Issue 72: June 2023

Issue 72 of Wing Chun Illustrated features Sifu Seán E. McCaffrey. With over 40 years of martial arts experience, Sifu Seán E. McCaffrey has trained in various styles, including Judo, Shorin-ryu Kobayashi-ryu, Jujitsu, Kali, boxing, and Muay Thai. McCaffrey’s martial arts knowledge grew further when he ran across second-generation Bruce Lee student, Sifu Steve Fristoe, who introduced him to Wing Chun and later to Shihan George Vance, the patriarch of the Black Dragon Triad, a brotherhood of modern-day Samurai. McCaffrey earned a Sixth Dan with the title of Hanshi for his dedication to martial arts under Shihan Vance and was selected as the torchbearer of the Black Dragon Triad. Over the last 30 years, he has trained with various Wing Chun instructors worldwide, but it wasn’t until he came across Sifu Evangelos Vasilakis that his training in Wing Chun truly took off.