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In order to preserve traditional WingChun, the International Academy of WingChun became a Licence-Free Elite Organisation in 2024. Some of our instructors have continued to teach WingChun since the changeover in 2020. I would like to wholeheartedly support this honourable task, which, after long deliberation, led to this new possibility of continuation.
I personally am no longer available for WingChun seminars and concentrate exclusively on S.A.T.
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August 2009
WingChun - Self-Defence has a Name
The development of WingChun marked the creation of a unique self-defence art. Since 2003 we have offered this highly-developed system through the International Academy of WingChun. Self-defence is our primary concern. The origin of the WingChun was the result of extensive and complex research and began with my experience of one of the more inventive styles of Wing-Chun. Incidentally, when I write Wing-Chun, I mean those styles which have developed away from the original 17th century combat art. To this day there are indeed several styles which have developed and have affiliated themselves to the same root-words (Wing-Chun), with various spellings, but the similar-sounding name is actually the only connection between these martial arts. Choosing a different name actually denotes an autonomous and distinctive style. The grandmaster of each style is responsible for its character and development. In a book I will deal with the historical developments in much detail. Here I would like to offer an edited version, in order to bring a little clarity into the world of Wing-Chun.
After the fall of the Ming dynasty (1644) resistance fighters developed a new style with the ultimate purpose of winning back the beloved cultural and economic glory days of China. The time of the Ming is considered the Renaissance of China. The existing kung fu styles could not meet the demanding requirements of the resistance movement because they contained only partially combative aspects. Something new and functional had to develop. Therefore I regard the style, WingChun, not as a style of kung fu, because the primary idea is applicability which is not the main concern with kung fu. The name Wing-Chun meant at the time “eternal springtime” and referred to the period of cultural flourishing in China, which they tried to conquer back in vain.
At the beginning of the 80's a widespread interest in Wing-Chun developed in Germany. Suitably for that decade came an abstruse development of this style. Many of us were pulled for various reasons to this “new” martial art. You must know that in the 80’s many Asian martial arts films conquered the world of the cinema, which contributed to an extremely naive view of the Chinese combat arts. Film and reality merged into a fanciful perception. Many of us dreamed about the ultimate style with which one learns to fight without effort, just like the actors in the films, with yielding and soft movements.
And this cliché was pursued until the bitter end. An incompletely taught and, in my judgment, degenerate Wing-Chun was subjected to a destructive renovation. After they had changed the name (to just two consonants), a rather vague history of a combat nun (in China?) was invented. They called her simply Ng Mui, which translated means “five roots” and actually refers to the development of the style, i.e. the five masters who created it. For the purposes of advertising, even more interesting histories continued to develop around the whole subject. One absurd fairytale was that the style was developed by a woman. They gave her, quite simply, the name of the style, with the addition of the Chinese character “Yim” (for “word”) which served as a reference to the verbal way in which Wing-Chun was taught, person to person, with nothing written down. At the time nobody knew any better and therefore they could completely and freely create things. From this starting point they began to refer to it as a soft style. So the basis for a quite inventive concept was created. Now it rapidly progressed. As crazy as it sounds, they taught passivity in movement. Drawing back to prepare a strike and long, dynamic movements as well as the use of muscular force were smirked at and scorned. They invented a wedge principle contrary to any physical logic and thought that with this principle they could use their arms to displace attacks from the outside. The only straight line that they thought existed was in front of one's own body and only on this line were they allowed to move. Anything else simply could not be. They even believed that the force of the opponent could be used. A kind of martial arts version of the geocentric model (of the Middle Ages) of the world was created. In the end they produced a martial art with childish principles. The idea of waiting until physical contact before reacting with a tactile response was the crowning nonsense. The king of senses, vision, to a large extent they did without. This led to fundamentally late reactions, but nobody cared about all this at the time. Then even books with pseudoscientific explanations came on the market, in which they almost turned the art of self-defence on its head.
