Nic Bartell: The Path to Freedom & Self-Control

Posted by: Hedley Paris In: Articles 30 Jan 2019 Comments: 0 Tags: Interview, Ip Man, Moy Yat, Siu Nim Tao

SIFU NIC “MOY WU TUNG SHAN” BARTELL IS A 12TH GENERATION VING TSUN DISCIPLE. HE IS A DIRECT STUDENT OF SIFU AARON “MOY 10 TUNG” VYVIAL AND GRAND-STUDENT OF GRANDMASTER ANTHONY “MOY TUNG” DANDRIDGE. SIFU BARTELL HAS SCHOOLS IN HOUSTON AND GEORGETOWN TEXAS.

Tell us a little bit about the core principles of Ving Tsun and their origins?
I could list off a bunch of things like centreline, balance, simultaneous attack and defence, etc. but I think that would miss the most important principle, which concerns self-control. I don’t mean inhibiting yourself from doing things, but rather learning how not to allow your environment to control you and learning how to control your environment including yourself.

Leo Imamura: Living the Gung Fu Life

Posted by: Wayne Belonoha In: Articles 17 Mar 2017 Comments: 0 Tags: Interview, Leo Imamura, Moy Yat

LEO IMAMURA (MOY YAT SANG) IS A DISCIPLE OF GRANDMASTER MOY YAT. THE “GUNG FU LIFE” PROCESS PROVIDED BY HIS SIFU MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR IMAMURA TO ACT IN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL AREAS, RANGING FROM PREPARING THE MILITARY FOR THE UN PEACEKEEPERS TO CONSULTING IN HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FOR COMPANIES OF ALL SIZES.

As a full-time professional Sifu, he is dedicated to providing “Gung Fu Life” to his local and international Wing Chun descendants who come from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States, as well as other countries.

In 1992, Imamura was the first university professor of martial arts recognised by the Education and Culture Ministry of Brazil and has been involved in a number of projects concerning the martial arts, particularly Wing Chun, for leading universities in his country.

Maximising Relaxed Power: Applying the Six Harmonies

Posted by: Wayne Belonoha In: Articles 01 Sep 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: Moy Yat, Power, Wayne Belonoha

THE SIX HARMONIES IS A TERM OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE UNIFICATION OF MIND AND BODY IN A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS, INCLUDING MANTIS, BAGUA, XING YI QUAN, TAI CHI, AND SHAOLIN (OF COURSE). THE HARMONIES ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE CATEGORIES, THE INTERNAL AND THE EXTERNAL, AND BOTH ARE APPLIED COMMONLY IN WING CHUN.

The harmonies guide how the body should move, expand, and contract in order to generate the maximum amount of power with minimum effort, and they also guide how the energy is to be managed within any focused activity. They show how to maintain a strong structure, or as some might call it: mechanical integrity. This full body mechanical integrity is required against stronger, much larger opponents—mainly because hand and arm techniques alone will not be powerful enough to withstand their offence.

Aaron Vyvial: Ving Tsun from the Heart

Posted by: Kenton Sefcik In: Articles 07 Jul 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: Aaron Vyvial, Interview, Moy Yat

AARON VYVIAL STARTED IN VING TSUN AT THE AGE OF 17 AND BECAME A DISCIPLE OF MOY TUNG IN 1998. LATER, HE WAS INVITED TO BE A DISCIPLE UNDER MOY YAT AS A MEMBER OF HIS GSSA (GRAND SPECIAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION). HOWEVER, MOY YAT HAD A STROKE AND HE HAD TO POSTPONE THE BAI SI CEREMONY, NEVER MAKING IT IN THE END DUE TO MOY YAT’S PASSING.

When Aaron started his first school in 2002, he was given the honour of a Gung Fu family name, Moy Sup Tung, by his Sifu, who also left him with this advice: “Teach pure Ving Tsun from the heart.”