<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Advanced Wing Chun Academy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pages]]></description><link>http://advancedwingchun.com/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright Advanced Wing Chun Academy]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[History]]></title><description><![CDATA[  As told by Grandmaster William Cheung:  
  Back when the Manchu's took over China, it took 18 years or more to train a full-fledged Shaolin martial artist. They had to do ten years of a hard physical style, and then eight years of internal style. During that time they also had to practice swords and spears, and various other kinds of weapons.
So for the revolutionaries to train someone in Shaolin to match the skills of the Manchu soldiers, it would take 18 years ... and even then they were doing basically the same thing (with regard to fighting technique). They had to find a solution to this problem. So about 280 years ago, the oldest and most knowledgeable elders of the Shaolin Temple got together and decided to develop a style which would overcome all the other styles, and which would take a much shorter time to learn.  

  Then with that purpose in mind, they met repeatedly and engaged in lengthy discussions. Each elder was the master of his own style. And each master revealed all his secrets. Eventually, they developed a theory from which they derived a set of fighting principles.  

  The combat theory of the elders was as simple as it was profound. Since their objective was to invent a technically superior system of self defense, they began by examining the two existing types of martial arts. They noted that the hard or external styles - Shaolin, traditional chuan-fa, modern karate - committed the body's placement well before a kick or punch impacted with its target. In this way the technique accumulated maximum momentum, and imparted maximum force.  

  Of course the weakness of the approach was that the early commitment left the hard stylist vulnerable to an assortment of throws and perpetual unbalancing techniques.
On the other hand, the soft or internal styles - tai chi chuan, pa kua, hsing-i - kept the body's weight elusive, and committed only at the instant of impact. But the problem with this approach was that the soft stylist did not strike with enough penetration or power.  

  The elders reasoned, then, that if they could devise techniques which landed repeatedly with both the unpredictable swiftness of a soft style and the violent penetration of a hard style, then no enemy would be able to plan an effective counter. All styles would be defeated. Consequently the monks agreed that the new fighting art should contain only those techniques which could be thrown with total commitment, halted abruptly, then instantly re-thrown from another angle with another committed technique.  

  They called their new approach   the theory of interruption.    

  Next, since close-range techniques are both easier to interrupt and faster to learn, they determined that the new art would tend to emphasize in-fighting. Any attempts on the part of the enemy to use flashy, long-ranged movements such as high kicks and controlled swings, would be frustrated through a system of jams, straight-line hand strikes and quick, interrupted footwork patterns. The new stylist would be able to obtain favourable in-fighting distance safely, and with little effort.  

  Finally, once the proper in-fighting range was secured, the new stylist would have to be trained to use physical contact with the enemy's limbs to sense the enemy's next technique spontaneously. Then both hands could be used as a team for either interrupted strikes, combined with limb traps or for simultaneous parry-and-open hand with its slaps, grabs, parries, finger pokes and palm strikes, which would be favoured over the closed fist.  

  This   process of interruption   would continue with increased fury until the enemy had been vanquished.  
  The Shaolin elders became so encouraged by the progress of their
theoretical discussions that they renamed the martial arts training
room in which they met "Wing Chun Hall" or "Forever Springtime" Hall.
The words "Wing Chun" expressed their hopes for a renaissance in
Shaolin martial arts instruction, as well as for a more effective
weapon in their struggle against the Manchus. "But before they could
completely develop their system," continues William Cheung, "someone
tipped off the government and they raided the Shaolin temple. Everybody
scattered.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:16:36 +0000</pubDate><link>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/history/</link><guid>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lineage]]></title><description><![CDATA[  

    Lineage    
  
            

    Yip Man    
    	    

  
              

  Grandmaster William Cheung  
    	      

  
                

    Master John Clayton    
    	        

  
                  

  Shannon Moore (10th Level)  
    	          
    	          

  Matthew J. Hormanski (5th Level)  
    	          

  Darryl Whitaker (6th Level)  
    	          

  Darrell Gough (9th Level)  
    	          

  Paul Nitecki (9th Level)  
    	          

  James Darby (10th Level)  
    	          

  Theron Cozart (6th Level)  
    	          

  Greg Braxton (6th Level)  
    	          

  Michael Ritchie (6th Level)  
    	          

  Greg Gill (10th Level)  
    	          

  Ben Poteat (7th Level)  
    	          

  Shipul Patel (5th Level)  
    	          

  Mark Pachkowski (10th Level Guam)  
    	          

  Micheal Papantonakis (10th Level Greece)  
    	          

  Wayne Wright (10th Level)  
    	          

  Julian Sawyer (7th Level)  
    	          

  Kovilcac Pedrag Peda (10th Level Yugoslavia)  
    	          

  Tondalyia Scott (10th Level)  
    	          

  Daniel Graham (3rd Level)  
    	          

  Joseph R. Holland (5th Level)  
    	          

  Abdul Hadi (10th Level)  
    	          

  
                    

  Abdul Hakeem (7th Level)  
  	              
    	          

  Linda Hansen (6th Level)  
    	          

  Caleb Umberger (9th Level)  
    	          

  Bill Breiannis (9th Level)  
    	          

  Amanda Pirner (6th Level)  
    	          

  John Thompson (Inst.)  
    	          

