Kung-Fu Canada has been offering Kung-Fu classes to students in the Montreal and surrounding area since Grand Master Ed O’Brien first opened its doors in Lachine, Quebec in 1985 .

Beginning his training in Tae Kwon Do at age twelve, Grand Master O’Brien devoted his life to the martial arts after his honorable discharge from the navy, studying at the Temple Kung-Fu school between 1979 and 1984 and working as a professional instructor for for them in Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver.

After opening  Kung-Fu Canada in 1985 he moved to Victoria, British Columbia where he opened a second school in 1990.