True, but they're not linguists.
Another reason why it might be 'Ving' instead of 'Wing' is that HK Chinese can't pronounced 'V' properly. There is no 'Vee' sound in Cantonese....
Why move to England for Hung Gar? There are better palces on the planet for that surely?
Here's what the instructor at dancingcat has to say:
Except that Kamon is a big org. so most likely you won't be taught by Kevin Chan. If you are in London or York you have a good chance of being...
Alan Orr without a doubt. Good system of teaching. Good teacher.
Check out Philipp Bayer on youtube. Student of the great Wong Shun Leung. He is missing one hand and still can do Wing Chun, as well as work with...
Leaving the lack of quality control to the side, it could be the combination of a smaller curriculum resulting in more "qualified" (I do use that...
My ex-classmate trained with him when he was a Nottingham uni. I hear that he is a very good instructor.
Where's the club in Notts? Pretty rare to see a Lee Shing Wing Chun school.
I think Mike's argument is that if you only train "in house" then the striking or grappling that you are working against will not be that good and...
Gary Lam is a good teacher. He is someone who has learned the WSL curriculum. Instructed under WSL. So he has the Wing Chun credentials. He has...
Well, that was his job so it is possible he was fitting more training than most people would be able to fit around a job. I only caught bits of...
@RickyC Are you talking about sifu Paul Tennant? He's got a lot of kung fu training under his belt, and pretty open minded about effective...
Will Hung?
Who's that then?
It is pretty rare outside of China (rare even within I think). Here is a Google video search using the Chinese characters for "Mok Gar Kuen":...
^^ "lin sil die dar" - yep, it means that your defence (siu) simultaneously (lin) carries (dai) an attack (da).
Just some quick digging on Google, not at all exhaustive. Ryan Kennedy (Traditional Wing Chun)...
Are you sure that is a Wing Chun school? I've found these descriptions: The Chin Wing Chun Society/Tong (陳潁川堂)in Vancouver's Chinatown...
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