Yes, you read correctly. Exactly the opposite of that which functions in defense was taught and in addition a suitable history was invented. Naturally we suspected we could not defend ourselves with these principles but the dream was too beautiful. By the time we admitted this to ourselves years had passed. This dream version of a martial art continued up to the mid-90’s. Then a few of us gradually returned to reason. The way back was certainly not easy. After some years of the experiments and dreams, we needed even more years to finally give them up. Astonishingly, this self-governing style still exists to this very day. Meanwhile there are numerous derivatives, with their only act of creativity being a new name. In the end they offered the same fantasy with the same fairy tale of the woman and the nun. To this very day many thousands still try to defend themselves with softness, passivity, and relaxation. The statement, “you have become softer”, which would lead a genuine fighter into depression, in these circles is regarded as praise.
Today I can look back with a smile because I witnessed it myself, and therefore I know what I am talking about. Many times I have asked myself how I put up with it at that time, but on the other hand it's probable that today's WingChun could only have resulted from this journey. I have re-discovered the reality through the absurd; this reality which had to play the leading role with the emergence of the art, because there was only one goal at that time – effectiveness. So, I set myself this task and through painstaking and considerable work created a completely new system, making use of my detailed research and a 40-year experience in martial arts. I took WingChun on a journey through time to arrive once again in the 21st century and above all in reality.
Thus WingChun developed. The training of technical coordination is an important component of my system. Strengthening the musculature, the ligaments and even the bones are an indispensable result of the training concept. Powerful and strong defense and attack movements distinguish WingChun. To be successful in a self-defence situation one needs first and foremost a sophisticated technical ability put into action by functional force. In self-defence it is the same whether you are a woman or a man, large or small, heavy or light. There are neither differences nor pros and cons. Everyone learns and trains the same educational programs and achieves the same goal in the end.
I hope with my remarks I can bring some light into the world of the self-defence arts. As the leader of the International Academy Of WingChun, this clearing-up is my obligation, particularly regarding Wing-Chun. Again and again I receive e-mails with many questions concerning the styles of Wing-Chun. Unfortunately, marketing ploys are very often accepted as fact. Therefore my personal hint: Go and look at as much as you can, take time before you decide and above all – ask questions. Only you can decide which martial art and which teacher you place your confidence in.
If you are interested in the self-defence system WingChun, you can directly contact the Group and Academy Leaders (found in the Listings - Academies and Groups) in your area. Our WingChun instructor looks forward to meeting you and will take time to plan your goals with you. Whether you would like to learn or teach self-defense and regardless of whether or not you possess previous knowledge from other styles, you are welcome at any time.
WingChun – Learn to Defend Yourself.
Sifu Klaus Brand
February 2011
Sapere aude!
Dear Students of WingChun. For the last 13 years I have been offering a unique and newly designed WingChun system. In 2003 I established the IAW in order to offer this style internationally along with my first professional WingChun teachers.
To date no other style can remotely be compared with ours. We, the International Academy of WingChun, are the only ones that practice an extremely hard, strengthening and at the same time flexible style of WingChun. It is our wish to teach our WingChun students the ability to defend themselves. This is why the basic level programmes (1st – 4th student level) contain some of the most important techniques of the entire system. Of course old, traditional values should not be lost. The responsibility lies with every Grand Master to create a style which, as originally intended, is suitable for an emergency. Fantasies have no place in a martial art like WingChun. It is necessary to understand what a style was created for, so that it may grow and progress healthily.
