Welcome to
Toi Li Haw Kung Fu

Jimmy at 69 years old
We are located in Chinatown, in the Plaza of the Best Western Dragon Gate Inn at


818 N Hill Street
Los Angeles, California, 90012
Master David Teague:  (818) 398-6688
Please enjoy this video introduction to
Toi Li Haw Kung Fu.
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In the mid 1930s a young man from Taishan, China emigrated to the United States.  His name was Chin Siu Dek. He brought the foundational knowledge of hand to hand combat that he had learned in China.  With ongoing dedicated learning and practice he honed his body and also developed his keen ability to understand and manipulate human psychology as it pertained to real fighting. His frequent street fighting experience served as both a testing ground for, and as proof of, his formidable, mechanically highly technical, and powerfully efficient fighting style.

Jimmy H. Woo (as he was known in the USA) first taught his fighting style at his "Cousin's Club" in Los Angeles Chinatown.

In 1959, Jimmy opened his Studio in El Monte, where he taught his Kung Fu San Soo, and continued teaching until his passing on Valentine's Day 1991.

Now, once again, Jimmy H. Woo's Kung Fu San Soo is being taught in the American birthplace of this great science and art of Kung Fu.
Classes are currently being held on Monday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings at the Kung Fu studio at the Dragon Gate Inn in Chinatown.



As a student at Chinatown Kung Fu San Soo you can expect to receive a lot of personalized hands on training. With a focus on solid body mechanics and psychology of combat, we believe that this helps significantly in preparing the student in the event that violence is imminent or is occurring.

Additionally, this instruction occasionally utilizes  video recording to assist in recognizing and learning proper body mechanics.

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 Jimmy would say... "Do your best, the best you know how..."

Our goal and passion is to teach and to help you learn to do your best.




San Soo Pictorial Slideshow
 Chinatown
Kung Fu San Soo