Wing Chun Kung Fu

                      Sifu Francis Fong

Our Wing Chun lineage comes directly through Sifu Francis Fong, whose system we teach at our Academy.  Sifu Francis is one of the most gifted Wing Chun instructors in the world.

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   INSTRUCTORS

    Steve Grantham
    Angie Harvey

BACKGROUND

This Chinese art is a close-range system designed to develop sensitivity and leverage. The art was developed for self-defense and, unlike more sport-based arts, Wing Chun techniques assume that your opponent is already fairly close to you. Many confrontations start at close range.  This system is the primary material from which Bruce Lee developed his original Jun Fan/JKD curriculum.

BENEFITS                                            

You will gain an awareness of the space between you and your opponent, and your ability to manipulate that space without expending excessive energy. Your goal is to use efficiency, sensitivity, and leverage to control and dominate your opponent while not over committing yourself.  You will learn to maximize your leverage and power while using sensitivity to deprive your opponent of his leverage and structure. Wing Chun allows you to flow with your opponent as combat is fluid, not static.   Learning to relax in stressful situations is one of the most obvious, and most rewarding benefit of this training!

HISTORY                                              

Legend has it that Wing Chun is named after the Chinese nun who developed the art. Whether this is true or not, the fact remains that Wing Chun allows the student to use leverage and body mechanics rather than brute strength to control his/her opponent.  There are many branches of the Wing Chun family that trace their lineage back to Fut Shan, but the most well known and widespread trace their roots back through Yip Man.  Bruce Lee's popularity helped the spread of Wing Chun tremendously when it became known he had studied under Yip Man for 5 years.   The lineage of our Academy is through Sifu Francis Fong, and through his sifu, Jia Wan, who was originally from Fut Shan, and was a Kung Fu training brother of Yip Man's.

CURRICULUM                                     

The curriculum consists of three hand forms (Siu Nim Tao, Chum Kiu, Bil Gee), one wooden dummy form (Mook Yeung Jong), and two weapons forms (Luk Dim Boon Kwan, Bot Cham Do). While all forms can be  and are practiced by oneself, most of the training is done with a partner to develop the sensitivity and leverage needed to understand the art. More advanced training consists of chi sao, or “sticky hands”, which focuses on developing relaxed energy, and a good horse (grounded stance).  Other drills are "Bong Lop Da", "Dan Chi Sao", stance training, focus mitt drills, and hand trapping drills.