Instructor Brendan Bail

Brendan Lee Bail has over 25 years’ experience in training and teaching martial arts. Over the years, Brendan has increasingly found the economy and simplicity of Wing Chun to be both practical and effective.

Brendan is a certified Second Level (Grade Seven) Wing Chun Practitioner, awarded by Sifu Allan F Graham in 2012. He is also a certified instructor with Martial Arts Australia (MAA) which is the peak industry body for the Australian martial arts community.

Since 2021 Brendan has been a student of Sifu Adam Chan (Sifu Joseph Boychuck, Moy Yat Lineage). He attained his Level 1 (Sil Lim Tau) in 2023, Level 2 (Chum Kil) in 2024, and Level 3 (Bill Gee) in 2025. He is currently working towards his Butterfly knife certification.

From 2016 to 2021 Brendan studied Practical Wing Chun under Sifu Anto Abramovic (lineage of Grandmaster Wan Kam Leung & Sifu Allan Graham). Brendan still regards Anto as his friend and Sifu.

Brendan trained under Sifu Allan Graham for 11 years (2005 – 2016) and was his Tuggeranong Branch instructor from 2013 to 2016. Without Allan, CWC would not exist.

Both Brendan’s children are avid BJJ coloured belts, and since mid-2024 Brendan has “enjoyed” joining them by putting on his stripey white belt and getting his arse kicked as a beginner. He hits the mats twice a week as a middle-aged hobbyist (yeah one of those), training at Epic Will-Machado under Danny Weir and Tom Adam.

Back in the glorious dark ages of 1989-1997 Brendan was a practitioner of National Tae Kwon Do (instructors Garry Seary, Paul Welch and Robert de Groot) and Kickboxing / freestyle Karate (Zen Do Kai, instructor Michael Domaschenz). It was during these years that Brendan fought full contact, not because he was bad ass, but because that’s just what everyone did back then. He has fond memories of having his body obliterated by Kyokushin black belts. It should be noted that most of Brendan’s friends who continued fighting full contact after he stopped in 1997 now have permanent injuries. Training safe for longevity vs pressure testing is never easy, but as an instructor, Brendan does his best to seek a balance at CWC.

Brendan holds a First Aid Certificate, a Dealing with Vulnerable People card, and has completed the Australian Sports Commission NCAS: Beginning Coaching General Principles course. 

Outside of Martial Arts Brendan has also attained a ANU Bachelor of Arts (Ancient History & Archaeology major), an AMEB Pianoforte Grade 8, and a Cert IV in Government Procurement & Project Management.