14/03/2025
Martial Club is at Martial Club.
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Prepare for Hurricane Nino! Martial Club to host a seminar with the maverick master of Wing Chun kung fu.
Though I hadn't seen my friend, magazine interview subject and occasional teacher in many years, I still find myself quoting Nino Bernardo. "We have three dummies here in the Martial Club," I would tell visitors. Where's the third one? "You're looking at it..." Vintage Nino, from the days when he ran his legendary (literally) underground kung fu school, The Basement, in London's Stoke Newington.
When we first met, I was editor of the UK's top martial arts magazine Combat, and he was the least willing story subject in kung fu history! I immediately realised that what Bernardo was offering, through the medium of Wing Chun, was truly extraordinary. I still don't think I managed to find him all the attention he deserved, but I certainly gave it my best shot.
Flash forward 30 years plus, and I'm living in Hong Kong, Nino is on Ibiza, and we find ourselves catching up on the 'phone. Bernardo is as irreverent, idiosyncratic and imprudent as ever, and has evidently further refined his approach to Wing Chun over the intervening years.
Trying my luck, I said "If you're so smart these days, why not let me hold a seminar for you at my Martial Club..." Never thinking that he'd take me up on it, but, guess what, hold the dates of the 11th and 12th of July, 2025, as Nino will be teaching here both days, taking aim and blowing minds.
We'll be sharing more information about Nino and his art in the intervening months, but in the meantime reach out to Whatsapp: +852 93749619 for seminar info.