This is what it looks to me when some "masters" attempt to explain bong sau on video. Pure convoluted word salad! If you grew up watching martial arts films like I did, the connection between fighting and philosophy feels as natural as a punch to the nose. Bruce Lee pausing mid-scene to remind us not to mistake the finger for the moon. Mr. Miyagi teaching Daniel that balance on a fishing boat is really balance in life. It all feels so... accepted. And look, I get it. Most people have heard...

I was pleasantly surprised to return from my recent European trip and find The Road to Softness: Remembering Tam Hun Fan waiting for me. Authored by my friends Sifu Joel Lee and Sifu Pearl Seet, this book is truly one of a kind—it is the only detailed exploration of the life of the late Sifu Tam Hun Fan, one of Sifu Leung Ting’s earliest students and enthusiastic supporters. As a young Wing Tsun practitioner, I distinctly remember seeing Sifu Tam on the cover of Dynamic Wing Tsun, my first...

Let me repackage a saying from the mighty Mark Twain to serve my own field of martial arts: “Loyalty is supporting your martial art all the time and your association when it deserves it.” Since my latest trip to Europe, I’ve been overwhelmed with thoughts about the future of Wing Tsun in the Old Continent. While the European Wing Tsun Organization continues the work started by the late Sifu Kernspecht, it seems that Eastern European Wing Tsun is hitting an uncontrollable skid. The last few...