The Shan Wu Kung Fu School opened its doors in the spring of 2014 with its primary goal being to offer Authentic teachings in various Martial Arts styles as they were passed down through unbroken lineages to Sifu Thierry Rémion by his masters.
Its core teaching centers on the Wing Chun Kuen system of Kung Fu as it was handed down from the late Great-Grandmaster Ip Man to his Eldest Son and Heir; Grandmaster Ip Chun, to his Senior Student Master Yip “Terence” Chick Pui.
Our emphasis is to teach the system according to the late Ip Man Rules of Conduct, in its purest form without embellishment, add-ons or omissions. The Shan Wu Kung Fu School provides a friendly but formal environment for the serious student interested in investing the time, effort, and dedication required to acquire a deeper understanding and mastery of the system.
Aside from its reputation as an extremely effective and fierce fighting system, people having read or heard of the legend of Yim Wing Chun who, as it is often told, learned the system in 100 days, often join a school with the misguided idea that they too would be able to not only learn, but master the Wing Chun System in a short time, as opposed to other traditional styles such as Karate, Hung Gar, etc…This has lead in part to a somewhat decline in the Wing Chun System’s solid reputation, due to the rapid proliferation of mediocre schools of untrained teachers, and the surge of so-called new “complete styles” by practitioners who, not having spent the necessary time and effort to master the Wing Chun system felt it necessary either to compensate for their lack of skills or for purely pecuniary reasons, to add, mix & match a collection of techniques borrowed from various styles under one roof and give it a fancy name.
Great masters of the past such as Leung Jan, Chan Wah Shun, Yun Kaï San, Ip Man, and Wong Shun Leung to name a few, all decisively demonstrated that Wing Chun is a complete system, as well as proving over time its undeniable efficiency against many other styles or fighters.
In conjunction with Wing Chun, the Shan Wu Kung Fu School offers also a complete course in Chin Na Su, and a comprehensive Qi Gong training.
Although each of these systems is very complementary to one another and would make a great addition to a student’s skills, as expressed prior, all systems are taught separately in their purest forms as to first allow students to decide which course they would like to focus on, and secondly give them the space to make those connections by themselves.
The Shan Wu Kung Fu School is opened to all regardless of race, creed, gender, age, skill level, or prior martial arts training. So if you are interested and willing to put in the necessary time and effort to learn Authentic Chinese Martial Arts Systems in a nurturing atmosphere, please don’t hesitate to call us and set up a visit.
– Sifu Thierry Rémion