  Cornell Williams (6th Level)  
    	          

  Ismael Murray (5th Level)  
  	          

  Ismail Agcicek (7th Level)  
                  

  Lorena Umberger (5th Level)  
                  

  Leo Thomas (7th Level)  
                  

  John Johnson (5th Level)  
                  

  Ben Middleman (10th Level)  
  Walter Powell (10th Level)  
  Tammy Giddens (4th Level)  
  Yoland Conner El (4th Level)  
  Tim Berkemeier (7th Level)  
  Uriel Adams (5th Level)  
  Wayne Lampkins (5th Level)  
  Johan Ghathane (5th Level)  
  Kim Washington Benning (5th Level)  
  Timeka Weems  
  Sinan Cakir (5th Level)  
  Fred Young (5th Level)  
  Grafton Francis (10th Level)  
  Tywan Beasley (5th Level)  
  Berry Tinker (5th Level)  
  Johnny Cox (5th Level)  
  Daniel Bronson  
  Aaron Lockett  
  
  	          
  	        
  	      
    	    ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:03:05 +0000</pubDate><link>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/lineage/</link><guid>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/lineage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
    Master John Clayton      
        
  
               
            
    	
  The Advanced Wing Chun Academy was founded by Master John Clayton. Master John Clayton started having an interest in martial arts at the age of 14. Many had an interest in martial arts during the Bruce Lee era, but few pursued it with the zeal that he had which became a life-style.  
		
  Master Clayton trained directly under Grandmaster William Cheung starting in 1982 and continued for over two decades. His training includes: Chi Kung Breathing, Chi Sao, Combat Street Defense, Disarming Weapons, Dragon Pole, Forms, Iron Palm, Kicking Advancements, Meridian Therapy, Self-Defense, Swords, Therapeutic Healing, Weapons and the Wooden Dummy.  

  He is a 9th generation disciple of the Wing Chun Kung Fu System and a lifetime member of the World Wing Chun Kung Fu Association. He is the six student taught by Grandmaster William Cheung in the United States and the only senior student still actively practicing Wing Chun to date. He has an impressive tournament fighting history. He has competed in tournaments from 1984-1991 being awarded over forty trophies as well as over 150 successful real life applications of the Wing Chun. He specializes in instructing the Pro-Tekt Personal Protection Course.  
		
  Master Clayton was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1991. He has also been inducted into the Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Museum in Dayton, Ohio, and the Who’s Who of the Martial Arts Elite. In 1999 he was appointed Chief Instructor of the State of Maryland via the World Wing Chun Kung Fu Association. He is recognized for being the most experienced traditional Wing Chun fighter and is the founder of the Maryland Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy and the Johns Hopkins University Wing Chun Club.  
		
  He has trained over 22 students in Wing Chun that were certified as Si Fu’s by Grandmaster Cheung and who are now successfully operating schools through the United States and foreign countries.  
		
  He became a member of the United States of America Wushu Kung Fu Federation in 2002. He attended the first U.S.A. Grandmaster Yip Chun seminar held in the 1994.  
        ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:01:51 +0000</pubDate><link>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/about-us/</link><guid>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/about-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
    Train with us.      
  Before deciding that studying Wing Chun Kung Fu at the Advanced Wing Chun Academy is the best way to gain that edge you desire, please     contact us     to determine enrollment eligibility. Discovering Wing Chun Kung Fu with the Advanced Wing Chun Academy will certainly be the powerful confidence boost so many need to take their kung fu confidence and physical combat to the next level. Learn more below...  
         
