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Gherardo Mattia Mongardini (born 1988) is a martial artist and Qigong practitioner who developed and currently teaches Practical Wing Chun in Rome, Italy and around the wolrd. Gherardo Mattia Mongardini studied Wing Chun Kung Fu under Wan Kam Leung in Hong Kong Headquarter.

Early life and introduction to Wing Chun
Gherardo Mattia Mongardini has been interested in Chinese martial arts and its culture since he was 16 years old. He had a chance to go study in Hong Kong at Po Leung Kuk Lee Shing Pik College for a year. In this period he would practice wing chun after school and decided to find a school. He was thrilled by the way it was taught and applied by Wan Kam Leung. He decided to learn and understand this art by training every day and continuously for that year; the following years having no commitments of any kind such as school or work in Italy, he decided to continue his way back to Hong Kong and continue to study 2 years more with the Wan Kam Leung also taking plenty hours of private lessons every week. He also attended private lessons of Qi Gong, continuing his training and helping the Wan Kam Leung teach Practical Wing Chun as one of his certified instructors in the Headquarters of Hong Kong.

Wing Chun career
He is known to be the first who brought Practical Wing Chun to Italy in 2009, giving Italians a chance to meet Wan Kam Leung. Gherardo Mattia Mongardini is the youngest western certificated instructor of Wan Kam Leung, at the young age of 19 years old he received the Instructor Certificate. Gherardo Mattia Mongardini nowdays is one of the italian leaders who teachs Practical Wing Chun in Italy.