School Description

CANWEST ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED IN 1995 BY MASTER KAM SING YIP. MASTER YIP IS A KUKKIWON APPROVED SIXTH DEGREE BLACK BELT WITH OVER TWENTY SIX YEARS OF COMPETITIVE AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE. HIS PASSION FOR IMPROVING PHYSICAL FITNESS, MENTAL DISCIPLINE, AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH IS APPARENT IN EVERY CLASS HE TEACHES. MASTER YIP HAS BEEN A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY IN THE COMMUNITY. HIS ABILITY TO REACH CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE HAS EARNED CANWEST A REPUTATION AS RICHMOND'S BEST TAEKWONDO ACADEMY. MASTER YIP STARTED TRAINING AS A CHILD, EARNED HIS FIRST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN 1983, AND STARTED HIS TEACHING CAREER IN 1985. IT WAS IN HIS EARLY TEENS THAT MASTER YIP KNEW THAT HE WANTED TO DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO MARTIAL ARTS. SINCE THAT TIME, MASTER YIP HAS PROVEN TO BE A FIERCE COMPETITOR. HE WON MULTIPLE GOLD MEDALS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE VIII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN BARCELONA REPRESENTING THE HONG KONG NATIONAL TEAM. HE BELIEVES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL CHARACTER AS WELL AS PHYSICAL STRENGTH. HIS FOCUS ON RESPECT, CONFIDENCE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, DISCIPLINE, AND VISION HAS MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER INSTRUCTORS IN CANADA.