At present it must be quite distressing for a professional teacher who has, for the last 20 years, had to bear the derailed world of “Wing Chun”. The direction of most styles has never left the dream world and since the 80s they have been bombarding us with unchanged poetic slogans like “Self-defence without power”, “Learn to fight without fighting” or even “Use your opponent's strength" and other mindless statements. I still remember very clearly that it was advertised that one could defend oneself “passively” (just try to imagine that). Even now, in the 21st Century, those slogans from the 80s still grow in an esoteric world in which slogans can make things look a lot better than they are. So it comes as no surprise that some self-defence styles have been established that have forgotten how an ordinary attack works and instead one spends time on how to touch and bend the other’s arms. In those clubs these flexible distortions are quite aptly called “sensitivity training” and they are occasionally demonstrated, to emphasise entire mental stultification regarding self-defence, with blindfolded eyes. Even a child understands that you cannot defend yourself if you are unable to see anything. Self-defence is already difficult enough with both eyes wide open. What kind of idiot would put his trust in his tactile sense as an attack escalates? Some styles foolishly call this sensitivity training ‘Chi Sao’, whereby the original Chi Sao had nothing to do with a feeling, but initially focussed on the assimilation of collisions (hits/real attacks).
The focus in Chi Sao is on reducing the reaction speed with the indispensible training of seeing or fast recognition. The Chi Sao of WingChun, an exercise to toughen bones and strengthen muscles and ligaments and therefore the entire body was, in many styles, degraded to a form of sensitivity training in which mostly adults meet each other to touch and bend arms. No more is involved, and this can be verified on the Internet at any time. Sadly, a little bit of shoving and patting is then supposed to indicate a dangerous counterattack. Check out “Chi Sao” on the Internet and have a look at the result of these mistakes. Have a friend or your parents interpret what they see there. This could get very interesting, as a participant may not be able to consider the whole thing objectively and only sees what he or she wants to see. The observer does not need to have any knowledge of martial arts. Most of those portrayed in these little video clips do not have a clue either. That this has absolutely nothing to do with self-defence is clear, even for an amateur without any basic information. The Internet is full of these funny video clips by sense experts. My favourites include one of an old man in a black bathrobe showing a very strange cuddle-defence or four students standing in a circle senselessly groping at each other. One can barely believe one’s eyes. Take a look. The bad thing is that the uninformed in search of self-defence training give credibility to someone calling themselves an expert. And you cannot blame anyone for this error.
I would love to have shown you some of the best examples of this mass suggestion. But you should find your own personal favourites. You will find indescribable “Wing Chun” where you first touch and then paw at each other, but this is as far away from self-defence as a hawk from the moon. I have no idea what the followers of this abnormal art once looked for. Was it really self-defence?
Try to recognise which movement is supposed to simulate the attack. In most cases you will see two people. One pretends to be the attacker, but does not really attack. The other attacks the ‘non-attacking’ attacker with a sort of speed-petting. As if there are no principles in a fight. It’s so funny that you should definitely take a look. The main points (facts) of self-defence, like collision, stability and powerful movements don’t seem to interest anyone anymore. On the contrary, everyone seems to be delighted although nobody seems to know what for. You need to have seen this. Not a single strong attack, adventurous self-defence games, fidgety movements and even though it’s complete nonsense there are content and applauding students in the background.
This might be unthinkable, but this mass suggestion resulted in these followers believing they could feel an attack. This insult to human intellect is currently making its rounds through many systems. In the 90s when this dreamy touch art reached its peak it was copied, but seldom questioned.
Of course it is a challenge to practice realistic self-defence without hurting the partner and to have fun while doing some serious training. Brutality on the other hand has no place in WingChun. After all, it’s all about the precise combination of technique, power and speed. However, dealing with a collision, namely the first contact, remains the most important aspect of self-defence. The counter attack can only begin when the defender is able to cope with the powerful impact of attack and defence. The ability to resist a strong attack is indispensable to build up self-confidence. This is why practicing a stable defence is the most important experience in the initial training days. Never lose sight of the essence. Without using eyes self-defence is not possible. Lastly it is necessary to commit earnestly to maintaining the realism of the art of fighting.
The 8 WingChun principles are there as your tutor on your path through the art of self-defence. They will quickly help you to recognise what is right and wrong.