  
  
      Strategy       
      Defense Against       
      Learn the fundamental of Martial Arts       
      Ground Combat       
      Points of Attack Zone       
      Sparring / Combat / Fighting       
      Disarming of Weapons       
      Therapeutic Healing &amp; Meridian Therapy       
      The Dragon Pole – Lim Mim Book Kwun       
      The Mook Yan Jong – Wooden Man Dummy       
      Bart Jarm Dao – Eight Slash Butterfly Swords             
      Strategy      In combat or warfare it is always best to have a strategy. Warfare is like chess. But then it becomes competitive. You will have a victor and a loser. So in competition it was said that the best defense is an offense. My master told me the profound principle when attacking, always have a defense first. It always works for me. But this course shows how you must always apply principles before technique.  
      Defense Against        This course teaches the individual not to be afraid of punches &amp; kicks. Once you remove your fear of physical attack all uncertainty of the unknown is discarded. Bruce Lee said “Don’t be afraid or nervous, concentrate on the matter at hand. Not the outcome, and pinpoint the key factor.” You will learn to get past the fist and feet.    
      Learn the fundamental of Martial Arts      This course teaches the principles and understanding that martial arts is a science and is intellectual. You learn the science of balance and symmetry, bio-physics, bio-mechanics, nero-muscular reaction, sensitivity, mobile, kinesiology-movement of bones, anatomy, blood flow, the process of interruption with forms, focus of attention with independent limbs along with concentration &amp; coordination of the mind &amp; body. This course also touches on therapeutic healing.  
  As a principle student of my adopted father, Grandmaster William Cheung; I have gained the knowledge and understanding not to learn how to fight or self-defense, but how to disable! This information has been passed down in direct line of inheritors of the five Grandmaster's of the Shaolin Temple to my father to me. Master John M. Clayton Sr.  
      Ground Combat      This course has the most comprehensive principles known to man. Its concepts are profound and realistic. Seeing Is believing. The techniques are remarkable from the Abbott’s &amp; Sages of the Shaolin Temple  
      Points of Attack Zone      This course shows how and what weapons to use to attack the organs, bowels, cavity holes, seal the vein, seal the electrical meridian points, breaking of the bones, sealing the chi energy and attacking optical resolution. It also teaches how to regulate your opponent’s blood to cause dysfunction in the heart &amp; brain (highly classified information for Instructors only!!)  
      Sparring / Combat / Fighting      This course involves using movements of striking and kicking in motion. You will find that most of your power &amp; techniques become hard to do because of mobility. It’s easy to apply a technique or hit with power in a stationary position. You will lean how to distribute your weight while moving to execute your combat, sparring, and fighting maneuvers more effectively.  
      Disarming of Weapons      This course shows the reality of disarming of knives and other edge weapons and wooden weapons with the principles of knowing that you will get cut or hit. The important part is where to get cut or hit and how to control and take the weapon away. You will lean the most efficient way of manipulating the weapon and who controlling the weapon.  
      Therapeutic Healing &amp; Meridian therapy      This involves learning about how the body’s electrical circuitry works according with the organs and bowels. You will learn what organs and bowels go with each other and how the body works with chi energy to keep healthy. Each meridian is a electrical current that flows from finger tips to the toes. The brain is the battery and the heart is the capacitor. You will learn how to self-heal momentary to keep healthy while training is constant  
      The Dragon Pole – Lim Mim Book Kwun      
  TBA  
      The Mook Yan Jong – Wooden Man Dummy       The dummy is a training aid or partner that represents a man from the shoulders to the elbows. It has three arms – two up top, one in the middle and a middle leg with a knee, shin and calf. It comes with 108 movements of the three forms of wing chun. The dummy conditions the arms and forms accurate strikes of the hands as weapons  
      Bart Jarm Dao – Eight Slash Butterfly Swords      These twins’ short swords invented by the Abbott’s of Shaolin are invincible because of their ability to rotate inside and outside the arms. The monks didn’t favor killing so they only cripple or maim their opponents by attacking the four limbs and 8 moveable joints. With the precise footwork of the wing chun system the butterfly swords enhance your speed, balance, and footwork along with using two limbs at the same time  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 04:56:08 +0000</pubDate><link>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/training/</link><guid>http://advancedwingchun.com/wingchun/training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movies]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
        	

    Wing Chun Movies with Master Clayton    
            
          
            

  Below are a few clips of the Master performing some examples of his instruction in action. None of the scenes you see below are choreographed or pre-planed. Enjoy!  
    	

  
            

  
                

  	
                          
                    
                

  Butterfly Swords  
                
            
            

  
            	

  
            		      
                    
                

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  Defense against a gun  
                
    	    
        
        

      
            

  
            	

  
                	      
                    
                

  Application against double punches  
                
            

  
            	

  
     				      
				    
                

      NEW     Section of Chum Kil Form  
                
    	    
        
        

      
            

  
            	

  
                           
                    
                

      NEW     Chum Kil Application 1  
                
            

  
                

  
                          
                    
                

      NEW     Chum Kil Application 2  
                
    	    
        
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