I was asked a question about the significance of Wing Chun Dao and how the name came to be.It’s a bit long and historic. MY LIFE TODAY Some people probably find me a bit strange, especially…
Author: Sifu Fernandez
Sifu Fernandez is an experienced instructor, renowned bouncer and body guard. His street fighting experience has helped him formulate and further evolve his studies in combat and martial arts – bringing you the best experience and knowledge he has to offer. He began training Wing Chun in 1972 under the lineage of Chu Shong Tin (Ip Man -> Chu Shong Tin -> Jim Fung -> Sifu Fernandez) and has mastered the WingTsun system as a private student of Grandmaster Leung Ting (Ip Man -> Leung Ting -> Sifu Fernandez). In addition, Fernandez also excelled in other arts such as boxing, kick boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, Doce Pares, Filipino escrima and various lineages of Wing Chun Kung Fu. Sifu Fernandez gives you detailed and realistic views on Wing Chun as an art and as a street fighting system. He breaks away from many myths, taboos and hocus pocus misinformation found in the art today. His broad-minded view on many fighting systems shows in the evolution of classical Wing Chun to WingTchunDo (which is a global application of the Wing Chun and Wing Tsun systems). WingTchunDo was officially founded in 2005.
Wing Chun Dao, My Mission Statement
My journey in the martial arts begun when I was a little boy, in the early 70s where I was greatly influenced by the brilliance of the great Bruce Lee. Being a son of Italian immigrants, we landed in the shores of Australia in late 1965, son of three children my father was a professional…
How to Overcome the Fear of Losing
Many people often worry about losing, falling down, embarrassment, losing face, being considered weak. Have you ever thought that losing could be more gratifying than winning? You don’t agree? I understand, it’s pretty hard to imagine,…