Sifu Klaus Brand
March 2012
Let’s Collide
WingChun - the way to become skilled
A functional self-defence art strengthens the ligaments, the bones and, of course, the musculature of the whole body. It is a fact that one has to strengthen and harden specific parts of the body to resist the initial collision of a real attack. There is no doubt that if you do not strengthen you arms adequately you will never be able to defend yourself. Because we use our arms for both attacking and defending, the forearm bones and surrounding musculature in particular should be conditioned. A few bruises in the beginning are entirely normal. It is no different if you are a man or a woman. Everyone has to go through it. Real ability is the reward.
For non-members I should, at this point explain that we do not teach Wing Chun, but WingChun. Our WingChun is the opposite of Wing Chun. I myself learnt the complete Wing Chun system as the second generation student of Yip Man from his Master student. After I learnt Wing Chun I could no longer teach it because it became clear that it is an illogical, non-functional and un-structured method with which no-one can defend themselves. I came to realise that it was all just a mixture of trash and fantasies. At that time there were no alternatives and only I had doubts about this method.
Today I am grateful that I began that way because only in doing so could I realise how senseless it was. The further I progressed the more grotesque that Wing Chun became. With every new technique came ever more discord. As a traditionalist, the developments of that time became unbearable for me. There was no other option for me but to immediately begin creating a system which worked with the fundamental concepts of the combat arts. I searched for the original intentions in the development of this martial art. For more than 10 years I worked tirelessly to complete my WingChun system. Today, I offer an alternative to those people who are looking for real self-defence with traditional values. Our style is called WingChun.
I have explained my standpoint regarding the degeneration of Wing Chun in previous articles. This degeneration has resulted in students becoming weak and compliant. For self defence these are fatal conditions. Weakness and compliance are the precursors to failure and mark the end of any possible development.
Back to WingChun. Most of our students need several months to strengthen themselves and acclimatise the forearm bones to collisions. Whoever perseveres with this and, perhaps after approximately one year, reaches the 4th Student Level, is already successful. With the beginning of Chi Sau training (5th Student Level), following the core self-defence training, the next step of conditioning begins.
Chi Sau Sections contain a vast array of strong collisions. The 1st Chi Sau Section, besides teaching you superior technical abilities, is for strengthening the whole body with the goal of using it as a base and a coordinated unit. The forearm bones have to sustain many powerful collisions. They become extremely stable and de-sensitised and as a result, after a strong defence you are capable of performing a decisive counter-attack.
With the completion of the 1st Section the student has reached the Upper Level. Their awareness of a collision is now completely different. Their body is stronger and the forearm bones can withstand collisions which could never have been imagined at the outset. At this level the students repeat strikes hundreds of times and become steadily stronger, harder and, ultimately, faster. It is at this stage that the students begin to miss this type of training if they do not attend regularly.
Strengthening and conditioning is enjoyable and changes the feeling of the whole body. Real self-defence ability is a very particular perception. Speed, power and advanced technical ability combine to give a sense of real freedom and confidence. The student begins to become one with every muscle in their body and feels capable and liberated. You can never fool your subconscious. A combat art has to be trained correctly. Only in that way you can develop the correct attitude and a natural feeling of security and confidence.
I and my Academy Leaders tire of hearing about sensitivity training, yielding and softness in connection with self defence training. This is simply absurd. If you do not want to train seriously, it would be better to look for a new hobby rather than ignore the logic and tradition of combat whilst pretending you are learning self-defence.
To my students an important piece of advice: Don’t let anyone who plays martial art games in certain clubs tell you how self-defence works because you are too well trained. After a few months of the above-described education it should not be a problem to distinguish between fantasies and reality. Remember the bruises on your arms in the early stages and remember the effort it took to acquire every single technique. Not everyone can achieve that. You can be proud.
