WING CHUN BLOG – SIFU GARRY
SHAOLIN JEE SHIN WING
CHUN
Looking forward to
the year ahead.
2014 was a very
productive year. The 3 schools in our association had a better than expected
membership intake. Inducted sports coaching clientele were up on the previous
year, and competition results were excellent.
In 2014, the Jee Shin Wing Chun Fight Club
achieved 2 State Titles and 2 Australian Titles in National All Styles Martial
Arts Tournament. Actually, we have dominated the novice / intermediate division
for the last 4 years.
In 2015, there will
be a World All Styles Tournament in March. The NAS Australian Titles will be
held on the Gold Coast in early December. We are also entering some full
contact events during the year. 2015 should be a very challenging year for our
Competitors.
Medical Qigong and Tai Chi
Chuan start again in early February. There are 4 workshops in both disciplines
and finish in December.
In November, we will
be embarking on another “roots
of wing chun” China trip. This will be Jee Shin Wing Chun’s sixth trip to
China.
During our first 4 wing chun trips to China,
we concentrated on the Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. Wing Chun’s ultimate
birthplace was in Foshan, southern China. Wing chun spread to Shunde, PanYu
District, Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, Gulao in Heshan
Province, and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong was always the centre
of attention with wing chun kung fu due to the repressive environment of the
Communists. After 1948, wing chun in Hong Kong became the Centre.
This year, our China
trip will take us initially to Countries outside of China. Again, after the
Communist takeover of 1948, a lot of Masters fled southern China into Taiwan, Vietnam,
Singapore and Malaysia.
The Jee Shin
entourage will start in Singapore, then to Taiwan before entering Fujian
Province in southern China.
The Southern Shaolin
Temples are all located in Fujian. The Emperor needed some Warriors to protect
the southern coastline from Pirates and Bandits, so requested Shaolin Warriors
to defend the area. Due to a large number of casualties, the Monks received
permission to stay and decided to erect a temple, which became known as the
Southern Shaolin Temple.
We will be travelling
from the south of China up along the East Coast to Shanghai and then finish our
two week tour in the capital of China, Beijing.
Our first 4 trips to
China concentrated mainly on travelling around the Guangdong Province.
Our 5th
trip started in Beijing and from there we travelled down the centre of China to
Zhengzhou and the northern shaolin temple, Guangzhou, Foshan and finished in Hong
Kong, covering around 3000kms.
Our 6th
and next trip will cover the east coast. The west coast is the only part of
China not covered yet.
In 2016, Sifu Linda and I will be
going to GuiLin, which is heading west from Guangzhou. GuiLin is a photographers
and artist’s paradise, surrounded by majestic mountains, rivers and forests. We
will fly to GuiLin via Hong Kong.
A lot of people ask
me why we spend so much time travelling around China. I am not sure. I know
that I am intrigued by the Chinese Culture, the Language, Environment, the diversity
with Food, their innovative prowess and creativity, and especially the People.
Most Tourist hot
spots you encounter around the World are generally all in China to visit,
anyway.
The Chinese people
are extremely innovative, creative and very clever.
I guess, Invention is
the Mother of Necessity.
Stay tuned for my
next post on Sifu Garry’s Wing Chun Blog.
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