August Video of the Month Available

The August Video of the Month is now available. This month I discuss grappling and how the second movement from the Muk-Yan-Chong addresses how Wing Chun is fully competent with grappling applications.

July Video of the Month Available

The July Video of the Month is now available. This month I discuss proper distancing when working with the wooden dummy.

Two Updated Videos and the July Video of the Month

There are two updated videos: Siu-Nim-Tau Section 1 and Chum-Kiu Section 1. These are down-graded videos from our members-only resource sections so I wanted to put them online for your use. These are the formats you will start seeing over time that will be replacing the older videos currently available.

The July Video of the Month is being re-filmed tomorrow due to an uncorrectable audio problem, so look for that either Saturday afternoon or evening. Make sure you download the current Video of the Month before that, since as you know there are no archives due to the size.

Landmark Achievement in DLP: Biu-Tze Curriculum

Next month marks a landmark achievement in the AWCA's DLP history by introducing the Biu-Tze curriculum. Those who receive the latest lesson plan each month will be embarking not only in the last stage of the introductory Lat-sau phase, but they will also begin work on the Biu-Tze.

This is a pivotal moment in our history since the timing of the lesson plan just happened to coincide with the near-completed Volume 4: Biu-Tze of our eBook Training Series. I would like to say I did it on purpose but I don't like to lie. However, the timing could not have been better if I tried.

All who receive the latest of each month's lessons, get ready for a lot of fun because you are finally at the last empty-hand form of Wing Chun Kuen.

Members Only Sections Being Loaded with New Resources

All AWCA members: The Members Only online training sections for all Student Grades and Instructor Levels are being loaded with a variety of training videos for the forms, drills, applications, wallbag and wooden dummy training, as well as Chi-sau, Lap-sau, Chi-gerk, Lat-sau, and Escrima training. Check out your respective sections to see what is currently available. The entire range of training videos and PDF training guides will be available by Monday, June 28, so check frequently because the resource pages are literally a step-by-step program for driving through your lessons.

For those who need their username/password re-sent, please send me an email and I will send it right out.

This is a landmark achievement for the AWCA in that it has been a 2 year endeavor to get everything filmed, edited, and loaded properly for realistic training. With so many videos and such a hectic schedule, it has been time-consuming, to say the least. It is finally ready, though, and uploading has begun.

Congratulations to everyone who has helped make these resources finally available!

Promotion

In a great demonstration, it is my pleasure to announce another member being promoted to Student Grade 2. Michael's performance clearly shows his understanding and determination, and his participation via our Distance Learning Program is another testiment of what can be achieved through hard work.

Congratulations, Michael. VERY well done.

Web Broadcast Success

After a few trial-and-error attempts, we have worked out the bugs for our members-only classroom session broadcasts, as well as our 1-on-1 private webcam sessions. Last night's class was great fun knowing everyone could see us clearly and without the persistent audio reverberation. Now that that is cleared up, we can now broadcast all classes with confidence.

Thanks to everyone over the last two months who assisted in both group and private sessions working things out. You made a very positive difference.

Saturday Class Broadcast

For AWCA students and staff, class will be broadcast at 07:30am MST as scheduled. You should have already received emails with the URL, so if not, please contact me.

June Video of the Month Now Available

The June Video of the Month is now available. This month we take a brief look at how the basics of Chi-sau rolling compare among the different schools. Nothing major, mind you, but with many questions coming in about the rolling itself and how that translates to real fighting, this month answers some of the more common questions I receive.