Fighting is a conflict or war (not a sport) and it has nothing to do with yielding and softness. Even the effort to master adversity in life can be called fighting. Therefore fighting is part of living, of being human.
Living means fighting. Those who live, fight – those who fight, live.
Sifu Klaus Brand
September 2012
Collision, the only solution
Actually, as a WingChun Grandmaster, I use the word “collision” to characterize the encounter of an attack with a defence.
If there is no collision in a fight then there was never an attack.
After my article “Let’s Collide” I received countless emails, which I incidentally replied to without exception, questioning why I spoke about collision in our style and exactly what I meant by it. In many messages I was even asked about my opinion of sparring. I will address both of these topics here.
The fact is that I developed 15 years ago an entirely new system with the name WingChun.
Many organizations were established only to create new associations and new logos. However, technically everything invariably remained the same. These egoistic intentions can hardly be described as innovative. And that is precisely the cause of complications in the scene: new labels but identical, altogether pirated content. In my system no one finds a single known technique, especially if one has trained for ten or more years W-T or its innumerable derivatives. I recommend everyone to personally learn our WingChun. Our WingChun is unique and this is what all of us, Students and Instructors of the IAW, are proud of.
Our Team will help anybody who restarts in the International Academy of WingChun. Everyone is welcome!
Brief Elucidation of the Topic “Sparring”.
Practicing a combat art with sparring can only be seriously considered at the level of a small child. It is impossible to measure real Self-Defence skills via sparring, above all because protective gloves are worn. One strikes with gloves because the opponent is unable to ward off ones blows. Therefore, during WingChun classes, wearing training gloves is not allowed since they would radically impair our substantiality and efficacy. Training gloves serve to protect the opponent. However, the attacker is scarcely responsible for the protection of his opponent. In Self-Defence, the opposite is the case. Only your own protection is of interest. Nothing else. We defend ourselves using our hands and arms without protective gear and we attack without it as well. Protection lies in ability and not in some equipment. Anyone who wants to practice WingChun sparring definitely has a high-grade deficit, either in his competence or comprehension.
Sparring is trained in sports where no Self-Defence skills are taught. It is that simple. Sparring is a necessary exercise variant in many fighting sports. I have never heard of students from these fighting sports who train our Chi Sao to harden their arms or WingChun Forms to improve their body tension and coordination. Why should students of Self-Defence arts delight in training exercises from fighting sports? That makes no sense whatsoever but shows just how confused and uninformed many are.
The WingChun training of the IAW is significantly harder than any sparring. I suppose that many arts offer their students no assurance and thus rely on sparring to provide a “strong” feeling now and then. This suggests a sorry training program. Anyone who trains properly does not need sparring to feel strong. WingChun is bone-hard training. Whoever can sustain a training Class or a complete Seminar is anyhow strong. Our students are strong and not only that. They are capable, well-trained and ready.
And now back to the main topic of this article, Collision.
One with the intention to score a hit inevitably leads towards a collision. Either the punch meets its fist upon the target or its arm collides with a defence. There is de facto no other possibility.
Now a lot of “artist fighters” extraordinarily believe they can somehow neutralize the punch of an opponent. Some wish to steal the power of an opponent, while some speak about borrowing it and still others hope passivity will render an attack ineffective. They train their sensitivity by beginning with the touching of arms. That is absurd. The error lies in misconstruing the beginning of a fight.
A fight always starts before touching and the so-called touch or contact is only the end of an attack, namely a brutal collision.
Hence, there is no touching in the sense of a “gentle contact” but rather the merciless end of a movement. It seems likely that many use the words “fighting art” in reference to their style just to avoid demanding training with its indispensible effort. I have nothing against students calling WingChun a sport because it is indeed. Personally, I prefer the term combat art.
To believe the fight begins with a touch and the assumption that one can react correctly after the touch is schizophrenic.
