The Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu System is passed from teacher to student through a traceable family line. Georgetown students can learn more about Sifu Nic Bartell, Sifu BeeBee Bartell, their teacher Sigung Aaron “Moy 10 Tung” Vyvial, the broader Moy Tung lineage, and the adult training programs taught at the Georgetown academy.
Five Elders of Shaolin
Painting of Shaolin Warrior Monks in Training “Because of Shaolin’s relative anonymity during the reign of the Qing, it became a natural recluse for anti-Manchu activity. Hundreds (if not thousands) of men took refuge at the temple, shaved their heads and became “monks;” warriors, perhaps, but not Buddhist priests. And so, a large number of men, forming a core of resistance against the Manchus, were living, and hiding, within the gates of Shaolin.