Sifu Sergio Silverio
Wong Fei Hung's Fifth Generation Disciple

Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Sergio Silverio began his study of the martial arts at the age of eleven, enrolling in a neighborhood Karate program run by the local Police Department.  He began a new direction at the age of seventeen practicing Western Boxing and Wrestling.  During that first year of competition he emerged victorious over a wrestler rated third in the region.  At the age of eighteen he entered the United States Army as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Infantry Unit. While in the military he studied the art of Tae Kwon Do and was awarded a First Degree Black Belt.

After he was honorably discharged from the military he began a search for an art that was best suited for him.  Silverio tried several different martial arts such as Okinawan Karate, Wah Lum Kung Fu, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Aikido, Kung Fu Wu Su (Alan Lee System), and Philippine Stick and Knife Fighting.  During the early nineties he came across Master Pedro Cepero Yee and began studies as a private student to which he remains today.  He is also a Yap Moon disciple in his now chosen art of Hung Ga Kung Fu.

Throughout his years of study he assisted Master Yee at his Clifton, New Jersey Branch school gaining valuable teaching experience and learning the extreme street practicality of this southern style of kung fu.  He is now also involved in active study of Judo and Brazilian Ju-Jitsu.  Sergio Silverio served as a Police Officer in Tampa, Florida, and at present is an Essex County Corrections Officer, as well as a Firearms Instructor.  He operates the Lyndhurst, New Jersey Branch of Yee’s Hung Ga International Kung Fu Association.  This branch only accepts a limited number of students who are serious about their training.

Sifu Sergio Silverio  

Yee's Hung Ga Lyndhurst, New Jersey Branch

Group classes as well as Private and Semi-Private lessons are available

Tai Chi classes available Monday evenings

Phone: 201-635-9110

e-mail: serg737@cs.com