This trained sensory disorder arises when one trains for an extended period within a homogenous community that starts where a real fight ends. Primus error veniam meretur. One makes it easy for oneself by training tactile constellations that never exist in a real fight. Thus one naturally spares oneself from hard and realistic training. However, there are no inconsequential touches. Those who start training by first contacting the arms of an opponent, strictly speaking, trains nothing. Every attack and each defence ends with a contact. A fight is interesting before and after the contact or collision. The collision mentioned earlier inevitably occurs during the coincidence of an attack and a defence. The resulting contact is entirely irrelevant. Only those who are well-trained and stable enough to withstand an attack can proceed to their own attack.
Sensitivity training is nonsense and has nothing to do with a combat art.
But this confusion has its origin. Since some time there are self-proclaimed school leaders who offer to learn their system within a few weeks and others who do not even produce a grading system. Whoever can show his system in a couple weeks is thereby merely saying: “Although I can do nothing, I’d like to share with you.” Such dismal offers are not worth further thought. It is precisely this mass trash that led to the present dilemma.
However, anyone who does not provide a grading system definitely has no structure nor places any worth in technical standards. This is a sort of hippie structure in the scene (Peace, we are all alike). Those who start learning from such so-called instructors lose valuable time and have nothing in the end. Or, he goes one step further down a blind alley and announces himself an instructor. And exactly thus, the perversion of different styles reached it present peak. What do you expect in training sites where a grading system is unavailable and hence no Grandmaster who provides and upholds a clear and logical structure?
No we are not all alike.
One learns faster, another slower, one trains more, another less. Everyone is responsible for his individual progress in the group. Trying to compare a new student with an advanced one after about two years of experience is unfair. After two years, a student reaches the 8th or 9th Student Level and thus belongs to the Upper Levels.
An organization that is unable to come up with highly graded students attempts to conceal in a clumsy way that there is no progress.
Development is never possible without a graduation system because there would be no beginning and, above all, no middle. One can only ever orient oneself to higher grades. The graduation is the indicator, the guideline and the pride of a system. Students with higher graduations occasionally serve as an orientation and a motivation and demonstrate how good one can become with structured training.
WingChun is a perfect sport.
We perpetually develop our personal power, technical understanding and consequently our swiftness of thought and action. A necessary degree of imperviousness to pain is already achieved through our high training standard after the first testing of the Basic Levels. Moreover, we strengthen our bones to be well prepared to withstand every conceivable attack. Because this is exactly what Self-Defence is for.
Only one who trains hard and feels strong enough is able to trust oneself.
We demand and develop our students to perfection. WingChun serves as both physical exercise and Self-Defence. There is no better combination of fitness training paired with the construction of a purposeful and functional coordination.
Sifu Klaus Brand
January 2013
IAW - The Special Forces of WingChun
From the outset I wanted to establish the IAW as an elite Academy. Now, after 10 years, I have put all of my plans into action and my objectives are entirely realized.
To understand why I call the IAW the Special Forces of WingChun, we must take a little trip into my past. I joined the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) in 1985 and became a professional (government contracted) soldier in 1990. I was then appointed as an Instructor at a Military Academy. That same year I successfully completed the requisite qualifications and passed the test for the Lone Fighter (Einzelkämpfer) and Commando Leader (Jagdkommando-Führer) Program of the German Army. I always strived for perfection and the more specialized the education was, the more I wanted to pursue it. So one course followed another.
Even before that time, while serving my term as a soldier in the late 80s, I started (after approximately 20 years of experience in the Martial Arts) with WingChun training and weapons fighting in order to master the Art of War in these disciplines as well. Even during my first few years as a Student Level it became clear to me that this was exactly my future and I would devote my life from then on to the Combat Arts and realistic Self-Defence. After 32 months of training I passed my first Technician Grade. From then on, everything progressed accordingly as one graduation proceeded to the next. I resigned my official status in the Army and started to work as a WingChun Instructor from scratch, so to speak, 20 years ago. That was in fact the most interesting and audacious change of my life.
