We are so pleased to announce that Isaac Lau and John Wan passed the First Level Technician exam!
Both of them would like to share some of their thoughts and experiences, in their WingTsun journeys.
ISAAC LAU:
I have been practicing Wing Tsun under Sifu Carson Lau’s guidance for the past 3 and a half years. Learning Wing Tsun has been my life-long goal. It is practical. Period. At the same time, I get the necessary physical exercises.
One may ask: why IWTA (International Wing Tsun Academy) ?
The answer is extremely simple. It is its friendly environments. All members of IWTA (may it be abroad or local) are very friendly. It is like working out and learning from family members. This is totally attributed to the spirit of teaching from Sifu Lau. Sifu & all the Si-Hings take time to teach, correct and keep reminding me what to do, what not to do. And that’s how I improve my skills.
Unlike traditional kung fu, IWTA offer! s a curriculum with exams at various stages of our learning. This serves as an important feedback to all the students at each level on how well each of us masters the skills we have learned from sifu and apply the skills appropriately and intelligently. Without this kind of curriculum, one will wonder and doubt his/her progress on the skills s/he has acquired. Another key point is that si-hings can pass on the skills to si-dai’s, and this will serve as a skill revision for the si-hings too (J). This circles back to what I mentioned earlier regarding the “family atmosphere” of learning WingTsun at IWTA.
I am so lucky to be able to train under the guidance of Sifu Lau. He has recently been promoted to the 8th level Practician - who is the highest ranked Sifu in the whole American continent! Mind you that very few people in the whole world has achieved! this exceptionally high rank! We, in Markham, have the advantage of consulting Sifu Lau in “real time”! Sorry, guys/gals in the States, we have this “unfair advantage” over you J. I am still amazed (sometimes shocked) by Sifu’s ability to do certain moves; and how fast his reactions are. I am shockingly surprised by Sifu Lau that a human being can produce that much power in such a short time and with such a short distance. It is an out-of-this-world experience (eye-wide-open with jaw drops to the floor, no kidding, people).
We all joked about white-shirt levels are being similar to Primary Schooling; Black-shirt levels being Secondary Schooling; while Technician levels being University Schooling. I have been fortunate to be able to take and pass the Primary Technician exam. I am heavily indebted to Sifu Carson Lau, all si-hings, si-dai’! s and si-mui’s who taught me so much and trained with me in my WingTsun life here at ITWA. To all IWTA members under Sifu Carson Lau’s guidance, please accept my sincere thank-you. I will not be here writing this if it is not for your help. Really appreciate you all!
JOHN WAN:
My journey to WingTsun began many years ago. My friend said this form of martial art can be practised in tight space, like in my office, so I was introduced to it.
I was fascinated by it from the beginning. It is an intelligent fighting art and it is most suited for persons of smaller build.
When I started training under Sifu Lau I found sparring challenging and fun to do. The sparring takes on more individuality of the players. It is a good exercise and helps bonding amount students.
With the successful passing of the First Level Technician test I look forward to more training beyond this, above all I want to say thank you to Sifu.
