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The 2020 ISKA Victorian Open was a great day for our school .. a great day of martial spirit, friendship and courage. Congratulations to Jasmine and Jackson, Blayze, Grace and Manny. I’m enormously proud of you all .. Sifu Paul ..read more

The 2019 Victorian Kung Fu Championships on May 19 was held at Springers Leisure Centre in Keysborough. Spirited competition from our opponents gave our younger students Tate, Maddy, Marcus, Blayze & Talin some great experience and some good life lessons. Resilience, patience, courage, self control, strategy, determination and above all good sportsmanship. Blayze also represented us in the Wooden Dummy Form and did an excellent job to be awarded a first place trophy. Congratulations to Bendigo’s Nick Denham on becoming 2019 Victorian Kung Fu Champion in the Open Age Under 80kg category and ..read more

Our centreline is much more than a list of targets such as eyes, nose, chin, throat, sternum, groin etc. Our ‘centreline’ extends from the crown of our skull going down through the centre of our body, through the dantien core region, out the perineum and ending between our feet. In the picture below, you will see two ways to punch, one of which is leaning forward INTO the punch, the other punching from an upright position. When we lean into a punch (as in the example on the right) we run the risk of the opponent intercepting the punch and taking our balance by deflection or pulling us forward ..read more

TAN SAO is one of the important hand movements in Wing Chun. To describe it as a ‘palm up block’ implies a force against force movement, which it can be if necessary but that description diminishes it’s true function which is to disperse the incoming energy from an opponent’s strike. Tan Sao is also used in Chi Sao as a ‘Seeking Hand’ continually seeking the gap with forward intention. Tan Sao against your opponents Fuk Sao can take advantage of any weakness in the Fuk Sao to move forward in either a strike or to gain control of the opponents head or neck. The classic defence us ..read more

A student asked this question last week in class. It's a very good question. It is an easy defense to just step back when somebody is attacking but at some stage, you're either going to: - run out of space - get hit; - have to defend and counterattack. So that being the case, you may as well learn how to defend and counterattack properly, so you only step back when you have to. The problem with stepping back all the time, is that you actually don't learn much at all! Chi Sao is not a static exercise, so you are expected to move around and move your opponent around, to try to create openings ..read more

When I was awarded my Black Sash by Sifu Linda and Sifu Garry Baniecki it marked the achievement of a milestone, but it didn’t mark the end of the journey. Many people set achieving a black belt level as their end goal, but that is a mistake. To me, becoming a black belt just meant was I was now a senior student of Wing Chun Kung Fu – now my real journey begins to plumb the depths of skill within myself and discover the real pearls and treasures of learning and knowledge within myself that Wing Chun can reveal. Along the way, I have learnt that patience, persistence, perseverance, self-discipl ..read more

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Our young dragons in the KUNG FU for KIDS class are doing just great. We were honored to have the assistance tonight of Sifu Garry and Sifu Linda Baniecki of our Melbourne branches here to assist us tonight. We greatly appreciate their generosity in freely giving us their time in coming up here to Bendigo so regularly to help our students! Next week will see all our students in our fabulous Gold T-Shirt with the red dragons so that's something to look forward to. Liam had his first lesson tonight and did such a great job! Yaguraj is really coming along and Sam and Tate are just getting better ..read more

Sunday December 11, 2016 was a big day for Bendigo students with Nick and Sonya both completing their Level 2 gradings with great skill and endeavor earning a bar to their Orange sash. Ryan also showed his level of commitment to learning the Intermediate skills of Wing Chun by completing his Level 5 grading and earned a Blue Sash. I'm extremely proud of the commitment shown by Bendigo students and their desire to progress in their knowledge and skills in Shaolin Wing Chun Kung Fu. These students are truly reaping the benefits of healthy exercise and learning an ancient traditional Chinese mart ..read more