Sifu Christian Wulf

WHKD Rank:  6^th Degree

Serial #:  6-1979-022-A-W

School Locations:  Hamburg-Barmbek, Germany

Website:  www.christianwulf.de 

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Biography:

Sifu Christian Wulf was born on September 18, 1959 in Hamburg. 1965, at the age of five, he started with Judo, as a student of Herbert Kranz in the Sports school Nippon. There, he was brought up to different ways of fighting and could subsequently gain a couple of victories. In 1974, Sifu Christian Wulf changed to Wun Hop Kuen Do Kung Fu and began his training as one of the first students under Si-Gung Al Dacascos. In addition to this training with Si-Gung Al, there was the intensive, formative training under Sifu Malia Bernal (Dacascos). He was the first male pupil to get such a special formation, which enabled him to participate at the competitions in the U.S. (1977-1987). The first competitive success Sifu Christian Wulf could gain was at the international tournament in Paris in 1976. Together with the legendary "Nippon Team", he won the German 'DKU' Karate-team Championships in the senior class, which took place in Rüsselheim on November 5, 1977. In the same year, he won other titles. That year was one of the most important years for him, for Sifu Christian traveled to the United States and participated - as one of the first German W.H.K.D. fighters - at the competitions in Portland, Oregon, and Long Beach, California.

If one looks for the foundation of his future career at American championships, it certainly has to be sought there (1977-??).
Via the qualifications of the Hamburg, North German as well as German Championships, Sifu Christian Wulf - holder of the Brown Belt - won in division point-fighting first place in the European championships of W.A.K.O. in 1978, which took place in Wolfsburg. Sifu Christian Wulf was the first successful Kung Fu fighter who was admitted to the National Team of the Kick-boxing Organization W.A.K.O. by Georg Brückner and Mike Anderson (1978-1982). After intensive preparation he returned to America in 1978 to participate at the International Long Beach Championships from Ed Parker. These championships are one of the most important tournaments at this time, counting approximately 2000 competitors. Sifu Christian gained the first place in the categories of 'Form' and 'Weapons', as well as the third place with a fight-team. After his return from this three months voyage he was rewarded with 16 more prizes. In the summer of 1979, after winning in second time first place – 57 kg at the European championship in London/England, he was appointed the Black Belt. That year was one of the most successful years for him; for the first time, a European could win the first place in the 'Chinese division' at the International Championships in Long Beach/USA. Amongst others, he beat the previous three times winner Anthony Chan/ WuShu.

In 1982, Sifu Christian Wulf gained the fifth place on the world-champion ranking list in the category of 'Form and Weapons' (Karate Yearbook). During the years in the USA, Sifu Christian Wulf defeated such famous martial art figures as George Chung, John Chung, Cynthia Rothrock, Ernie Reyes and many more. In 1982, Sifu Christian Wulf traveled to Taipei/ Taiwan in order to gain more experiences. His trainers were Sifu Mui Chan, who taught him the Black Panther style, and Sifu Kao Praying, who taught him the Mantis. In 1984, the second Black Belt, along with the title of "Sifu", was conferred to Sifu Christian Wulf. That year, he opened his Kung Fu Academy in Hamburg/ Barmbek. There, he passes his knowledge on to his pupils, who are eager to learn from his experiences. In 1986, Sifu Christian began his training under Sifu Wu Meiling in Konstanz. There, he trained not only the North Shaolin Wu Shu but also the fighting style called the Southern Fist. During a training-voyage to South China in 1989, he was honored to be admitted to the Wu family. Sifu Christian Wulf gained further experiences under Sifu Qingbo in Hamburg, who practices the Inner styles and the Tang Lang Kung Fu. In 1992, he was awarded with the third Black Belt, and three years later, in 1995, the fourth Black Belt was conferred to him. In the year 2004, Sifu Christian Wulf took first place at the WkA / IAKSA world championships in Basel/Switzerland. 2007 he received his six`s Black Belt from Prof. A.Dacascos, GM Al Dela Cruz and Mike Young.  Apart from running his WHKD Academy, Sifu Christian Wulf is a member of many years in the committee of the German WHKD Association and the coach and member of the “Dacascos Kung Fu Showteam" which took first place in Beijing, China in January 2007.

With the experiences that he has made over the years in the diverse styles of Kung Fu, Sifu Christian Wulf tries not only to enlarge his knowledge about martial arts, but also to provide the WHKD with new ideas.