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Sifu Klaas Padberg Evenboer
Klaas Padberg Evenboer, born on the 11th of November 1953, educationalist and government
approved and certified teacher of Chinese martial arts.
Klaas Padberg Evenboer was introduced to
Macan Kuntao, a Chinese-Indonesian hybrid Shaolin Kung
Fu system, also known as Kempo, in the early seventies.
Before that time he had some experience in western boxing
and wrestling. In 1975 Klaas started Pack Mee Pai, White
Eyebrow Sect, a Southern Kung Fu system under Sifu Kong
Mien Ho, later under Sifu Jie Kon Sieuw, whom he
helped starting up some schools. Pack Mee Pai was the first
authentic Shaolin Kung Fu system to be introduced in the
Netherlands.
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December 1980 he started his first lessons in Hung Ga in Hong Kong, later under the guidance of Sifu Lai
Ng Sam (1926 - 1995) (here in the picture), who was a student of Sigung Chiu Kau. Lai Ng Sam was teaching
openly in Victoria Park and to members of the Japanese Consulate. He was a master of Hung Ga and other Southern
Shaolin systems as well as an accomplished herbalist. Klaas met Lai Ng Sam first in the summer of 1980 as well
as Chiu Kau, his wife Siu Ying, and their son Chiu Chi Ling. He revisited Hong Kong another four times, also
learning under the guidance of Sifu Lai Ng Sam as well as his long time student Jeff Hasbrouck. During these
trips he visited Macau, Taiwan and the Shaolin Tempel (1983).
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Lai Ng Sam
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Chiu Kau and Lai Ng Sam both passed away in 1995. In 1997 Klaas invited Chiu Chi Ling and Andreas Garski
to the Netherlands for a Masterclass Hung Ga.
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In 1988 he moved to the village of Ermelo. Here he started using the name 'Academie Padberg'. He has always had successes
with his students on a regional, national and international level. Since 1994 he is the Team Leader of the
Netherlands
Wushu Team. His last major tournament was the '7th European Wushu Championships 1998' organised by the European
Wushu Federation (EWF) in Athens, Greece on 27-29 November. There Marit van Beek, a longtime female student of him,
won a silver medal in the discipline Nanquan (South Fist). The team from the Netherlands finished second, just after
the team from Ukrain.
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Since 1974 Klaas is regularly writing articles on Chinese Kungfu / Wushu for different martial magazines in the
Netherlands, Germany, France and Great Britain. For years he was editor of the popular martial magazine Samurai
(1975 - 1983), Taiko (1985- 1988) and Wu Yi (since 1994).
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He used to be secretary of the SKO (1975 - 1981) and at present is president of the Netherlands Wushu Federation
(NWF) since 1994. The NWF is recognised by the National Olympic Committee, the EWF and the IWUF. Starting 1994 he and
Sifu Earl Blijd, also a Hung Ga stylist and internationally known Wushu-performer, set up a course for
teachers in the Chinese Martial Arts as part of the government approved Teacher training course Martial Arts (LMA).
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Klaas and moviestar Bruce Li, also known as Ho Chung Tao (1980)
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Klaas Padberg Evenboer is a Kung Fu Shaolin Teacher (southern styles), specialized in Hung Ga. and Modern Wushu (three standard southern forms), Sanshao, Qi Gong and self-defense.
PADBERG WUSHU ACADEMIE
Sportcentrum Triade, Ermelo
p/a Zwaluwstraat 54
3853 CH Ermelo
Nederland
Phone: 00 31 341 558235
Fax.: 00 31 20 5241536
Web: www.hunggar.nl
E-mail: vonpadberg@planet.nl
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Sifu Klaas Padberg Evenboer
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