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The Academy : The Genuine Art
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Grandmaster Jim Fung's
International Wing Chun Academy |
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Grandmaster Jim Fung is one of the world's few genuine Wing
Chun masters with the skill and knowledge to take his students
to master level. The protégé of respected Great Grandmaster
Chu Shong Tin (Tsui
Seung Tin), Yip Man's foremost disciple, he has trained
continuously in Wing Chun for over 40 years.
His International Wing Chun
Academy, founded in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1973, is the
largest martial arts school in Australasia and attracts students
from around the world. Its membership includes prominent
politicians, lawyers, doctors and top sportspeople.
The Academy
has also conducted specially tailored courses for the South
Australian Police, correctional facilities such as Long Bay Gaol,
government agencies such as the Departments of Immigration and
Social Security and several private corporations.
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Grandmaster Fung's personal
skill and achievement in helping to perpetuate Wing Chun in its
authentic form were officially recognised by the Chinese
Government through the Academy's inclusion in its All China
Martial Arts Register published in November, 1998.
Click here to view our full credentials page.
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 The Academy also has the
distinction of being the first martial arts school recognised by
the Australian Government as a tertiary institution through its
Certificate IV Course in Wing Chun Instruction (course code
90370NSW). Students of this course are eligible for student
visas and the AUSTUDY allowance.
Regular classes are conducted
at the Academy's three state branches (NSW, QLD and SA) seven days a week, with
specially tailored short courses for schools, corporate and
community groups available throughout the year.
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Why the Academy's Wing Chun
system is so unique |
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Some martial arts schools focus
self defence training on assault targets and fancy, impractical
techniques whose application in realistic fighting situations
and even tournaments is severely limited.
A distinctive feature
of the International Wing Chun Academy's unique training system
is that everything taught can be applied effectively in a real
fight.
Students learn how to utilise
their bodies efficiently to generate more power. This is
achieved through a series of logical, comprehensive principles
which focus on simplicity, directness, practicality, economy of
movement and minimum use of brute strength. The quality of
movements rather than quantity is stressed.
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 Maximising the use of
body mass
enables students from any style of training - be it martial arts
or another sport - to enhance their ability to generate force
and realise their full potential without resorting to brute
strength. Wing Chun's use of leverage and redirection to
overcome and neutralise oncoming strikes ensures that students
need not fight an attacker's resistance, therefore eliminating
the need for brute force.
Through the improvement of body
structure, co-ordination of movements and mind-body control, the
unique determination force or chi of Wing Chun can be achieved.
Using chi, students are able to develop power equal to that of
assailants twice their physical size or more.
Because Wing Chun is a
scientific system of self defence, a thorough understanding of
the art is necessary before students can execute the movements
properly and remember them long-term. Academy students are
allocated to groups relevant to their level of ability and are
encouraged to analyse and question the reason for movements, not
just copy them.
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The Academy's fitness regimen
is designed by fitness experts, ensuring the exercises are
safe
and appropriate to students' progress. The aim is to sharpen
mental as well as physical skills - relaxation, concentration
and mind control forming an integral part of the system.
The Academy's genuine Wing Chun
system guarantees to provide the most efficient method of self
defence.
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Sydney Headquarters
1st Flr, 355 Sussex
Street,
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Email: 
Phone: +61 2 9264 9947 or + 61 2 9264 2712
Fax: +61 2 9283 2296 |
Gold Coast
Headquarters
Suite 24, Level 2,
Cavill Park Building, 46 Cavill Ave, Surfers Paradise,
QLD 4217, Australia
Email: 
Phone: (07) 5504 6677
Fax: (07) 5504 6711 |
Adelaide Headquarters
253 Gouger Street,
Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
Email: 
Phone: (08) 8231 9600
Fax: (08) 8231 2898 | |
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