Hong Ying Tai-Sifu
(Chief Instructor)
He also wrote or featured in many MA magazine articles at that time
DOC FAI WONG
at the Shaolin Temple ,Henan -China
(pictured below at the Banquet ceremony in Holland)
as a small boy of 8 years old.
His father was in the British Air Force and so Mark moved to Asia at a very young age and it was there , in Malaysia, that he got his first taste of Kung Fu - and he hasn't stopped training since !
As a teenager , back in the UK , he continued training under private supervision of Sifu Li He Huang (who passed away in 1985) At that time Mark also trained with and fought for the british Lau Gar organisation.
Later Mark continued to learn Choy Li Fut under the late-Lee Koon Hung
Following Lee Koon Hungs'pasing Mark was accepted
as a direct student of Grandmaster Doc Fai Wong
Mark also tried a lot to study other systems too, but has always kept his roots in the Choy Li Fut Kung Fu system, and of course, yang style Tai Chi Chuan
He has very direct lineage to the Choy Li Fut family and is one of the highest ranking Choy Li Fut instructors in Europe . Mark has trained many high level students & tournament Champions in England and Holland particularly ,but also most recently as far as India and Hong Kong.
In the HONG YING Schools Mark teaches these arts:
Choy Li Fut Kung Fu
Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan
Sanshou & Da Lo Dui (Freefight)
36 Chinese Weapons
Freestyle Point Fighting
Mark is Chief Instructor (tai-sifu) of the Hong Ying Association , which has now grown to be a very large and successful martial Arts organisation focused on Tai Chi and Choy Li Fut and has Member schools in 8 countries.
He teaches at least 6 days per week and is still very active in world-class competition . Most recently at the 2004 Shaolin Temple World Traditional Wushu Championships held in Henan-China where he won 2 Medals for the Plum Blossom Federation Team , led by Great Grandmaster Wong Gong and Grandmaster Doc Fai Wong!
Mark also works in TV & Film, in Europe and Asia,
performing stunts and action choreography
In 2006 Mark was awarded the coveted position of Vice-Chairman to the General Peoples' Martial Arts Association of Bejing and in 2007 was asked to function as Chief Instructor to the Wushu/Kung Fu Federation of India
Mark lives in Holland , but travels regularly to teach & train at the various Hong Ying schools in different countries.
With Zhang Xinbin ; Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang of Chen style and his Grandson Feng Yanbo after a very good dinner ! (Aug 2007 - Beijing)
Master Xu Shi Xi
in Beijing, China
Below you can see most of the teachers who gave classes for a month to students from around the world, Mark was the only European teacher invited to teach at this prestigious event
instructors at Doc Fai Wongs 2006 "Sifu Seminars"
