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I'm looking at various martial arts & schools. Why should I choose Dynamic Defense? Your time is precious. Our classes make the most effective use of your time to improve fitness, strength, flexibility and teach the world's most effective martial art. However, what we teach isn't for everyone and we don't accept everyone as a student. We require prospective students be willing to put in the time to see results, be open to working with others and be honest about what they want to achieve. Space is limited in our classes because we keep classes very small, everyone gets individual attention. Faster training time makes our classes more valuable because time is money. We offer powerful and very effective kung fu, but enhancing wellness and fitness while reducing stress is also a big part. For self defense, we offer the fastest and most complete training system. The bottom line for us is empowering students with skills, fitness, confidence and self esteem. Students feel empowered physically and mentally. You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be. If you try our Intro Program, you will be convinced of the unique benefits we offer. Click here for details. Trying it is the only way to know what we offer. Our classes have clear fitness and energy level benefits you will see right away. You don't have to wait for certain dates to start regular classes. Call 721-2206 so we can help assess if our classes are right for you and if you are right for our classes. How should I start Wing Chun? If you've decided to take Wing Chun, do it now. You can start any time. Take advantage of our easy Intro Program! Click here for details. It's a great deal that will get you fully comfortable with our classes. After the 3 month intro, sign up for regular classes to continue. We offer many classes each week so that anyone can fit it into their busy schedule. It also allows us to keep each class very small. We keep class sizes small to better serve our students.. The more you attend, the faster you learn and your confidence will grow. You can start whenever you're ready to begin so now is the time to do something good for yourself! Call 721-2206 for more information. What do I wear to class? Is there a uniform? Yes, there's a uniform for kung fu and it's ideal to have one. You need some variation of uniform as soon as possible but just wear comfortable clothes to your first class. The full uniform includes a kung fu jacket, pants and sash. Other options are available. The uniform is ideal for this activity but you can start with just wearing light workout clothing. Please wear indoor running shoes or go barefoot, no outdoor shoes that could possibly track dirt in on the training floor. Also bring water to class because your body and mind work better when hydrated. However, water is available if you forget. Do you teach Women's Self Defense? Yes, we teach Women's Self Defense seminars & group classes. We can accommodate large or small groups. We teach a top-quality self defense course to prevent attacks, empower women to be more assertive and in control under stress as well as deal with physical attacks very effectively. The tools we teach can not only save your life in extreme situations, but also empower you to be more confident and assertive every day. This compact course is offered for groups at a company or organization and also for individuals to attend. Our short course can also be followed if with more defense classes for those interested. We teach Women's Self Defense short courses customized around the needs of special groups and corporations. For students who want more than a brief defense class can offer, we have beginner Wing Chun classes with male and female students. Wing Chun is the most effective self defense system, plus it's safe and easy to learn. Click here for testimonials from our students. Click here for information about Women's Self Defense and Beginner Classes. I want to learn self defense but I'm not into fighting. Is Wing Chun for me? Yes, Wing Chun is ideal for non-violent self defense although it can be used hard-style as well. We teach both. The best way to start is either with our Wing Chun Introductory program Wing Chun is the most effective self defense system that is very safe and easy to learn and we encourage a fun, teamwork-oriented environment. We take self defense very seriously, but our classes are also definitely fun and empowering. Our techniques do not meet force on force as some martial arts do. The best way to defend yourself is prevention. We teach you to avoid and prevent combat situations as well as move, deflect and turn an opponent's energy against them. Wing Chun also includes powerful ways to kick, punch and control attackers. In no time, you'll feel at ease and start enjoying yourself. See our Intro Program for details. Do you have kid's classes? Yes! We currently have Power Kids for 9-12 year olds and classes for teens and adults age 13-70. Our kids classes specifically address the needs of younger, energetic students in a safe way that encourages character development, self discipline and good manners as well as teaching invaluable physical skills. We teach the same Wing Chun style to kids that we do to adults, but in a kid friendly game-oriented way that will greatly increase their confidence as they master the moves. Call 721-2206 for more details and to pre-register. See our Little Dragons and Power Kids programs. What are the benefits of Wing Chun? We offer a variety of benefits. We teach authentic Shaolin Wing Chun Kung Fu, but the benefits go far beyond learning a fighting art. Our classes offer a combination of conditioning, stretching, and effective self defense that reduces stress, boosts wellness and energy and teaches you real-world skills that can protect you and others. Do something for yourself that improves body and mind, empowers you with an effective real-world martial art that is fun, exciting and interesting for as long as you wish to train. Each class starts with a full body warm-up and stretch so your body and mind are prepared. We then do conditioning, real-world self-defense skills and energy training (chi sao). Each class ends with a breathing & stretching cool down so you leave feeling better than when you came to class.. Why should I do Wing Chun instead of another martial art? Wing Chun is very efficient, it's a fun way to get a workout, its the most effective self defense system. Here's something