here is something cool about wing chun

About Sifu david Peterson Training:
It all began when as little kids we used to watch martial arts and other fighting movies, watching Bruce Lee and those Japanese shows in Australia. All this inspired me to learn more about it and the Asian culture. I started to train in Australia and also studied Shao Lin Kempo which is also known as Shao Lin boxing.  The training was really great but the overall learning process was pretty slow. I got a chance to get training from someone who knew Wing Chung and being a big fan of Bruce Lee and Asian culture; I went to check it out and ended up at that school for around 10 years.
After sometime I discovered that his claims of being qualified weren’t true which resulted in disagreement between us. Thanks to my Chinese studies that lots of Chinese people told me that what I was being taught wasn’t good enough. He used to make different excuses as why I wasn’t ready to take next step, which was quite obvious.
Eventually, I came to decision of moving to Hong Kong and find a genuine teacher of Wing Chun. Since I already learned Mandarin in back home, I took its help to learn Cantonese in Hong Kong.

How did you felt training under Wong Shun Leung?
Although I didn’t train with him most of the time due the fact that it was Hong Kong training style which was very casual but the overall experience was simply amazing! However, I used to remain busy most of the time because of my training with all of my SiHings (seniors or older Kung Fu brothers) and juniors. Sifu used to enter the class from time to time so he could help us with any problems or talk about those topics which would help us to understand our training in a better way. As I became good he would take more participation in my training. I also got very lucky due to the fact that when he used to visit Australia, he stayed at my house for weeks. I considered it a bonus because I could listen to his ideas and then make comparisons.
As I was a teacher, I used to get lots of breaks when term ended. There were times when I went to Hong Kong and trained for up to 2 months. I went as many times as it was possible and I always tried to stay as long as it was possible. It became a norm for me since 1993 till he passed away.

Can you tell us about your book?

Well, it’s not like those typical books about martial arts, I categorize them as a “how to do it book” which tell you how to throw a front kick or some other form of attack. I tried a different approach and focused on “how to think book” which is about how you can get inside the head of my trainer, my Sifu and learn what it’s all about when it boils down to fighting. I quoted him directly and then explained his intention as well. My as sifu david peterson goal was to convey them the message that my teacher gave me and learn through it.

jin young - bjj and wing fighter

As my first post I want to start by saying I've always really liked bjj and wing chun. Lucky for me I found an interview with Jin Young, who trained under hawkins cheung. Lets talk about this China Boxer Wing Chun!

If you don't know already, Jin is super popular on youtube. From what I can tell he was the first guy to "teach on youtube," where as everyone else was just "showing off," he took the time to teach and became super popular because of it.

First of all, here is the lnink if you are wondering, or just want to read the full interview:

http://wingchungeeks.com/china-boxer-interview/

I really like how they talk about about the Wing Chun community, more or less how it needs improvement.  Here is how it goes, in brazilian jiu jitsu they all get along pretty good. Since they all get along so well, they are apple to train with different schools, different teachers and really bring their MA to the next level.  Think about it, if we all got along, we could train like crazy, and finally get some Ip Man like skills!

He also went on to talk about how even before he trained with one of Ip Mans students he trained with the man himself! dan inosanto! One of Bruce Lee's friends/students.  It sounded like he trained with him for YEARS really learning the JKD thing.  It must be amazing to be able to train with some many different people.


If you don't know already,Inosanto was one of the first super famous martial arts people.  He went around a lot in the 80s teaching away with Wing Chun. Very cool stuff, i would love to have the opportunity to train with someone like that.

I find it super cool that Jin was from a small town, just like me, before I moved to New York.  Now that I live in  NYC, plently of WC to go around.

I also liked how he spoke a lot about Hawkins Cheung.  He is a really cool dude, someone who trained under Ip Man.   Best of all from what I can tell, for someone who is a bit older, he can speak English really well.   Think about all the good HK guys you will never be able to speak too, this guy on the otherhand, you just show up! Learn wing chun, done!

To get back on topic, Jin went on to talk about that even thought he was pretty sure, their was no way Jin could take him down! super cool stuff. Here is a youtube video of HC doing his thing.
I'm good for today! I think i spoken enough about China boxer wing chun, i give him all the phrase in the wolrd and can't wait to watch more videos. I'm' going to head back to BJJ and Wing Chun class.