This past weekend's seminar, "Reaching Your Wing Chun Potential", with Mario Hostios was exceptional. His years of direct experience under the source of our modern training methods, Karl Godwin, has yeilded unmistakable insight. There were in-depth discussions, clear demonstrations and practical drills for application. Mario did a great job of showing how our particular method of Wing Chun is truly a complete art - how it offers protection from violence, protection from illnesses, and a path ... Read Full Story

Wing Chun is a traditional Chinese fighting art. It is direct and uses economy of movement, and is very comprehensive. Our specific approach to Wing Chun uses the laws of physics to determine the best ways to move and defend one’s self. These concepts and principles govern how we move, fight and train. Most other schools rely on muscular strength, speed, and purely physical technique. Instead, the concepts we use involve position, sensitivity, structure, footwork, and technique to deal ... Read Full Story

A taoist philosopher of ancient China, Lao Tzu is regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching (Daodejing). As with most other ancient Chinese philosophers, Lao Tzu often explains his ideas by way of paradox, analogy, repetition, symmetry, rhyme, and rhythm.Lao Tzu describes taoism as unseen, but not transcendent, immensely powerful yet supremely humble, being the root of all things. According to the Tao Te Ching, humans have no special place within the Tao, being just one of its many ("ten tho... Read Full Story

Ip Man (Ip Man)|Leung Sheung|Kenneth Chung|Ben Der|Ken Werner|Karl Godwin|Bill Graves|Adam WillissIt is extremely rare to find a martial arts lineage that holds such an esteem as the one we have here in Orange County. Sifu Adam Williss has had the ability to meet and train with many other martial arts and Wing Chun lineages. He believes whole heartedly that it was a true gift to have found this particular lineage of Wing Chun.© Adam Williss Martial Arts & Wellness Institute Read Full Story

Shedding the myths around realistic self-defense, local martial arts expert Adam Williss details the principles that make anyone a force to be reckoned with -- regardless of size or stregnth. Make no mistake, this is like no other seminar... This is today's most advanced technology available!The highly comprehensive course covers the ability to defend yourself against all kinds of attacks including but not limited to immediate reaction conditioning, anti-mugging and rape tactics.The course is... Read Full Story

The 2009 Bill Graves Wing Chun Seminar here in Orange County was nothing short of amazing. Held on April 25th at the YMCA in Laguna Niguel, CA and named Orange County's Self-Defense Revolution, the seminar participants left floored at the level of knowledge that Sifu Bill Graves had to share. With a small group of 15 at the event, Sifu Graves showed his ability to speak for over 6-hours on the subject of Wing Chun in a highly intelligent way that consistently drove his point across quite cle... Read Full Story

Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. ~Matsu BashoTo the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Lao TzuYou’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail. -Charlie ParkerOf old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability. ~Sun TzuI fear not the man who has pr... Read Full Story

New details have emerged about the highly anticipated follow-up to Wilson Yip's hit Wing Chun movie IP MAN. Donnie Yen will be returning in the title role as expected and he will be fighting action director Sammo Hung but as negotiations with Bruce Lee's family are still underway, a young Bruce will not be depicted in this film, although he is expected to appear in a third and final film as Ip's student.... more© Orange County Martial Arts Magazine Read Full Story

A rare opportunity... One day only in Orange County, CAHeld in Orange County, California on Saturday, April 25th, Sifu Bill Graves will be flying to California for this seminar and leaving immediately afterwards. He will be sharing his 27 years of practical experience in this highly comprehensive seminar. If you can get a spot the cost is $125.00 (you do not need previous experience to attend as this seminar is designed for everyone -- from beginners to those that are highly experienced marti... Read Full Story

Happiness. Wealth. Friendship. Luck. Affluence. Prosperity. Abundance. These are not things that we acquire. We can't find happiness at a location or a time yet to come. We can't wait for things to get better or for things to stop getting worse. We also can't push for the things to get better. Pushing only drives things the other way.We don't acquire it. We constantly choose it.We have to make the constant choice to tune into it. When we allow ourselves to tune into happiness and wealth, we s... Read Full Story