nobody else will tell you. Our classes aren't for everyone. If you're looking to get bruised or learn to hurt people, we won't teach you. If you want to learn but are afraid of breaking a sweat, we can't help you either. If you can't leave some previous martial arts training at the door and start fresh with us, we probably can't teach you. If none of those things apply, Wing Chun might be a very good fit that can enhance your life in many ways. We are selective about who we accept. We don't ask that people be athletes. We look for good intent to improve you life. Our students get a lot of individual attention. If you open your mind to accept and learn what we teach, it can be great. If students think they already know better, they learn nothing. Okay, here's why you might want to learn Wing Chun! While martial arts are a great way to improve health and learn self defense, Wing Chun is the easiest and fastest to learn, it's the most effective martial art for people of any size or physical condition and has clear fitness and energy level benefits you will see right away. Martial arts is the most direct path to self improvement. When you decrease stress, improve the operation of both mind and body and increase confidence and self esteem, your whole life improves. Wing Chun is a system that was designed specifically by Shaolin kung fu masters to take less training time and be more effective than any other fighting art. Click here for the history of Wing Chun. Click here for testimonials from Wing Chun students. Everyone is busy. Your time is precious. A self defense system that can be learned faster and is easier to do effectively is much more useful, it's a better use of your time. Progressing to true confidence in less time saves you time and money, these factors make it an excellent value. The health benefits of Wing Chun are similar to Tai Chi and Qigong. Try one class and you will see for yourself what we're talking about. Am I too old to learn Wing Chun? We have students ranging from ages 5-70. Being over a certain age isn't a big problem. If you are an active person, you can learn Wing Chun. By the same token, it's not just for older students, younger students can fully use their youthful energy too. It's scalable to fit different people of various ages. The only way to gauge how our class fits for you personally is to try a class. We encourage everyone to call and schedule a time to try a class. Then you will know if it's for you. I'm a student of another martial art. Can I take Wing Chun just for close combat? Students at our Academy are required to train only through our Academy while a student with us. We don't teach some moves just for close combat, we teach a complete system for handling stand up fighting, ground defense, grappling, long distance, close combat and weapons. Students can't choose just a piece of Wing Chun to learn, they need to respect the whole system since that is what we teach. Not everyone has to learn every aspect of Wing Chun, but we expect a certain commitment to accepting what we teach and sticking with it for a while if we will teach you. We have great respect for other martial arts, but we will only teach students who give us their full attention, both to show respect for what we're teaching and to learn properly. However, we do accept and enjoy teaching students who have taken another martial art. Previous training can give them insight into what we offer, we just demand a students full attention while training with us. Can I take Wing Chun plus another martial art elsewhere? No, we can't teach someone who won't give us their full attention. Students at our Academy are required to train only through our Academy while a student with us. We don't allow our students to train elsewhere (even another Wing Chun school) because we put a lot of time and trouble into teaching a complete system. A student who tries to learn two styles at once ends up mastering nothing, they do not respect what we are doing and waste our time. However, we do accept and enjoy teaching students who have taken another martial art previously. We have nothing against other martial arts learned before or after training with us. They all have their place and value. Previous training can give students insight into what we offer. We simply expect and demand our students full attention while students at this Academy. Can I join the Advanced Class without grading? No, the Advanced Class is reserved for students who have progressed in Wing Chun to a high enough level to be able to work on advanced material. Entrance to Advanced Class is a privilege. A student who isn't ready to grade is not ready to join advanced class. We take kung fu seriously and we move students from success to success. While we respect other martial arts and sub-styles, we start anyone new to our school at beginner level, even if they have done other martial arts to a high level of proficiency. The only exceptions are advanced students who transfer or visit from another school in the Canadian Wing Chun Association. Students of other martial arts or other schools of Wing Chun must start in the beginner classes and grade to show they are ready before being allowed into Advanced Class. What will Wing Chun teach me to defend? Wing Chun will allow you to dissolve almost any conceivable open-handed or weapon attack. Wing Chun improves awareness and teaches you positioning so that it's not easy to be attacked at all. However, we also teach people how to handle all manner of kicks, punches, knife attacks, club attacks, baseball bat and other weapon attacks as well as defenses for grappling techniques such as grabs, chokes and tackles, ground defenses and other variations. We start with the basics and build upon them as students progress through the levels. We teach joint lock control moves to non-violently control opponents as well as staff, wooden dummy and butterfly sword applications. See our Skills page for details. Wing Chun covers almost anything an attacker could try either with bare hands or with common weapons and is therefore an extremely complete system. Wing Chun will improve fitness, flexibility and energy level but one of its unique aspects is that it allows you to easily defend attacks from faster, stronger attackers. In fact many defenses are easier if the attacker puts a lot of energy into their attack. This makes it uniquely appropriate for women concerned about attacks from men, but as the system which Bruce Lee learned, it is also