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Dean Chin (1950-1985)

Dean Chin (Chin Yuk Jeun), often called a child prodigy, began his martial arts training at the age of seven, under his uncles who taught him three different styles of kung fu; Hung Ga, Bok Hok Pai (White Crane), and Bok Mei Pai (White Eyebrow). At the age of nine, Dean Chin began his study of the Jow Ga system under Chan Man Cheung at his school in Hong Kong. While studying Jow Ga, the young Chin took an interest in the art of Ying Jow Pai (Eagle Claw) and decided to train in the school of the famous Eagle Claw Master, Lau Fat Man.

Master Dean Chin

With so much knowledge Dean Chin could have easily created his own style but instead chose to dedicate himself to Chan Man Cheung and the Jow Ga system, and was taken as an Indoor Disciple of Chan Man Cheung.

With his training under Chan Man Cheung complete, Dean Chin decided to move from Hong Kong to the United States where he settled in the nation’s capitol of Washington, D.C. in 1964.

Originally Dean Chin moved to the states to pursue a degree in Engineering at the University of Maryland. However, when D.C.’s martial arts community heard that Dean Chin was an expert in the art of kung fu, he had no choice but to open what would be the first traditional kung fu school south of New York City. In 1968, Dean Chin along with Hoy Lee, the most senior Jow Ga practitioner in the United States, opened the first Jow Ga school on 8th and H Street in the Chinatown section of the city.