Project Sifu is an original concept by Soo Cole and Wayne Wong

Presented by The University of Sheffield.  A documentary and short film in association with Fighting Spirit Film Festival

*If you're interested and would like a private viewing link of the film, please send an email to k.wong@sheffield.ac.uk 

Directed by Wayne Wong

Assistant Directors

Soo Cole and Matt Routledge

Cinematographers

Sam Cheung, Matt Routledge, Wayne Wong

Produced and choreographed by 

Jon Alagoa, Matt Routledge, Sam Cheung, Sam Mak, Soo Cole, Tomas Paredes, Wayne Wong

Editing, lighting and sound by

Sam Cheung

Matt Routledge

Tiffany Tsoi

Wayne Wong

Production Assistant

Tiffany Tsoi

Coach

Kirk Bytheway

Guest mentors

Jamie Coates, Joe Lam, Jon Alagoa, Matt Routledge, Nathan Geering, Sam Mak, Tomas Paredes 

Students:

Akanksha Gowri

Esme McNicholas

Fangzhuo Zhao

Grace Gidley

Orla Dowey

Silvia Schettini

Su Myat Sint

Vishaal Neelamegam Baskaran

Yilin Chen

Rhoda Rao

Guest participants:

Matt Law, Sam Cheung, Soo Cole, Wayne Wong

Sponsored by Geez A Gi 

Filmed at The Unrivalled MMA Gym, Sheffield.

Special thanks to Brett Baker and  Kirk Bytheway at The Unrivalled MMA Gym, Matt Law from Geez A Gi, Shifu Shi Yanzi at Shaolin Temple UK and Maan Na Tsoi. 

Parts of the choreography for the film were inspired by the Wilson Yip film Flash Point (2007), and the computer game Sifu (2022).

The short film’s story was inspired by Sam Mak’s Crouching Carpet, Heading Home (2024).