Personal Development Through Martial Arts Podcast

Sifu Wong has been taking the plunge to venture deep into the beautiful art of Wing Chun, since year 2009. He has successfully helped organizations to create more engagement within a company such as UOB, DHL, Asiaflex, Kevokanvas, though his employee engagement programme. ​ At the same time, he also helped school children to perform better at school by fostering more discipline and focus at school, through his student engagement programme. The attendance rate in the school has increased to 98.8% after the programme. I was thrilled to finally sit down and talk with Sifu Wong about his Wing Chun journey and how he inscludes Wing Chun training in his leadership programms. If you are thinking of developing a team building program for companies to develop an extra source of income, you can get in touch with Sifu Wong through his website, Seed Wing Chun. If you want to have daily inspiration to train and completement your Wing Chun Training with personal development so you can accelerate your progress and have more

Chris Collins is a martial arts expert, fire arms expert, fight/action choreographer. He has trained in various fighting systems like western boxing and greco-roman wrestling to WingTsun, Jujitsu and Kali. And he has an upcoming movie, called 'Paradox' costarring with Tony Jaa, and with none other than Sammy Hung directing the action. It was great to find out how a boxer and wrestler would appreciate Wing Tsun for its out of the box approach to self-defense. I really enjoyed the story where Sifu Collins spoke of the three ways of making a living as a Martial Artist, and I think you will get a lot of value out of that, especially if you plan on doing it as a profession. Subscribe to Sifu Collins' YouTube channel here. You can get in touch with him at his websites http://chriscollinsaction.com/ or http://www.g1tactical.com/  Sifu Collins will be holding a 2 day seminar in Prague, on May 13th 2017, find out how to register here. And a 4 day seminar in Amsterdam on the 7th of September 2017, find out how to regis

Sifu Dwight Hennings is the creator of the S3VT : System / Science / Skills Ving Tsun, WSLVT of Toronto, Canada. He is a regular contributor to the Wing Chun Illustrated Magazine and the organizer and presenter of the WSLVTNA 2017 (Wong Shun Leung Ving Tsun North America) Event taking place from Fri., September 1st to Sun. September 3rd 2017 in Los Angeles, California. He used to train Tae Kwon Do, before meeting his Sifu by accident. Once he understood the effectiveness and simplicity of Ving Tsun, he never looked back. This was one of the most profound interviews I have done for the Sifu's Stories Podcast and I enjoyed the story about Dwight sitting down with his Sifu for lunch, where his Sifu would ask him two questions that would change his life for ever. Listen to the episode to get the full story... For more info about the Wong Shun Leung Ving Tsun North America Summit, join the facebook group at this link, where you will be provided with all the necessary information. To get in touch with Sifu Hennings

Jack Leung serves as the Regional Director for Wan Kam Leung Practical Wing Chun Kungfu in Australia. Since 1996, he has learnt the entire system directly from Grand Master Wan Kam Leung, in Hong Kong. In 2013, he achieved his full instructor certificates and started teaching. He now runs 5 branches in Queensland, teaching 7 days a week just like his Sifu. I enjoyed listening to Sifu Leung's story of how he started out with Wing Chun despite the fact that he had been training karate for years, and I felt incredibly inspired by the story of his Sifu, Wan Kam Leung, breaking a wooden dummy arm clean off with a Huen Sao action. Listen to the podcast episode to hear the whole story. AND, there's a surprise Wing Chun Rap Song inside this podcast episode, that I just couldn't stop listnening :D  Listen to the whole episode if you want to listen to the whole song ;) Go to http://addicted2wingchun.com/free-tools/ for some awesome free tools. And if you are passionate about Wing Chun but you don't have a school close

Sifu John Smith has been learning the Ving Tsun system since 1985. It was not until 1989 that John had the chance to do some training with David Peterson in Melbourne, whom John regards as the most knowledgeable foreign student to pass on the Wong Shun Leung method of Ving Tsun Gung Fu as mentioned by Wong Shun Leung himself. It was in 1991 John Smith ventured to Hong Kong, and trained under, whom John believes to be the undisputed master teacher of the Ving Tsun system, the late "Wong Shun Leung". Since that time having travelled regularly to Hong Kong to learn under Wong Shun Leung until his un-timely death in 1997. I particularly enjoyed talking about the 'How to' in Wing Chun/Ving Tsun where you NEED to have strong punches and use them as your primary action. Sifu Smith describes the 3 levels of excellence as he learned them from his teacher, Wong Shun Leung: block than attack, block and attack at the same time and counter hit the person in one action. Listen to the episode to get a better idea of how to

Sifu David Peterson has been training in the Chinese martial arts since 1973.  He became a student of Sifu Wong Shun Leung, who was Ip Man's most famous student and Bruce Lee's mentor, after travelling to Hong Kong in 1983. Peterson is one of only two fully qualified instructors of Wong's system in Australia actually certified and authorised by Sifu Wong personally. I remember reading Sifu Peterson's book: 'Look Beyond the Pointing Finger: The Combat Philosophy of Wong Shun Leung' while working the night shift in the reception of a hotel in Crete, Greece.  It was two years since I had started training Wing Chun and so much was coming together while reading the book about his Sifu's fighting method. It was a great pleasure to sit down and chat with David Peterson about his experience in Hong Kong, his favourite Wing Chun stories and, of course, the legacy of his late Sifu, Wong Shun Leung. After talking to him I got inspired to buy the documentary: 'Wong Shun Leung: The King Of Talking Hands' and I absolutely

