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Like Tai Chi? Love Ving Tsun.

Everyone has Heard of Tai Chi. Since the earliest widespread promotion of the health benefits of Tai Chi, the art has developed a worldwide following of people for its benefit to personal health. It is said that focusing the mind solely on the movements of the body helps to develop a state of mental calm and clarity. Why are people doing it? The physical techniques of tai chi are characterized by the use of leverage through the joints based on coordination and relaxation, rather than muscular tension, in order to neutralize, yield or initiate attacks.

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Effective Self-Defense

Our classes focus on three main areas: conditioning, technique refinement, and fighting applications. Through repetition we program our bodies to respond automatically and subconsciously to incoming threats. The result is Self Defense that actually works when you need it. Ving Tsun, the system we teach, is an efficient and highly effective system of self-defense in which a student can become competent in a relatively short time. Ving Tsun’s specialty is close contact combat, using powerful punches and kicks with simultaneous defense.

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Authentic Kung Fu

Our Kung Fu originates from the Chinese Shaolin Temple. With the purpose of quickly training battle-field-ready warriors, the Shaolin masters drew from their collective experience to flush out only the best, most effective principles, strategies and techniques to form the Ving Tsun system. In relative secrecy, safeguarded by the true Grandmasters, the Kung Fu has been carefully handed down over Hundreds of years, generation to generation. We teach this Kung Fu today, of the most pure and honest form, unchanged by our own ideas.

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Pure Ving Tsun

Ving Tsun Kung Fu is an efficient and highly effective system of self-defense in which a student can become competent in a relatively short time. Originally developed in southern China, Ving Tsun is a traditional martial art, yet its unique training methods and principles make it ideal for the modern world. Ving Tsun’s specialty is close contact combat, using quick punches and kicks with simultaneous defense. The student must learn to deliver the correct amount of energy, while staying relaxed whenever possible.

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How to Play Good Siu Nim Tao

How to Play Good Siu Nim Tao

Moy Yat Playing Siu Nim Tao Siu Nim Tao is a form that is easy to learn but not quite so easy to play well. One must keep several things in mind in order to achieve a high caliber of Siu Nim Tao. Of course, the most important requirement is to know all the movements in the proper sequence. The movements are in themselves simple ones, but it is essential that they are performed frequently, in a relaxed manner.

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