Master Dean Chin was a child prodigy of kung fu. He started his kung fu training at the age of 7, first practicing the, White Eyebrow, White Crane and Hung Ga Systems with his uncles at the tender age of 7.

At the age of 9, he started training in the Jow Ga System under the instruction of Master Chan Man Cheung.

Four years later Sifu Chin became a member of the Eagle Claw System and followed the school of the King of Eagles, Sifu Lau Fat Man, who taught him Northern Shaolin and Eagle boxing forms. At the age of fourteen, he returned to Jow Ga, and started teaching. Throughout his teaching career Sifu Chin met many other kung fu masters and would often exchange techniques with them. As a result, Sifu Chin would be exposed to such styles as Wing Chun, Choy Li Fut, Jow Ga Praying Mantis, Thai Boxing and others.

In 1966, Sifu Chin immigrated to the United States to study engineering. In 1968, along with a long time student and friend, Sifu Hoy Lee, Sifu Chin opened Lee’s School of Kung Fu/Karate. The first Jow Ga School to open in the United States and one of the first Kung Fu School to teach non Chinese in metropolitan area. Finally, in 1972 he established the Jow Ga Kung Fu Association. For 14 years, the Jow Ga School thrived under Sifu Chin’s leadership. It’s reputation for excellence was second to none. Until in 1986, tragedy struck the Jow Ga Kung Fu Association, with the passing of Sifu Dean Chin.

Because Sifu Chin was so well liked by his instructors they would often impart their best techniques and system secrets to him. Sifu Chin excelled in Grappling, Di-Mak (striking pulse points) and Chi Kung. His students would often reflect back on his great skill, saying that his kung fu was a perfect blend of hard and soft, “The ultimate goal for any kung fu practitioner”. His bridge arm was so powerful that he could easily break your wrist if he blocked your punch. His contributions to Chinese Kung Fu in America can still be seen today and his memory will live on forever, through his students and grand-students.