Wing Chun

A brief about this style of martial art and it's place in my life

Wing Chun: Not To Be Confused With "Wang Chung" ©

• Everybody have fun tonight…

What Is Wing Chun?

• A martial arts style

• Developed in 17th century southern China specifically for women by two women– Focuses on technique, speed and finesse over raw

strength

Sifu David Cruz

Michelle Yeon from "Tomorrow Never Dies" ©

What is Wing Chun (Continued)?

• (Works well for skinny men too!)

My Typical Workout

Image and music from the movie Mortal Kombat ©

Yeah right…

The Core Of Wing Chun: The Six Forms

• Six forms include all of Wing Chun's techniques• "The Little Idea"

– Foundation of the other forms– Focus on the independent movement of each side of the body and

the development of the "centre line"

• "Sinking bridges"– Using the hips as a power source– Learning how to absorb ("sink") attacks– Developing kicking techniques

• "Spearing fingers"– Learning offensive techniques– The most physically demanding form

Sifu William Cheung

Sifu Yip Pui

Sifu Yip Pui

The Core Of Wing Chun: The Six Forms (Continued)

• "Six-and-a-half point staff"– Strength development and muscle toning (triceps) through

the techniques of the long staff

• "The wooden man"– Developing exacting hand positions – Conditioning (toughening) of the limbs to allow for more

effective defence

• "Eight point knife"– For additional strength and toning – The final Wing Chung form

Sifu Yip Pui

Wing Chun Techniques

• Make extensive use of the handsTake that..

…and this…

…and that!

Pesky mosquitoes!

Wing Chun: A Good Complement For My Other Martial Arts

Kicking (from "Bloodsport") ©

Grappling (Budo)

Kendo ("Way of the sword")

A Small Portion Of The Wing Chun Line

Ng Mui and Yim Wing Chun (founders)

Yip Man

Bruce Lee Yip Chan

Many intervening generations

Me!

Chun Gum Gong (Hubert Chan)

The Class That I Trained With

• Taught in the Jing Wo ( ) Martial Arts School (Calgary, Canada)

One Of The Finer Moments In Life

• Meeting James DeMille – Original Bruce Lee Student– Starred in "The Return of the Dragon" ©– A really nice guy. (He spent 4 hours with me in his Seattle

studio!)

The Future

• My first students!

THE END!