Many Wing Chun practitioners are in denial that they Daniel Xuan (pronounced Shwen) started learning have not discovered the hidden messages within the martial arts in 1962, when he was 11. He began with forms; that they’ve spent many years training blindly Judo, and practiced Taekwondo from 1968 until 1975. without clear goals; that they have been in stalemate for In 1970, he discovered Wing Chun Gongfu, and made years; that they are unable to apply any of their fancy it a lifetime mission to study and master it. In his demo techniques when sparring against an pursuit, he also studied Taiji and Qigong to better uncooperative opponent, competing in the ring, or understand Wing Chun holistically, and develop fighting in the street; and that they’ve stopped searching himself as a fine martial artist and teacher. for the truth and have become egotistic or complacent. Daniel began studying Wing Chun in 1970 under Sifu There are now many Wing Chun branches and Because of these dilemmas and unclear concepts and Wong Siu Leung--a student of GM Wong Shun lineages, all expressing opposing concepts and directions for Wing Chun, there is much infighting Leung. Additionally, in 1972, he studied privately methodology. However, despite a lot of talks, none within Wing Chun families. under Sifu Nelson Chan--a student of GM Moy Yat are presenting a clear message of the concept, Daniel Xuan has spent 44 years studying Wing Chun. until 1975, and again from 2000 to 2005. From 1983 In the last 20 years, he has been soul searching and purpose, and goals that the founders of Wing Chun to 1994, he studied under Sifu Winston Wan--a had intended for the practitioner. Without a clear dissecting Wing Chun to the minutest details. He student of GM Lok Yu. From 1994 to present, he’s treated what he had learned in the past 2 decades as picture, it would be like assembling a jigsaw puzzle been teaching and discovering Wing Chun in a unique without the box showing the final product. Many wrong until proven right. He reversed engineered the and enlightening perspective. system, and put each form movement through a test of practitioners are fumbling through the thousand strength, economy, efficiency, and practicality. He will Daniel Xuan has lived and taught in India, Canada, pieces that make up Wing Chun. Sifu Daniel Xuan share his knowledge with you and answer every China, Morocco, and Thailand. He has online students will reveal the picture that will allow Wing Chun question you have in a scientific, physical, and practical worldwide, and has traveled internationally to conduct students to finally piece the puzzles together. manner. He will quell all your doubts once and for all. Wing Chun workshops. FOR INFORMATION, CALL DANIEL XUAN AT 1- 705-706-7781 咏 Wing Chun Gongfu 春 What is Wing Chun? and then attempt to always conform to it you will never be able to deal with even the most basic fighter Wing Chun is unique among all of the martial arts in a real fight. with the result that it, perhaps not unexpectedly, is widely misunderstood. By comparison, Wing Chun arrived quite late into the martial arts scene and long after other arts had been exposed to the public (especially in the West). Consequently, the public, media commentators and practitioners of other arts l o o k e d u p o n Wi n g C h u n w i t h t h e i r o w n preconceptions with what a martial art should be. If some of them decide to take up the study of Wing Chun, they typically bring with them their previous conceptions and experiences, and expect to practice it as they would any of the other arts, which, unfortunately, is not true to Wing Chun's concepts, principles, and training methods. Wing Chun was designed holistically, based on the laws of physics, human nature and biomechanics. It Wing Chun secrets? was also designed with economy, efficiency, and Wing Chun forms have much more behind them productivity in mind; therefore, it is for everyone. than just fighting techniques. In fact, Wing Chun Unlike other martial arts, it doesn’t focus on making forms were designed to fool spies into thinking that a person larger, rugged, acrobatic, or animal-like; but 2014 Venues & Schedule it is a very lame fighting art. In other words, what focuses on developing good structure and power you see is NOT what you get. The founders of Wing through knowledge of biomechanics and physics. Venues dates contact Chun encrypted many hidden messages in the This allows a person to optimize his/her existing movements that even most Wing Chun practitioners body to maximum potential. Thus, it is possible for are not aware of. This is why many teachers are may Niles Maxwell male and female of all ages and sizes to train in Wing 31 & nilesma@yahoo.com unable to provide any clear explanation for the STUTTGART Chun. Although the training doesn’t delve into hard june 1 movements they are performing. At best, they conditioning, it subtly conditions the tendons, explain the movements as fighting applications in muscles, and organs required for the purpose. the most obvious and simplistic what-you-see-is-what- ZURICH JUNE Ben Buchli Wing Chun is a training program based on a concept 7&8 bbuchli@ethz.ch you-get manner by placing a person in front, behind, of fighting as perceived by the founders of the art. It or at the side of a movement, and calling the is not a “style of fighting,” since fighting, per se, has movement a strike, block, or kick. Even a child no style -- and this is true of any martial art. You BARCELONA JUNE Rafael Avella could come up with such explanations! If the rafael_avella@ya can be a practitioner of Karate, Taekwondo, Jujitsu, 14 & founders of Wing Chun wished the art to be 15 hoo.es> Boxing, or Wing Chun, but your actions in a real secretive, they certainly wouldn't have designed the fighting situation will not appear anything like they forms to be deciphered so easily. Daniel Xuan has ANTWERP JUNE eddie do in a sparring session with your fellow students. If finally cracked the code. Come to the workshop to 21 hodemniaceddyc you treat your martial art training program as a style see if he indeed has done that! &22 h@gmail.com>