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!!!

Siu Lim Tao and Chi Sau Seminar with Sifu Matt Johnson!!!!!!!!!!

Ready to make his 8th trip back to the Rio Grande Valley, Sifu Matt Johnson, a direct student of Grandmaster Ip Ching, will be teaching a Siu Lim Tao and Chi Sau seminar on Saturday, November 5th from 12pm to 5pm. The Seminar will be held at “Eternity Dance Studio”  located at 2408 Brock St, Mission, TX 78572.

Siu Lim Tao is Wing Chun’s foundational and most important form. According to Sifu Matt, it has the most to teach about the core principles of the entire Wing Chun system. Sifu Matt will be going over the form order, correct position, energies and applications to better understand and appreciate this often neglected foundational form. Sifu Matt will also cover Chi Sau.

Chi Sau is wing chun’s main training drill in which the practitioner engages in a contact reflex exercise in order to develop many different skills that are all used in fighting. Chi Sau is often misunderstood and sometimes neglected in wing chun because many people do not understand it. Sifu Matt has been trained by Grandmaster Ip Ching, and having trained with him from almost 3 years I can personally assure you that Sifu Matt knows what he is doing with Chi Sau.

The seminar is open to beginners with little or no experience to advanced practitioners. Other lineages are welcomed.

Seminar fee is $100 AND if you reserve your spot BEFORE November 1, you will receive the month of November for FREE with Sifu Moses Flores’ training group in Mission!! That’s a $55 deal! For more information about the seminar or to reserve you spot with your payment, call Sifu Moses Flores at 956-207-1811 (rgvwingchun@yahoo.com) or Sifu Tim Santos at 956-207-7450 (wingchunwarrior@yahoo.com).