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A very Happy Birthday Sifu Augustine Fong
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⛩️ Wing Chun Kung Fu. ☯️
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We are looking for New people to join our Wing Chun classes at Temple Gym in Torbay.
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On the weekend of 29th September 25
We had a great time coming together reviewing our Wing Chun as taught by Sifu Augustine Fong.

This is an Open Invitation for you to join us At Temple Gym: ⛩️ Wing Chun Kung Fu. ☯️
Make some Time for Yourself.
On Mondays & Wednesdays 7 - 9pm
We are looking for New people to join our Wing Chun classes at Temple Gym in Torbay.
Anyone can join and have fun learning.
Be the change

Happy birthday Sifu Augustine Fong

HOW DO YOU HONOR YOUR SIFU?

Students who have spent years, often decades, studying a martial art under the guidance of a Sifu, at some point often decide to pay back the immense knowledge that has been bestowed upon them by sharing their knowledge with students of their own. The sharing of this knowledge is not only an honor but it is a great responsibility, to correctly pass on the art to future generations. The process of teaching helps us as teachers to develop and deepen our understanding of this martial art even more so.

For Jim and I, the study of Wing Chun with our Sifu, Augustine Fong, has had an immensely profound impact on our lives. The principles and concepts of Wing Chun have seeped into every aspect of our daily life.

After spending decades learning from our Sifu, are we clones of him? Of course not, nor should we want to be. No two people move exactly alike, or learn and process information exactly alike. As students we try our best to learn and absorb as much as we can from our teacher, spending decades attempting to replicate his movements as closely as we can while trying to understand the concepts of the system as completely and deeply as we can to our teacher's instruction.

Principles are core skills that you are developing every single time you train. The principles of Wing Chun; structure, position, distance, timing, power, control, etc etc, along with concepts such as; don't chase hands, don't fight the force, flow with your partner's movements, never stop on the block, don't be afraid to get hit, don't lose your structure, don't lose your target, etc, always remain as the driving focus and goal behind training.

All of these aspects are taught through techniques and drills of the system which may vary from teacher to teacher but the underlying focus and goal of what is being taught must remain intact. The challenge is to develop drills in such a way as to teach all of these concepts so students can develop the highest level of skills.

Instead of simply regurgitating what our teacher says, which anyone can do, we interpret what we have learned and digested over the last three plus decades, in our own way, while at the same time, staying true to the core values our teacher has passed on to us, which is crucial.

Sifu Jim and I will continue to refine and develop the way we teach, hopefully for the rest of our lives just as our teacher is doing. Sifu Fong is constantly evolving his teaching methods, drills, and words he uses to explain Wing Chun. He is our inspiration for our own continued growth and development.

Sifu Fong teaches his students to not simply copy what he does and teaches, he encourages us to think for ourselves and teach our own digestion of what we have learned from him. Every instructor must eventually teach their own way while respecting and honoring their roots. Trying to be a clone of your Sifu will only get you so far. Even Sifu Fong does not teach exactly the way his teacher taught him. His methods reflect the immense knowledge he learned from his teacher and he honors his teacher by developing his own unique style.

As Sifu Fong has said many times, he teaches us to be number one of ourselves, not to be number two of him. In order to honor our Sifu's legacy, we teach with gratitude and purpose, with the goal of developing our own unique style, to pass on an art which has so enriched our lives that it would be selfish to keep it to ourselves.

Happy Birthday Sifu, we love you.

~ Carina and Jim

I just like to thank Sifu and Simo along with all my wing Chun family for an awesome Seminar this year.
Much progress was made by all and we all have a lot to work on. The hospitality of my friends Tony and Dina was fantastic as always. Wing Chun 4 Life ❤️

Here's a poem about Wing Chun Kung Fu:
The Chi Sau dance, a subtle sway,
Where yielding flows, then turns to bay.
No brute force here, no crashing might,
But angles keen, and focused light.
The bridge of hands, a fleeting touch,
To sense the flow, to feel the rush.
Of energy, a silent tide,
Where motion's essence is implied.
The wooden dummy, steadfast friend,
Where sinews learn, and spirits bend.
To find the path, the shortest way,
To neutralize, to turn at bay.
The three punches, swift and strong,
A symphony of right and wrong.
To strike with speed, with grace, with ease,
And plant the seed of swift release.
So train the mind, the body too,
In Wing Chun's art, both strong and true.
Where harmony and power blend,
And victory on peace depends.