Dave and Tony Chong were affectionately known as ‘Big Dave’ and ‘Little Dave’ (Tony) and were the originators of Canadian Karate and Kung Fu Club.

Tony or ‘Little Dave’ was the karate connection, and Dave or ‘Big Dave’ was the Kung Fu connection. Big Dave was responsible for bringing the Five Animal forms (or Ng Ying Kune) to Canada in the late 1950s/ early 1960s.

Together, they developed some of Canada’s top instructors in Canada names like Ken Hayashi, Ron Yamanaka, Ron Day, Ken Tallack, Humberto Mederios and Pal Capone to name but a few of them. The Canadian Karate and Kung Fu Club was changed later to be the Canadian Karate and Kung Fu Association, as so many of their students had branched out to form their own schools, but wanted to stay involved with their teachers.

Dave Chong can trace his roots all the way back the 1600s in China, including some very famous masters like Wong Fei Hung.

The karate history in the CKKA varies depending on the style of karate whether it is Shotokan or Goju as there are both being taught within the CKKA.

Schools within the CKKA now are spread all over Ontario and as well into the Maritime provinces, with schools in Toronto, Orangeville, Kitchener, Waterloo, Kingston, Aurora, North Bay and St John’s, Newfoundland and more.

Tony Chong passed away a few years ago and now Big Dave carries on his work and has recently come out of retirement to teach workshops and seminars around the country, as he introduces more and new forms to the already terrific lineup of forms.

Si Gung Dave is still training and is one of the most respected names in Canadian martial arts, as he and his cousin developed some of the very best technicians, fighters and forms competitors Canada has ever seen. We are very proud to induct both Dave Chong and his cousin Tony Chong into the Canadian Black Belt Hall Of Fame.