Sifu Sergio with GM Leung Ting
Sifu Sergio with GM Allan Fong
Sifu Sergio with Sifu Benny Meng	sifu Sergio with sifu Tang Chung Pak
sifu Sergio recieving his Siu Lam wingtjun master certificatefrom sifu Cheng Kwong	sifu Sergio training in front of the Siu Lam temple with sifu Cheng Kwong
sifu Sergio recieving the certificate of Mastery of the Saam Bai Fat form by sifu Cheng Kwong	sifu Sergio with sifu Sunny So the last todai of the late grandmaster Tang Yick
sifu Sergio during Chi Sao training with sifu Tang Chung Pak succesor of the late grandmaster Tang Yick	sifu Sergio during Chi Sao training with sifu Sunny So

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.

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.

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.

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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