Sydney 