Sifu Kleber Battaglia is a teacher of Practical Wing Chun in Shanghai, China. He is also a collumnist for Wing Chun Illustrated Magazine and a Wing Chun historian. I've known Sifu Kleber for several years, but this was the first time we got a chance to sit down and chat and I am so happy we did. I was surprised to learn that he had extensive martial arts training prior to Practical Wing Chun and that he instantly knew upon meeting Sifu Wan Kam Leung that this was the expression of Wing Chun that he wanted to learn. The thing that intrigued me the most, in our conversation, was when he said that Kung Fu in China is slowly dieing out. He found evidence of that while conducting his research on Wing Chun's history. I personally enjoyed very much listening to his story and feeling his enthusiasm for martial arts. Go to http://addicted2wingchun.com/free-tools/ for some awesome free tools...   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features Adam Chan from PragmaticMartialArts.com. You might know him from his YouTube videos where he shows a very down to earth approach to Wing Chun and self-defense. I found Adam's approach to be unique in the sense that he tests every concept before even talking about it. One of the key elements that I got from talking to Adam, was that each of us need to be honest with ourselves and decide why we are doing Wing Chun. If you are doing Wing Chun for fun or for the health benefits, that's great, as long as you are aware of that. And if you are doing Wing Chun for self-defense than it's a good idea to include defense against realistic non-cooperative attacks. I really enjoyed talking to him especially because I took inspiration from one of his videos when I wrote my first ebook on 'How to accelerate your Wing Chun and become a Machine', which you can download by going to the Free Tools Section in Addicted2WingChun.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sifu Alex Richter is a martial arts fanatic who authored the critically-acclaimed 'The Little Idea' and also co-hosts the Dudes of Kung Fu podcast. In just a few short years he went from teaching at rented dance studios to developing the biggest Wing Tsun center in NYC. His intense expertise first gained worldwide exposure through his popular Wing Chun series on HowCast.com. Sifu Alex has been featured on VICE, The Discovery Channel, NBC, PBS, Black Belt Magazine, Kung Fu/Taichi Magazine, Wing Chun Illustrated, and Harper's Bazaar. I really enjoyed hearing his story on how he discovered Wing Chun, how he build one of the most successful martial arts schools in New York and how we can make Wing Chun even more relevant in the 21st century. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sifu Thommy Boehlig is the founder of BDS Wing Tsjun International one of the largest Wing Tsjun organisations in the world, which also provides online training for their students with more than 700 users. He has extensive experience teaching martial arts and self-defense to the police forces in Germany, Sri Lanka, and Brazil. He was kind enough to share how he took his school from a small group to having one of the most successful martial arts organisations in the world, some stories about when he used Wing Tsjun on the street while working as a doorman, but the story that touched me the most was the one about one of his students coming to class one day. I won't spoil it for you. Go ahead and listen to the episode here, and if you've enjoyed it, share it with your friends. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jim Roselando is a Wing Chun Illustrated Columnist and Noted Wing Chun Researcher and Historian, he is also the Founder/Instructor at Gulao Boxing Association, a Master at Sifu Mui's Martial Art Association, MIT Qigong Club, Harvard Qigong Club, and an Instructor at the Brazilian Martial Art Center Boston. I got a chance to ask Jim, from a historical point of view, about the accuracy of the story/lengend of Wing Chun being created by a woman. His answer brought new perspective to my understanding of Wing Chun. I enjoyed spending time and talking to Jim very much, learning about the specifities of Pin San Wing Chun, Dr. Leung Jan's Wing Chun, and the benefits of training and punching with an elongated body. The story, that I enjoyed most was hearing about how Jim hired a Private Detective to find the man who would become his Wing Chun Master. Let me know what you think about the interview and head to http://addicted2wingchun.com/free-tools/ for some awesome free tools which will accelerate your Wing Chun Progr

Nima King started practicing Wing Chun in Australia in Sifu Jim Fung’s Wing Chun Academy in 1998. He came to Hong Kong in 2005 to continue his practice with Jim Fung’s master, Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin and continued to train under him fulltime for 9 years before he passed away in 2014. Out of all the non-chinese disciples of Grandmaster Chu in the past 60 years, Nima has spent the most amount of hours training under him. Even after his passing away, Nima still trains at Chu Shong Tin’s school and is one of the senior instructors there. He is also on the board of directors of the 'Chu Shong Tin Alumni' which was set up by Grandmaster Chu himself to ensure his teachings is preserved and passed on after he passed away. Nima has been teaching Wing Chun for close to 15 years and founded his school 'Mindful Wing Chun' located in Hong Kong in 2009. Since the start of his Wing Chun practice up to now, Nima has dedicated his life to Wing Chun and continues to practice and teach over 50 hours every week. See acast.com/

Dr. Mark Phillips began his study of Wing Chun in 1986 under Master James Sinclair. Now after twenty seven years of professional teaching, he is ranked as one of the leading instructors in the UK Wing Chun Assoc and is a registered instructor with the prestigious ‘Ving Tsun Athletic Association’ in Hong Kong as so. I really enjoyied talking with Sifu Mark Phillips and listening to his point of view regarding Wing Chun. We talked about using Wing Chun in challenge fights, teaching, overcoming plateaus and how each of us can contribute to the Wing Chun community. I was pleasantly surprised to find out how humble and warm he is, despite the very effective self-defense videos you can find on his YouTube channel, Fight Sicence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.