Grandmaster Jason Lau is a wing chun kung fu master and video producer recognized as one of the early pioneers of wing chun in the United States.

Born in Hong Kong in 1951, he was trained in his family's Northern Shaolin kung fu style from the time he could walk. As a young adolescent, he became fascinated by the wing chun style of kung fu and, unbeknownst to his family, began to train under the late wing chun master Jiu Wan.

In 1969, Grandmaster Lau moved to the United States, where he settled in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City and opened his first school. As he got to know the local merchants, he discovered that crime and gang activity in his neighborhood was widespread. He decided to use his fighting skills to protect the merchants, and soon became well-known and appreciated as a vigilante, both by the shopkeepers and the police.

As the young master's reputation spread, he came to the attention of retired General Mitchell WerBell III, who was scouting for instructors for his counter-terrorist training camp, SIONICS, located in Powder Springs, Georgia. General WerBell initially recruited Grandmaster Lau to teach hand-to-hand combat at the camp, but was so impressed with his talents that he quickly promoted Grandmaster Lau to be the camp's chief instructor and his personal bodyguard.

Shortly after General WerBell's death in 1983, Grandmaster Lau again opened a wing chun academy, this time in Smyrna, Georgia. His school and his reputation grew in the Atlanta area, and he was often featured in news specials and magazine and newspaper articles.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Grandmaster Lau produced a three-volume set of instructional videos on wing chun kung fu. Unable to even turn on a computer at the start of the video project, by the third video Grandmaster Lau had taught himself complete sound and video production.

With his passion for filmmaking now aroused, Grandmaster Lau is currently in the pre-production phase of his first full-length movie, which will feature wing chun-inspired fight choreography.

School website:
www.jasonlau-wingchun.com

DVD "Wing Chun Today - Volume 3 by Jason Lau" video available on Amazon.com item#:
B000RMOGJM