appropriate for men of any age. Is there a belt system to Wing Chun? How long does it take to advance? We use colored belts for our kids classes but for adult students, Wing Chun has 10 levels, progressing from beginner to master of the entire Wing Chun system. All adult students wear a black sash. Level 7 is equivalent of black belt in other martial arts. Each level is a meaningful achievement, but all student uniforms look the same to recognize the basic equality of all students who, regardless of level, are all learning and improving themselves. After coming to Wing Chun class at least twice a week for 2-3 months, you will be ready for your first grading if you wish. At that point, you will be able to comfortably defend a good number of common attacks from any size of attacker. You do not need any previous experience with martial arts to progress. While students could choose not to grade, it's a great idea to solidify your achievement by grading and progressing to new material when you're ready. What if I want to learn it but I don't want to grade? We don't force people to grade but it's an important part of progressing that we strongly suggest when students are ready. You can't know where you are with your skills without grading, marking a milestone in your personal development that shows you are ready for more advanced techniques. We also reserve our Advanced classes for students who have graded to a certain level. Why am I asked for my goals when I start? We are in the business of helping people achieve something for themselves. Different people want different things. We appreciate that and can help empower you to achieve your goals. If you state your goals and review them occasionally, you will find yourself achieving them and being very satisfied with the process. Whether looking for increased confidence, strength, fitness, self defense skills, a way to decrease stress, endurance, self control or just the fun of kung fu, we want you to be very satisfied. We have a lot to offer. Very simply, goal setting leads to satisfaction and that's what we're about. What are the school & instructor's credentials? Dynamic Defense Wing Chun Academy is a part of the Canadian Wing Chun Kung Fu Association as well as a member of NAPMA (National Association of Professional Martial Artists). Our Wing Chun Academy is run by the Dynamic Defense Kung Fu Association, a non-profit organization. There are different branches of Wing Chun with different styles and teaching methods. Sifu Bill Stewart trained under Grandmaster Brian Lewadny with a combined lineage of Traditional Soft-style Wing Chun traced from Yip Man through William Cheung to Grandmaster Lewadny combined with Hard-style Wing Chun from Samuel Fong to Grandmaster Lewadny. Sifu Bill has been doing Wing Chun for 15 years and apprenticed under Grandmaster Lewadny. See the History page for full details tracing Wing Chun from it's origins directly to today at our school. See the Testimonials page for kudos from students and other instructors. Is Wing Chun a soft style or hard style? There are variations of Wing Chun. What we teach is the best combination of soft style and hard style with simultaneous deflection and counter attack. By soft style, we mean that we use the opponent's energy against them and we use footwork as part of avoiding attacks instead of using force unnecessarily. The easiest way to defend oneself is to not be where the attack is headed instead of trying to do a hard block. A good Wing Chun practitioner need exert very little energy to defend attacks from bigger stronger opponents. This makes Wing Chun safe and uniquely practical. Any defense system that requires the practitioner to be superior physically to the attacker is not very useful. However, Wing Chun is not all deflecting energy. It also includes simple and powerful hard style techniques to maximize your strength and speed when counterattack is needed. We will show you how to maximize your power so that you can easily put down larger attackers when needed. As such it is a complete system for any defense situation. Are joint locks and submission moves taught in Wing Chun? There are many submission moves taught as part of the Wing Chun system of defense. Too many to list here. In this respect, it is similar to Aikido and Jujitsu. However, Wing Chun does not depend on joint locks. There are many other ways to dissolve an attack and to counter attack an aggressor. Joint locks give a Wing Chun practitioner options in dealing with an opponent in addition to many other techniques, offering a complete, well-rounded system of defense and counter attack. I've taken Wing Chun or Wing Tsun somewhere else. Will this be the same? It depends on what you've taken before. We are part of the Canadian Wing Chun Kung Fu Association. If you have learned Wing Chun at another school in our Association, you will fit right in, no problem at all. Otherwise, you will find that what we teach differs from what you have learned before and either you accept what we teach or don't come to our classes. We teach the complete Wing Chun system which includes footwork for every defense (not just turning in place), physical conditioning and real combat practice. If you're used to doing mostly Chi Sao, hardly any conditioning or combat, you will be very surprised that there is a lot more to Wing Chun than you realized. Everything is Chi Sao, but Chi Sao is not everything. If you're good at Chi Sao and you don't practice combat, it's not very useful. While we have respect for other Wing Chun schools and methodologies, when you come in our door to learn, you must leave everything else behind and be open to everything we teach. Students who follow what we teach will get very good at many defenses in a short period of time. While we respect other martial arts and styles of Wing Chun, the proper style for Wing Chun is not up for debate. To be a student at our school, you must accept our way of teaching, our techniques and our drills with no argument and you cannot train elsewhere at the same time, since that would be counterproductive. What martial arts movies can you recommend? Yes, we can recommend many movies starting with Ip Man, Dragon, the Bruce Lee Story and Enter the Dragon. They are definitely the best to start with for Wing Chun students. There are many other great martial arts movies we recommend. Click here for our martial arts movie list, skewed from a Wing Chun perspective.
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