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Amazing!
Exactly 42 years ago today 26th July 1978 James Sinclair was demonstrating the (then) little known Art of Wing Chun Kung Fu.
James and his Kung Fu brothers and sisters were performing lots of demonstrations and promoting the Art that so many people know of today.
This demonstration was outside St Pauls Cathedral in the City of London.
A fascinating look back, not just on the history of James Sinclair but the fashion of the London workers.
In those days large crowds would watch at each and every event.
James once had to demonstrate the #wingchun Siu Nim Tao at the Bruce Lee convention, alone on stage at Westminster Central Hall.
James was very nervous and family members said "don't worry, all the lights are on you, you won't be able to see the audience".
James walked out on stage with his head down, walked to his position, slowly lifted his head and could see every persons face staring in complete silence at him!!!!
People had huge expectations, even Bruce Lee's personal yellow jumpsuit was displayed on stage.
After the performance, members of the public were congratulating James on his amazing dynamic tension, commenting they could see the 'shake' from the use of chi power. Incredible what people will believe they can see when they want to! It was sheer terror and adrenaline.
On a positive point, it is true that after the first few seconds of his performance James was so absorbed in the form he was unable to see the audience. A bit bit of good fortune that he had practiced to such a level.
The guest of honour that day was Guru Dan Inosanto. Guru Inosanto even took the time to give a friendly compliment on James' performance, despite James being a total nobody. The mark of a decent gentleman.
In 2011 Master Mark Phillips had taken some students to Hong Kong and China from his @LondonWingChunAcademy. Amongst the cohort was a gentleman/student who stated he had arranged that very same Bruce Lee convention. Talk about a small world.
This gentleman watched a demo of profressional martial artists in China. At one point they performed the nunchaku. During a relaxed chat with the team afterwards, he borrowed the nunchaku and performed a great demo impressing everybody. More so as he had not touched them for years. We may post the video of that encounter one day!
#ukwkcfa #wingchun #wingchun #kungfu #london #londonlife #brucelee #memories
James Sinclair is potentially starting a class in Leicester UK.
James will be personally teaching the sessions. If you are interested in attending, please let us know by contacting us via email info@ukwingchun.com and will keep you updated on the progress.
#wingchun #ukwkcfa #martialarts #kungfu
Last night we discussed further how to implement striking in #WingChun by using the wallbag.
There is just so much to discuss. The use of the body, the weight shift, the break from traditional rooted stances and showing why they are limited.
Below is more of the feedback from our session. They can't all be wrong!
Particulalry fascinating is that the guys in Australis and Malaysia are staying up to watch this live at crazy hours, and then still watching he recordings.
We now have hours and hours of great in depth tutorials on so many aspects of the Art we all love.
Just visit www.ukwingchun.com/shop check out our great wallbag and the popular near 2 hour DVD on its use.
SOME FEEDBACK FROM LAST NIGHT
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Definitely continually getting more & more information from these sessions Sifu. I hope these can continue in some way should we ever get back to ‘Normal’
Thank you Sifu, loving these sessions 🙏
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thank you for tonight's session and the opportunity to reconnect. Your passion, knowledge and speed remains off the charts :-)
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Sifu really really appreciate your time and effort your sharing an absolute goldmine of information. Thank you for covering more in-depth on the wall bag I will have to dig out the wall bag dvd to to go along with your zoom tutorials. 🙏🏻
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Fantastic information sifu.
Great to see how to put it all together. 👊
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Thanks Sifu - watching you on the wall bag is impressive! Made me realise I need to change how I practice to be less robotic.
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It would be very helpful if we could have these sessions even after we get back to the face-to-face sessions. We learn so much from these videos.
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Thank you very much for all your diligence and hard work, and for the tremendously informative breakdowns on various striking methods.
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Great detail as always, thanks.
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Thank you Sifu, another great lesson.
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Thank you Sifu for some more great webinars, really enjoying the content.
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Thanks Sifu great job on your own ! can’t wait to see the recorded video s as well 🙏
#wingchun #martialarts #china #hongkong #ukwkcfa #kungfu #wallbag
Tonights online Wing Chun session is on how to use the wallbag to best effect. Also using a #wingchun wooden dummy to bridge punches and how to use the hips for direct and interception punches to bridge.
James will be covering a whole plethora of strikes, and how to combine them. From classical to 'dirty cheap shots', he covers a lot.
We covered the same subject last night and the feedback was very positive.
ONE EX STUDENT SIMPLY SAID
Thank You Sifu.
That was bl••dy excellent!!👍
ANOTHER STATED
Great stuff for the wall bag, I just need to find a decent wooden dummy now.
Thank you Sifu.
ANOTHER SAID
Thank you sifu 🙏🏿, excellent session
A NON MEMBER OF THE UKWCKFA WROTE
Wow that amazing sifu🙏🏽⚡⚡
ANOTHER
Thanks Sifu , that was a brilliant lesson and it’s helped refresh my memory . 🙏🏻
MORE.....
Thank you Sifu, very insightful and useful. Thank you
AND ANOTHER.....
Thank you Sifu, this session, just like all the previous ones was very helpful for me. It cleared a lot of detail, great presentation. Thank you,
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More great training tips.
Another excellent session Sifu, thank you 🙏
These sessions are NOT lessons you train in. They are MasterClasses on specific area. Sit back, put you feet up and absorb, enjoy and LEARN.
The only person sweating will be James Sinclair.
We sold 4 wall bags just from mentioning how to use our unique design. Just visit www.ukwingchun.com/shop check out the wallbag and the great near 2 hour DVD on its use.
Every session is recorded and stored with a private password for those paying attendees.
See you tonight from 20:15
Oh and yes we talk classical exercises and whether they are worth the effort.... Th photos show some old fashioned ideas.
In the early 1980's James took part in a BBC documentary entitled Way of the Warrior.
As a 'youngish' martial artist himself he was impressed by the martial spirit of an individual who featured in another episode.
Master Morio Higaonna is a highly respected Goju Ryu Karate teacher.
Many years later it came to pass that James met this lovely humble gentleman. They spent some time chatting.
James was unaware that Goyu Ryu has its roots in White Crane Kung Fu like Wing Chun, and that Master Higaonna was frequently travelling to further research the Art he has made his own life journey.
James is well respected for his hand conditioning, but compared to this gentleman he is but a baby.
Master Higaonna gave James a copy of his book on his Art, and inscribed it with a lovely personal message.
James would like to thank Leonard Davies and Samuel Judah for facilitating this meeting.
#wingchun #gojuryu #gojuryukarate #ukwckfa #martialarts #okinawa #okinawakarate #vingtsun #whitecrane #china #sensei #karate #japan #whitecrane
