Viking Wong

Viking Wong
BornWong Wai Chun
(1987-01-17) 17 January 1987 (age 37)[1][2]
British Hong Kong[3]
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Weight88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
DivisionMedium Heavy
TeamInglorious Grapplers
Rank2nd deg. BJJ black belt[a]
UniversityLondon College of Fashion
Notable school(s)Diocesan Boys' School[2]
Australian International School Hong Kong[2]
Medal record
Representing  Hong Kong
Submission wrestling
ADCC Asian & Oceanic Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tokyo, Japan -88kg
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Asian Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tokyo, Japan -88kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo, Japan -88kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tokyo, Japan -88kg
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lisbon, Portugal -88kg
Chinese Name
Traditional Chinese黃維俊
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingwong4 wai4 zeon3

Viking Wai Chun Wong (Chinese: 黃維俊; Jyutping: wong4 wai4 zeon3; born 17 January 1987) is a Hong Kong born fashion designer and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt practitioner.[a]

The first Chinese male to qualify and compete at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship at adult black belt level,[5][6] Wong is the first Chinese black belt Asian IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu male Champion.[7]

Background

Viking Wong was born on 17 January 1987 in British Hong Kong.[1][2][3] Wong's grandmother was a tailor and his family is in the garment manufacturing business.[8]

Growing up, Wong was a competitive swimmer.[1][9] Wong attended university at the London College of Fashion graduating in 2009 with a First Class Honors degree in womenswear.[5][6][3][9][10] In the same year, Wong started training BJJ.[5][6][9]

After graduating, Wong worked for design houses in the United Kingdom such as Vivenne Westwood, Victoria Beckham and Burberry before starting his own brand.[9] Eventually Wong quit his full-time job in fashion to spend more time training and teaching BJJ.[9] In 2016, after getting promoted to black belt, he returned to Hong Kong to provide develop the BJJ scene there.[5][6]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements (Black Belt)

Main Achievements (Coloured Belts)

Instructor lineage

Kano Jigoro → Tomita Tsunejiro → Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Helio Gracie → Rolls Gracie → Mauricio Motta Gomes → Jude Samuel → Viking Wong[4][17]

Fashion career

In 2008 Wong's work was featured in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Young British Designers: Mapping Future Fashion exhibition.[3][10]

In 2010, Wong's work was featured in both London Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.[8][10]

In 2011,Wong was selected by Vogue as one of the top twelve Designers to Watch.[3][8]

In 2014, Wong worked with Shoyoroll to create the Absolute cut version of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu gi.[8][9]

Personal life

In 2016, Wong formed the Hong Kong-China Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association.[5][18] In addition, Wong has founded Jiu-Jitsu Sans Frontiere, a network of gyms across Asia.[6]

Wong has spent time providing grappling training to the Hong Kong Police Force as well as the Philippine National Police and People's Armed Police.[5][6]

Wong currently resides in Italy with his family.

Notes

  1. ^ a b under Jude Samuel[4]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "黃維俊". hkswim.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Designers To Watch". British Vogue. 10 January 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Black Belts UK BJJ Belt Register". Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Meet Viking Wong – the jiu-jitsu black belt toughening up HK police". South China Morning Post. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Hong Kong jiu-jitsu black belt Viking Wong trains Chinese police". South China Morning Post. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". www.ibjjfdb.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d Arsenault, Sally (2 July 2014). "Here Comes the New Absolute Cut Gi from Shoyoroll by Viking Wong". Breaking Muscle. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h 武備志編輯團隊 (23 June 2017). "黃維俊 Viking Wong：回歸". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "Viking Wong". www.notjustalabel.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  11. ^ "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". www.ibjjfdb.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  12. ^ BJJEE (5 March 2017). "Kit Dale Is Back! Wins ADCC Asia Trials, Qualifies for ADCC 2017". Bjj Eastern Europe. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  13. ^ "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". www.ibjjfdb.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  14. ^ "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". www.ibjjfdb.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. ^ "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". www.ibjjfdb.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  16. ^ "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". www.ibjjfdb.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  17. ^ Butler, Rhett (29 September 2018). "Diversity In MMA: Bellator MMA Europe Matchmaker Jude Samuel". The Shadow League. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Gold rush: black belt urges Hong Kong to fast track Asian Games application". South China Morning Post. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2023.