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Restarting classes after COVID-19

February 26, 2021
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It feels like an age since Melbourne 2020 went into lockdown, and classes had to stop due to physical distancing.

When I was training with my Wing Chun brothers and sisters in UK, every few days we would get together to enjoy each other’s company and practice.

Imagine how I feel, after a whole year – finally it’s safe enough to start the class back up!

Hi everyone,

I hope you’re all well and feeling good.

With the restrictions lifted now, I plan to resume classes from Monday March 15th at the usual 18:30-20:00, in the Glen Iris Road Uniting Church (Hartwell Room).

I was notified this morning that there will be some restrictions we must adhere to in order to resume class, and it’s as follows:

  1. Masks to be worn indoors at all times, except when drinking.
  2. Hygiene is to be observed strictly, before all partner training or close distance, we will all wash our hands PRIOR & AFTER the exercise. I will bring extra hand sanitizers which you can use at any time. Bathrooms will be equipped with spray & leave cleaners to use after your trip.
  3. Due to the nature of the classes, numbers are limited in the Hartwell Room to 17.
  4. All attendees need to check in or be checked in via the QR code which is on posters around and at entrances to the centre.

Provided nothing else changes, we should be back training very soon – I look forward to meeting you, and to current students, seeing you all again. 🥳💪🏻

My very best wishes, Sifu

Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun | Class Events

February 24, 2020
Wing Chun

Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun Melbourne – Wing Chun classes in Melbourne

“In order for our skill to be good, we must touch as many hands as possible – 100, or even 1000…” – a reminder from Grandmaster Michael Tse on Wing Chun.

 

In February 2020, Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun in Melbourne took students to visit Wing Chun Brisbane, another class from the Tse Qigong Centre.

It was the first class trip away together, and students were encouraged to practice, share food, and have a good time together.

Despite hearing initial nerves from the students prior to getting on the plane, Wing Chun Brisbane were such warm hosts it was all well and truly forgotten about over a delicious greek lunch once we arrived.

We can always learn more by touching other student’s hands, to feel their energy and the way they use their skill, so we can refine our own skill and improve.

 

Wing Chun Brisbane

 

Student accounts

Wing Chun

What do Wing Chun and Greek seafood have in common? They are both very enjoyable in Brisbane.

I think the thing that I learned from our trip to Brisbane, is that Wing Chun is practised by a group of collegiate like minded people, who draw great strength from sharing with each other. Yes – it is about feeling hands. But it is also about generosity of spirit and sharing experiences.

I need not have been nervous about my limited experience. I was pleased to find that everyone I met was just excited that I was learning. There was no ego, or superiority, but a generosity to teach someone who was interested in learning.

So we met at a house before dinner in the suburbs, to do some chi sao. On a half tennis court, about 10 of us practised, and watched, and ate. And for me I enjoyed meeting various Sifu from Tasmania, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. I learned how they enjoyed the conversation of hands as well as verbal jousting.

The next day in a church hall, ancient but with character, we had a class before continuing the challenges. It seems a long time since I first saw the Shaolin monks perform Kung fu in DengFeng, on the side of the Soong mountain. At that that time I had no idea that I would take up Wing Chun in my sixties. What a journey. And it is not finished yet.

by Michael Lanyon

Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun Melbourne

 

Can’t wait for the next gathering

I never dreamed when Michael and I started Wing Chun that we were joining a world wide community.

It was great to go to Brisbane to meet the other sifus and their students and also our Si Gongs from Tasmania. In fact one of the wonderful things about Wing Chun is that it was devised by a Buddhist nun for the girl in the village named Wing Chun and there is such equality between men and women in the practice and organisation.

So although I was extremely nervous about how I would fare, everyone was extremely generous and helpful and I never felt awkward. Of course, we were a bit stiff and exhausted, but in a good way and you certainly learn a lot from touching hands with other people and also watching those who are super experienced. In fact, the astonishing thing watching our Sifu is how relaxed he is and how he thinks so much about each move (even in the car going to the airport!).

The trip was also so enjoyable because we shared meals with everyone and chatted: about work, about careers, travel, children, films. We also heard a lot about where and how each of us joined Wing Chun. Can’t wait for the next gathering!

by Elizabeth Lanyon

 

To learn more about Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun classes in Melbourne, please visit the Wing Chun Classes page.

Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun is a member and part of the Tse Qigong Centre.

Tse Qigong Centre China Tour 2019

October 16, 2019
Wing Chun

China Tour 2019

Our dear Grandmaster Ip Chun is 95 years old this year.

As we strive to be good students/grand-students/great-grand-students, we should not only contact our Sifu regularly, but also visit them whenever we can. From this side of the world, four Australian Wing Chun instructors went on this special trip – Thomas Rogers, Costa Stratikopoulos, Clive Stanton, and I.

Grandmaster Michael Tse took over 40 representatives of the Centre to Foshan, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, so we can all be together – practice – and improve our skills whilst having a great time in the ancestral home of Ip Man Wing Chun.

Despite unrest in Hong Kong, the Centre routed to China to visit GM Ip Chun. It was in Foshan where we received a valuable seminar and had the chance to touch many different hands. There was also a chance to touch hands from other schools around the Foshan area.

Over 12 days we ate, laughed, touched hands, ate more, and…well, the photos says it all!

Wing Chun MelbourneFor information about Wing Chun Classes in Melbourne, please visit: https://heplayscello.com/wing-chun-classes/

Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun Classes in Melbourne Glen Iris 2019

Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun

December 29, 2018
News & Announcements, Wing Chun
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(UPDATED 23rd JANUARY 2022)

>NEW WEBSITE HERE<

 

(UPDATED 24TH OCTOBER 2021)

Please visit the Facebook page linked below for announcements on when class will resume.

Wing Chun Classes in Melbourne 2021 will be held at Glen Iris Road Uniting Church at 200 Glen Iris Road, Glen Iris 3146 (Car parking available in church car park or street side, the venue is a 13 minute walk from Glen Iris train station on Glen Waverley line)

  • Classes will be held in the MAIN CHURCH HALL beginning from 7:30pm for between an hour to hour and half.
  • Classes will have an emphasis on Wing Chun skills, and will be conducted in a safe and supportive environment; students can expect to train together with each other to help one another improve quickly.
  • Classes are open to ages 15 and above, although arrangements can be made if students are younger – it’s vital you visit my Facebook page and send me a message beforehand.
  • All level of fitness welcome.

Dress code is relaxed; a t-shirt, loose pants and runners would be perfect.

The class atmosphere, regardless of now or in the future, will always promote safety and health first as well as learning the art and skills of traditional Ip Man Wing Chun.

I hold a valid Working With Children Check.

Follow class announcements at https://www.facebook.com/HoSifuWingChun/

Visit https://wingchunmelbourne.com.au/ for more details.

Please feel free to send me any questions either in comments below or from the Facebook Page, I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Wing Chun Class 2019

December 4, 2018
News & Announcements, Wing Chun
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CLASS WILL BE HELD IN THE HARTWELL ROOM, GLEN IRIS ROAD UNITING CHURCH (entrance via church car park)

An authorized instructor with the international Tse Qigong Centre, Ho Sifu’s class will teach traditional Ip Man Wing Chun Kung Fu as taught to him by his Sifu, Master Darryl Moy, through Grandmaster Michael Tse, and Grandmaster Ip Chun (Ip Man’s eldest son).

The Tse Qigong Centre was founded by Grandmaster Michael Tse in 1990 to teach traditional Chinese skills.

Classes will have an emphasis on Wing Chun skills, conducted in a safe and supportive environment; one of the basic Wing Chun principles is not to use force against force – blind strength can be overcome with skill, and tension can be taken advantage of.

Students can expect to train together with each other, helping one another to improve quickly.

Classes are open to ages 15 and above, although arrangements can be made if students are younger.

Ho Sifu holds a valid Working With Children Check – 0954381A (HE).

 

Class details:

The class will run between for one and a half hours.

Dress code is relaxed; a t-shirt, loose pants and runners would be perfect.

The class atmosphere, regardless of now or in the future, will always promote safety and health first as well as learning the art and skills of traditional Ip Man Wing Chun.

 

More information regarding classes including venue will be posted in the New Year 2019 – stay tuned to https://www.facebook.com/HoSifuWingChun/

Please feel free to send me any questions either in comments below or from the Facebook Page, I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

 

 

 

 

 

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