Biography
The grandmaster of the IWKA sifu Sergio Iadarola started his martial arts career at the age of six with the Japanese art of Judo in Amsterdam (Holland).
At the age of twelve he studied Pencak Silat, Pamur style.
During this time he was a big Bruce Lee fan and read everything that had something to do with him. Even writing letters with some of Bruce's early students like James de Mille and Jesse Glover.
In 1987 he started training in the Wing Chun system under Sifu R. Vogel a student of Grandmaster Wang Kiu. After about two months of training, he read the book Wing Tsun Kuen by Grandmaster Leung Ting (closed door disciple of the late Grandmaster Yip Man). After reading the book he discontinued his training at Sifu Vogel's school and started looking for a Leung Ting system affiliated school.
In that same year he started training WT under Sifu F. Schäfer only to have an unfortunate car accident after one month of training. Nine months later he continued his WT training eventually receiving his 1st Technician level from Sifu Kernspecht in 1994 in Germany.
In the period from 1994 -1998 he travelled often through Europe attending many seminars in Germany and in Italy of Sifu E. Botztepe and taking hundreds of private lessons from different WT masters like Sifu H.P. Edel, Sifu S. Avci etc. In 1998 he was appointed Israeli chief instructor for the EWTO by his Sifu K. Kernspecht.
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| With other students of GM Leung Ting |
Having dinner with GM LeungTing |
During private lessons with GM Leung Ting |
Doing Karaoke |
During a trip to Asia in that same year his dream came true when he met his Sigung Grandmaster Leung Ting. After being adopted as a private student by his sigung, he first went to Zagreb to finish the unarmed system under Sifu Truntic, so that his Sigung Leung Ting only had to correct him. He took more than 100 hours of private lessons from the Grandmaster in the period of 1998 – October 2001. Staying in Hong Kong often several months at the time and eventually finishing the whole unarmed system of WT under his Sigung.
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| Trainig with GM Alan Fong | Training the Bart Cham Dao |
In November and December 2001 sifu S.P. Iadarola travelled to New York to finish learning the WT weapons:
the Look Dim Poon Kwun (six and a half point pole) and the Bart Cham Dao (the eight way cutting broad swords) under his Si-Pak Fong Wai Hung (Allan Fong). Being the first one ever to be taught the Bart Cham Dao from Sifu Fong. During this trip he was promoted to the seventh level practician by his Si-Pak Fong Wai Hung. Due to circumstances Sifu S.P. Iadarola started in January '02 the IWKA to promote and spread the Yip Man Wing Tjun system.
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| Sifu Sergio with Sifu Benny Meng |
Sifu Sergio receiving his Siu |
Sifu Sergio training in front of the Siu Lam temple with GM Cheng Kwong |
Sifu Sergio receiving the certificate of Mastery of the Saam Bai Fat form |
In the last few years the founder and grandmaster of the IWKA sifu Sergio P. Iadarola studied the pure and original lineage of Siu Lam Wing Tjun by GM Cheng Kwong, sifu Pak Cheung Kau, GM Tang Chung Pak and sifu Sunny So nowadays the students of the IWKA can study both lineages of the unique Wing Tjun system " Yip Man and the original Siu Lam Wing Tjun" under a systematic teaching syllabus created by sifu Sergio Iadarola.
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| Sifu Sergio with sifu Tang Chung Pak |
Sifu Sergio during Chi Sao training with sifu Tang Chung Pak successor of the late grandmaster Tang Yick |
Sifu Sergio with sifu Sunny So the last todai of the late grandmaster Tang Yick |
Sifu Sergio during Chi Sao training wit sifu Sunny So |