What Is Ving Tsun?

Simple in Appearance. Remarkable in Depth.

Ving Tsun is a Chinese martial art built around efficient use of structure, position, timing and sensitivity. It is known for direct movement and close-range skill, but the deeper aim is not to collect fast techniques. It is to develop a body and decision-making process that can adapt as conditions change.

Often romanized "Wing Chun" from the Chinese word 永春, "Ving Tsun" is the spelling chosen by Patriarch Ip Man to represent his style and descendants who teach his style. "Ving Tsun", therefore is a specialized and effective system whereas "Wing Chun" is something anybody can claim to teach.

A student can learn useful ideas early, then spend decades discovering how much more is hidden inside the same principles.

Skill Is More Than Strength

Efficiency. Structure. Timing. Sensitivity.

Economize Time

Don't waste time; finish the fight as quickly as possible.

Economize Motion

The straight line is the shortest distance between two points.

Don't move more than necessary.

Economize Energy

Don't use more energy than necessary.

Balance Risk

Don't take unnecessary or uncalculated risks.

Find the balance of competing demands.

A System, Not A Bag Of Techniques

Principles connect the answers.

No martial artist can memorize a separate answer for every possible situation. Wing Chun develops a connected set of principles and skills that can be applied differently as circumstances change.

Forms teach organization and movement. Partner drills add timing and distance. Chi Sao develops sensitivity and decision-making under contact. Applications test whether the same ideas still make sense as the situation becomes less cooperative.

From Practice To Adaptation

Solo work, partner feedback and changing conditions.

Wing Chun moves between solo refinement and partner feedback. The purpose is not to perform drills forever; it is to use the drills to build qualities that remain when the drill itself disappears.

The Traditional Forms

A map of the traditional curriculum.

Siu Nim Tau

Foundational structure, hand methods, positioning and the "little idea" from which later work grows.

Wooden Dummy

Refines angles, position, footwork, recovery and already-developed technique.

Chum Kiu

Turning, stepping, coordination and maintaining structure while moving and connecting.

6 1/2 Point Pole

Develops whole-body power, distance, structure and traditional weapon skill.

Biu Ji

Advanced recovery, power and ideas for compromised position.

Butterfly Swords

Advanced footwork, strategy, coordination and short-weapon skill.

Our Lineage

Ip Man -> Moy Yat -> Sunny Tang -> Wayne Belonoha

Wai's practices the Ip Man family system through Grandmaster Moy Yat and Grandmaster Sunny Tang. Sifu Wayne began training under Sunny Tang in 1993 and later became his disciple and lineage representative.

The value of lineage is not that everyone must move identically. It is that a student begins with access to a coherent body of knowledge, teachers and generations of experience instead of having to invent the system again from scratch.