go Lui-Kay (Ao Leiqi) was born in Hong Kong in 1934 but moved to the Mainland in the early 1950s to attend university outside Beijing. After graduation he traveled Northern China and Korea with the army before settling down in the city of Guangzhou.

Since his youth he had had a desire to study the martial arts, yet he had been unable to find that which he sought- a great style, and a great teacher. In Guangzhou, however, Ngo Lui-Kay heard of wing chun and was drawn to it by its practicality and its usefulness. He was then fortunate to find an extraordinary teacher of wing Cchun in Dr. Sum Nung. The combination of an intelligent system that was refined and yet effective and a teacher who understood and could explain the system to its most minute of details was more the Ngo Lui-Kay could have hoped for. He began training under Sum Nung in the mid-1960s and followed him for approximately a decade and a half. Working hard and practicing constantly, he devoted himself to the development of his wing chun kuen skills.

In 1982, with the help of his uncle, Ngo Lui-Kay was able to move his family to Canada. For a long time in Canada, Ngo Lui-Kay kept his knowledge of wing chun kuen very quiet and accepted no students, preferring to invest his time in his business, working hard and trying to secure a future for his family. In 1990, he began teaching a small group of students including Antony Casella, Georgia Dow, David John, Rene Ritchie, Deon Weir, and Wilson Woo.

Ngo Lui-Kay with 1990 class in 1993. (From left) Rene Ritchie, Deon Weir, Ngo sifu, Antony Casella, Wilson Wu, David Johnson, Georgia Dow.

Ngo Lui-Kay with 1990 class in 1998. (From left) , Antony Casella, Ngo sifu, Rene Ritchie, Georgia Dow.

Deon Weir winning local free-fight competition. Deon applies a rising knee from the ground during the semi-finals before going on to win the finals with a throat locking hand.

1990 Autumn Moon Festival. Ngo sifu demonstrates siu lien tao.

1992 Autum Moon Festival. Antony Casella & Georgia Dow perform siu lien tao.

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