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A.H.K.I. is the acronym for Hung Kuen Italy Association
EHGA-Italia acts for E.H.G.A. (European Hung Gar Association) in Italy.
Those associations are linked each other since their birthdate, because they were imagined with
the same target: to show and organize events aiming to make the learning of Hung Gar Kuen style
easier in our country. It's a fact that l'AHKI represents a sport-cultural non profit association
as well as the EHGA-Italia is linked to the sport technical enviroments.
Sergio e Luigi Martone together with Vernon Rieta |
Stage in Varsavia
P. Girolami, Lam Cheun Ping, G.M. Chiu Wai,
Piotr Osuch and Luigi Martone
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EHGA was created on May 24th, 1998 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The pioneer representatives were Luigi and Sergio
Martone for Italy; Andreas Garski for Germany, Klaas Padberg Evenboer for Holland and Piotr Osuch
for Poland. That meeting, after a bunch of exchanged mail, was a success. There was a feeling between them and they
suddenly started to build this association. The passion for this style was huge and the technical level of grandmaster
excellent, so the European Hung Gar Association was immediatly recognized by Hung Gar world contest. Many important
people as Vernon Rieta (president of WHGO world federation) got in touch with EHGA, to make the contact
stronger. EHGA association become popular in Hong Kong, USA and Canada, known by the most important
Grand Masters and prestigious schools. After coming back home, Sergio and Luigi Martone decided to set up the
EHGA-Italia as italian branch of european association. The first members are the schools that already were in
touch with Martone Kwoon of Rome: Bologna, Vasto and Avellino become members
soon as well.
Andreas Garski, Luigi Martone
and Klaas Padberg Evenboer |
Piotr Osuch |
Sergio and Luigi Martone with Pedro Cepero |
Various classes are organized by AHKI and EHGA-Italia, for those who want to start learning Hung Gar style
and want to get a deeper knowledge, to become a qualified instructor.
School's activities linked them to the Association, stages are held by very important grandmasters and specified
courses set for instructors. The Association organizes and partecipates to important national and international
championships, publish Hung Gar style booklets. The set up of this site, and its maintenance, the creation of
multimedial CD-Roms are appointed to AHKI Directive Commitee too.
Rome 2000: in the center Andreas Garski, Luigi Martone and Vernon Rieta
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