However, by the end of the 90s I technically concluded my former Self-Defence system and had to make a subsequent change. The association to which I then belonged occupied itself year after year with the gratification of mass dreams and the style became increasingly absurd and correspondingly mainstream. Mass group exams were introduced in which the individual only had to be physically present but was not subjected to an actual test. At that point, I worked exclusively to preserve a knowledge, which was under the threat of extinction, and moved further and further beyond the masses with my own style.
In 2003 I founded the International Academy of WingChun to build an elite Academy for WingChun. In the year 1998, while the system I trained at that time was approaching its climax of absurdity, I began to develop a new training concept, new principles, new movement patterns, new Sections, new Forms, a new Chi Sao and eventually an entirely new system. So I could, upon founding the IAW, immediately present my system.
I have never forgotten the basis of my Special Forces training. An elite education requires a unique concept and regular testing of the aspirants. Testing results in teachers honestly confirming whether their students have reached the training goal and are ready for the ensuing step or not.
Whoever fails to test their students certainly never belonged to an elite. A well-trained teacher knows how important a test is for the development and progress of his students. Students who truly believe in themselves will actually want to put themselves forward for testing. The avoidance of genuine tests only satisfies one purpose; namely, that the instructor need not tell someone how bad he is. Lousy teachers avoid testing their students because every test is a test of themselves.
Specialists can only be trained with a tangible concept. Wanting to belong to an elite is an honourable aspiration. With will, diligence and perseverance (three of our Five IAW Virtues) anyone can do it. In the IAW, the examination of a Technician Grade occurs over two consecutive days and takes about 7-8 hours overall. I consider it a privilege to personally conduct these tests without exception, because this is the only way to check and ultimately verify the advanced standard of Technician Grades.
The fundamentals of an elite education must never be forsaken. The essential principles of education, namely demonstration, replication, practice, practice, practice, practice became in many diverse associations demonstration, self-interpretation and discussion. It should be clear to everyone that you cannot nurture an elite as such. I smile when I read in particular advertisements that "We have even trained Special Forces". Who of those claiming such a thing even knows what Special Forces means let alone how they operate? I know it right down to the smallest detail. 44 years of my life I devoted to the Martial Arts and the Combat Arts, during which I enjoyed more than 10 years of quality education in the Army and 15 years developing my WingChun system. As Leader of the International Academy of WingChun, my present position benefits from the insights of my past. Certain principles cannot be neglected for an elite education. So I designed the training concept of WingChun precisely to these specifications. Today I can assert that every teacher of the IAW who has attained the 2nd Technician Grade and the Instructor Degree II definitely belongs to the elite and was trained by me in part according to the conditions of Special Forces. Furthermore, each IAW 2nd Technician Grade is not only an expert of Self-Defence, but also a specialist in weapons fighting as well as close combat. Even the capability to handle striking, slicing and stabbing weapons is an important factor that must be dealt with in order to comply with the training duties of a Technician Grade in the International Academy of WingChun.
Naturally, not everyone reaches the requirements of an elite student in the same timeframe. On the other hand, each person may take however long he or she needs. There are no time constraints in the IAW which must be strictly observed in order to achieve this target.
Furthermore, this is a reason why I do not acknowledge graduations of other organizations and styles. The validation of certifications from other organizations is a clear sign that their Leaders merely care about the appeasement of desires and dreams rather than setting a specific standard. As soon as the Leader of an organization accepts graduations from another organization, this undeniably demonstrates that it has nothing exceptional (of its own) to offer.
Of course, we are concerned about quality, not quantity. And it is self-evident that those who dread real testing will stay away from the IAW. But the ones that earn a Technician Grade in the IAW can be proud of themselves. Only a select few do so.
People often tell me it is easier in other organizations to acquire a high degree or to lead a group. But of course it is. After all, we are the International Academy of WingChun.
Sifu Klaus Brand
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