Another year down….whats up and coming?

On behalf of myself, I would like to say thanks to all my students who have made this year in Wing Chun a great one!!! We were able to have 3 seminars with Sifu Matt Johnson this year and take a trip to Chicago to go and train with Sifu Matt up there and meet our other kung fu brothers and sisters and kung fu cousins as well!! It was truly a blessed year!!! here is a small clip of some footage  from our last seminar in November.

We have lots of great things planned for this upcoming year including an extended visit from Sifu Matt in the summer and hopefully (still have this in the works) Sifu Chris Damiano from Destin, FL to come come and do a dual seminar on the Ip Ching Wing Chun system!!! We are also looking to do a seminar in the Brownsville area in the summer as well being that we have a contact in that area. Lots of good things!!!

Also, all new members of the VTGFI are required to join the Matt Johnson Ving Tsun Martial Art Association. This involves filling out an application, supplying a recent passport photo to attach with it and a $75 lifetime membership fee. Current students are not required to fill this out. However, in the past for seminars students who have paid for the seminar have received a free months tuition for the month in which the seminar has been held. THIS WILL NO LONGER APPLY THIS YEAR! Rather, it will ONLY apply to members of the Matt Johnson Ving Tsun Martial Art Association.  So if you are serious about saving some money in the long run in your training, all current students should strongly consider joining the MJVTMAA!! This is a one time fee and will go to supporting your Si Gung’s training to bring us all quality instruction through Ip Ching. Other benefits are still forthcoming.

Also, keep in mind that we would like to take another trip to Chicago in late July or early August again so start saving up money!! This past summer we were able to stay for 4 days and had the Chinatown experience of Chicago, as well as visit Millennium Park, Navy Pier and had a blast on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) which is a quarter mile up!! We were also able to have a taste of Chicago eating at many different local restaurants having breaded steak sandwiches, Chicago style hotdogs and the famous Chicago style deep dish pizzas!! Above all, we were able to get in lots of training at the Ving Tsun Self Defense Academy with Sifu Matt Johnson, including a private class for all the visiting Texas students as well as private training.  Start saving!!!!!

On behalf of Sifu Tim Santos and Sifu Moses Flores, we want to wish everyone a happy new year and we look forward to working with you this year!!!

General Information about signing up for classes

The Ving Tsun Gung Fu Institute is a semi private Wing Chun training class in the Rio Grande Valley. Our schedule is generally on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 pm to 830 pm. Classes are structured so that all students of any level from beginning to intermediate and advanced cnl all learn and train. Hence, the instructional method is differentiated instruction.

Before being allowed to train an informal interview is required in which the following questions should be addressed

1) How did you find out about us and Wing Chun?

2) Do you have any previous martial art training? If so, what Art and how long were you training in it?

3) Why do you want to learn wing chun? That is, what are you looking to get out of learning this art?

from here, usually students will be invited to check out one class to see if they will be ok with the instruction location(s) and methods. Some training requires solo performance and the ability to apply teaching through form training. I unapologetically teach Kung Fu the traditional way through the forms as my Sifu Matt Johnson has handed them down to me and his Sifu, Ip Ching, has handed them down to him. I do not cut corners and students must learn to see the reliance on the information and principles that are gained through the form training in order to appreciate their applicability in chi sau and ultimately into self defense situations.

Applicants must also be able to get along with other students. One thing that will stunt growth more than anything is ego.  Wing Chun training involves many drills and training exercises that involve contact with a training partner. All students are required to help each other grow in their training. Intentional striking to cause harm will not be tolerated.

Upon being accepted into the training group, all applicants are required to fill out an application for the Matt Johnson Ving Tsun Martial Art Association which requires a recent passport photo to be attached to the application as well as a $75 lifetime membership fee as well as the first months tuition which is $55 and to be paid on first week of each month.

Any questions that would further like to be discussed with myself about the training can be discussed in the informal interview. For more information feel free to call Sifu Moses Flores at 956-207-1811