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= Seminars
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= Demonstration
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= Competition
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= Travel
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In the interest of space, all listed participants of events are Ving Tsun Museum Committee Members.
All articles were commissioned by Ving Tsun Museum Curator Benny Meng.
1998
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Date
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Place
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Event
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January 30
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Rochester, NY
hosted by:
Andy Kalish and Doug Rivers
(VTM)
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- "History and
Foundation of Ving Tsun" by Benny Meng
Opening of the Rochester Branch Club (1st
visit)
This visit represented a continuation of the establishment of
official VTM Branch Clubs
Attended by: Mike Mathews, Jeremy Roadruck, Dan Wells, and Joe
Seidenschmidt
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February 24-26
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Chicago, IL
Dayton, OH
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   more...
- Sifu Moy Yat Visit
Grand Opening Planning Committee meeting
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February 28
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Dayton, OH
hosted by:
(VTM)
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- "Ving Tsun Fighting and Health" by Pete
Pajil and Miguel Hernandez
More meetings and coordination of activities in preparation of
the VTM's Grand Opening.
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March 4-8
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Los Angeles, CA
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- Meeting with Hawkins Cheung
This visit continued the research into the Yip Man lineage. Sifu
Cheung provided many stories and historical photographs to the
VTM during this visit.
Introduction to Gu Lao Wing Chun from Robert Chu
This represents the first official visit from the VTM to a
lineage outside of Yip Man. Curator Benny Meng interviewed Sifu
Robert Chu, collecting information about this little known style
of Wing Chun. Sifu Chu's Gu Lao Wing Chun offers an
understanding of combat from a Saan Sau point of view.
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March 27
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Akron, OH
hosted by:
Wayne Schulz
(VTM)
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- "Ving Tsun
Introduction" by Benny Meng (1st visit)
This represents the establishment of the 3rd VTM
Branch Club headed by Sifu Wayne Schulz
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March 28-29
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Canton, OH
hosted by:
Kyle Wyngandt
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   more...
- "Pan Nam Wing Chun"
by Eddie Chong
This Friendship Exchange represented the second official visit from the VTM to a
lineage outside of Yip Man and was the first contact with the
Pan Nam lineage of Wing Chun. Curator Benny Meng interviewed
Sifu Eddie Chong, collecting information only recently revealed
to the public about this little known style of Wing Chun. Sifu
Chong was the first to introduce Mainland Wing Chun to America
in recent years, offering a unique perspective.
Attended by: Curator Benny Meng, Jeff Ramsey, Mike Mathews, Dan
Wells, and Joe Seidenschmidt
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April 11
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Dayton, OH
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- Ving Tsun Demonstration at Dayton Art
Museum by: Curator Benny Meng, Tae Hayden, Rick Howard, Kathy
Howard, Mike Mathews, Jeremy Roadruck, Dan Wells, and Chango Noaks
At this time, the VTM introduced itself and the Museum's Mission Statement to the Dayton Art and Dayton Museum communities as well as the local martial arts community.
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April 25 to May 1
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NYC, NY
Atlanta, GA
San Francisco, CA
Vancouver, BC
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   more...
- Ving Tsun Tour of North America
From New York, this Friendship tour traveled to visit Jason Lau in Georgia. From Georgia it went to San Francisco to visit Mak Po. From there, tour participants went to Vancouver, British Columbia to visit Jeffrey Chan.
Attended by: Moy Yat, Miguel Hernandez, Benny Meng, and Fred Glenn
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April / May
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Wing Chun Today
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- The Ving Tsun Museum by Benny Meng
(view article)
- The Anatomy of Ving Tsun by Rick
Howard
(view article)
Grand Opening Advertisement (back cover)
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May 16-17
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BC, Canada
hosted by
Ray Van Raamsdonk
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   more...
- "Friendship
Exchange" 3 different styles of Wing Chun by Ray VanRaamsdonk,
Marty Goldberg, and Rene Ritchie
This was the first of many "Friendship" events organized by the
VTM and the International Wing Chun Kung Fu Federation
(IWCKFF).
(read review)
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June 3- 9
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Sau Paulo, Brazil
hosted by:
Leo Imamura
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   more...
- "Complete Ving Tsun"
by Benny Meng
This was the 2nd visit by VTM Curator Benny Meng to
VTM South American Representative Leo Imamura. This series of
twelve Friendship seminars covered the entire Wing Chun system up to the
weapons.
Attended by: Curator Benny Meng and Jeremy Roadruck
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June 10-15
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Clearwater Beach, FL
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- National Association of Professional
Martial Artists Convention
  
Meeting with Wing Chun Today Publisher, Martin C. Mark
Attended by: Pete Pajil, Miguel Hernandez, Leo Imamura, Curator
Benny Meng, Sunmi Meng, Jeremy Roadruck, and Dan
Wells
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June 23-28
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Toronto, Canada
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   more...
- 2nd Pan Am
Championships and Moy Yat's 61stBirthday
(view competition results)
Connection with Wushu Kungfu Magazine through its editor, Martha
Burr
Master's Demonstration of Ving Tsun by
William Moy, Pete Pajil, Miguel Hernandez, Curator Benny Meng,
Leo Imamura
This was the first International Wing Chun event lead by the
VTM
Attended by: Curator Benny Meng, Sunmi Meng, Jeremy Roadruck, Dan
Wells, Chango Noaks, Mike Wong, and Joe Seidenschmidt
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August 6-10
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Baltimore, MD
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   more...
- United States of
America Wushu-Kungfu Federation Nationals (USAWKF)
(for competition results, click
here)
- Master's Demonstration of Wing
Chun
After years of experimentation and refinement, this was the
first time standardized Wing Chun Chi Sau competition rules
organized by the VTM were utilized at the National level of
competition.
