Gordon Hooke 40th

Gordon Hooke’s 40th Kung Fu Anniversary

On Monday the 10th December 2012, Paul Burkinshaw travelled as usual to Gordon Hookes club to train in the White Tiger style with his two sons Cameron and Callum. At about 8.30pm Paul received a phone call form his daughter Charlotte who had travelled over to Leicester with several instructors from the Hark Fu Mun club. This was in order to surprise Gordon and present him with a specially made trophy to celebrate his 40 years training in Kung Fu. With Charlotte from the Hark Fu Mun style there was also Daren Lynam, Lee Lynam and Aaron Tarling.

Charlotte Burkinshaw Paul Burkinshaw & Gordon Hooke Paul Martin

Paul met his students at the door and collected the trophy from Daren Lynam. Daren had built this trophy at his engineering factory in Exhall near Coventry from marble and aluminium to Paul's design. Paul had told Gordon's students about the presentation but Gordon himself was totally unaware of what was going on. After the initial shock, Gordon then smiled as he realised what was happening. After several individual photos the everyone there came together for a group line up.

Paul Burkinshaw & Gordon Hooke with 40th throphy

with 40th Anniversary card

Back Row = Callum Burkinshaw Daren Lynam, Lee Lynam, Paul Martin, Terry Dixon, Mark Warren, Richard Toleman, ?,
Aaron Tarling, Cameron Burkinshaw, Paul Burkinshaw, Gordon Hooke, Pete Thorn

Gordon had started his Kung Fu career under Grandmaster Bob Johnson in 1972 at the Pork Pie (Southfields) Library club in Saffron Lane, Leicester. He also trained under Chris Hubbard and Roger Le Butt for several years in Melton Mowbray before opening his own club up around 1981.

His current club runs from the The Royal British Legion Club atBushloe End,Wigston, LE18 2BA. For more information about White Tiger or to contact Gordon please call him on 07901 812815 .

Gordon Hooke 40 years of Kung Fu, 1972 to 2012, and still going strong today.