Attended by: Curator Benny Meng, Sunmi Meng, Rick
Howard, Kathy Howard, Mike Mathews, Jeremy Roadruck, Dan Wells,
Chango Noaks, Joe Seidenschmidt, and Mark Stump
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August 28 to September 3
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Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix, AZ
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- Visit with Hawkins Cheung and Robert
Chu
Arizona Branch Club Visit (5th visit)
This trip covered more research into the Yip Man lineage of Wing
Chun and finalized plans for the upcoming, historic West Coast
Workshop featuring four Sifus of the Yip Man lineage.
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September 25-26
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Akron, OH
hosted by:
Wayne Schulz (VTM)
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   more...
- Opening of the Akron Branch Club
(2nd visit)
This trip represented official Museum recognition of this Branch
Club as a Museum Affiliate.
- "Siu Nihm Tauh" by Benny Meng
Attended by: Rick Howard, Mike Mathews, Jeremy Roadruck, Dan
Wells, Dan Carpenter, Steve Atkinson and Joe Seidenschmidt
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October 7-14
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Rio, Brazil
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   more...
- VTM Fundraiser and 10th Anniversary of
Leo Imamura (3rd visit)
Attended by: Curator Benny Meng and Sunmi Meng
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October 23-24
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Phoenix, AZ
hosted by:
Richard Loewenhagen
(VTM)
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   more...
- "VTM West Coast
Workshop" by Sifus Chu Shong Tin, Yip Chun, Yip Ching, Moy
Yat
Arizona Branch Club Visit (6th visit)
This historic Friendship event represented the first and only time four
Sifus of the Yip Man lineage came together for a common teaching
purpose in the Western United States. The event was sponsored by
the Ving Tsun Museum and elegantly hosted by Meng's Martial Arts
of Arizona.
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Question and Answers to the Four Sifus
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Yip Man's Teaching and Principles and Concepts
of the three forms of Ving Tsun by Sifu Chu Shong Tin
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Wooden Dummy and Ving Tsun Kicking by Sifu Yip
Ching
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Chi Sau by Sifu Yip Chun
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System and Methodology by Sifu Moy Yat
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October 26-30
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Dayton, OH
hosted by:
(VTM)
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   more...
- "Ving Tsun Athletic Association Senior
Instructor Certification Program"
by Sifus Chu Shong Tin, Yip Chun, Yip Ching, Moy Yat
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Nature of the Ving Tsun System by Sifu Moy Yat
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Three Forms, Development of Punching Power by
Sifu Yip Ching
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Three Forms, Teaching Methods by Sifu Yip Chun
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Three Forms, Body Structure of Ving Tsun by Sifu Chu Shong
Tin
Also included with each workshop was a personal story about the
late Sifu Yip Man.
These Friendship workshops are available on videotape, please visit our gift shop for more information.
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October 30
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Dayton, OH
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   more...
- VTM Official Grand Opening
Active Committee Members - Honorary Chairman Moy Yat, Technical
Advisor Ip Ching, Curator Benny Meng, Sunmi Meng, Leo
Imamura, Richard Loewenhagen, Rick Howard, Kathalene Howard,
Mike Mathews, Jeremy Roadruck, and Dan Wells
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October 31 to November 1
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Dayton, OH
hosted by:
(VTM)
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- "2nd
Annual International VTM Workshop"
by Sifus Moy Yat, Yip Ching, Yip Chun, Chu Shong Tin, Mak Po,
Hawkins Cheung, Moy Bing Wah
October 23 to November 1 brought to light a series of history
making Wing Chun events. October 23 and 24 saw the first
workshop conducted by four Sifus of the Yip Man lineage in the
United States.
Immediately following that weekend workshop, the Sifus conducted
the 2nd Ving Tsun Athletic Association Senior
Instructor Certification Program ever held at the VTM making it
the first held outside of China.
Three more Sifus arrived to present information at the
2nd Annual International VTM Workshop making this the
first workshop ever to feature seven Sifu of the Yip Man Wing
Chun System. Several of these Wing Chun veterans had not seen
each other in over 25 years. Their desire to come together at
one place and one time is a testament to their support of the VTM.
In all, this series of events represented the culmination of a
year's planning to celebrate and commemorate the Grand Opening
of the Ving Tsun Museum and spread the concept of Friendship throughout the Wing Chun community.
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December
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Martial Arts Legends
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- Wing Chun Songs of Stone
This was a reprint of an earlier article on the Ving Tsun Kuen
Kuit stone chops.
(view article)
- Ving Tsun Museum Preserves History
This was the first in-depth article published on the VTM.
(view article)
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December
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Inside Kung Fu
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- Will the Chinese Government take over Ving Tsun?
An interview of Yip Man Athletic Association President Sam Lau
by VTM Curator Benny Meng
(view article)
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December 6 - 10
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San Francisco, CA
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- 1st Official Visit to Hung
Fa Yi Wing Chun
Interview of Sifu Garrett Gee, documentation of WC
History
This represents the first official visit from the VTM to Sifu Garrett Gee. Curator
Benny Meng interviewed Sifu Gee and his senior students,
collecting vital information never before revealed to the public
about the history of Hung Fa Yi Wing Chun as well as Wing Chun
history as a whole. Sifu Gee also shared technical information
demonstrating a deep understanding of combat from a
philosophical and ideological point of view. Sifu Gee also
provided an opportunity for a Friendship Exchange with Curator Meng sharing his
understanding of the Yip Man system with Sifu Gee's students. The VTM
would like to thank Sifu Gee and his students for the
generosity and hospitality shown while Curator Meng was in San
Francisco.
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