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The student teacher relationship.

The student should respect the teacher for time and effort he has invested in getting the knowledge and skills that he/she has acquired and also the teacher should be respected for having a desire to share this knowledge for the benefit of others. The teacher did not gain this knowledge for free, even if he did not pay for it with money, time , effort , blood and sweat were paid to get the Kung Fu. The student should not expect anything from the teacher for free. Many teachers are modest and do not want to even discuss money. If you cannot pay your Sifu and he has decided he will still teach you, you need to do something in return for your teacher's graciousness. Don’t ask your Sifu what you should do, look around. There is always something that needs to be done, when you notice….go do it. Always have proper respect for your Sifu and use your best manners. You should immediately dismiss any notion that your Sifu will somehow magically transform you into a super being, all he can do is tell you which way to walk. You have to do the walking yourself. Eventually you will get where you want to be.

The teacher must understand, that it's not about you (the teacher). Many who teach martial arts became teachers in order to have people worship them. Once again…it's not about you. It IS about the mental, physical, and spiritual development of the student. It is wrong to take advantage of your with relationship with your students simply to satisfy your own needs. As teachers we must remain humble and not personally identify with how important what we do actually is. One more time…it's not about you.

-Sifu

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Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:42 PM

To: Moy Yat Ving Tsun

Subject: Sigung on DVD

Dear Moy Yat Kung Fu Family,

I am pleased to announce that we have copied several of Sigung Moy Yat's videos to DVD form and you can order them online and have them shipped directly to your home.

Here is a link to the ordering page:

http://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=110379

The current selection of Sigung Moy Yat's videos (which will be expanding shortly) is:

Siu Nim Tao

What is a Special Student?

Self Defense

Moy Yat's World

Massage

How to Save Time

Gerk Jong

A Reminder

Chi Sao III

Also available are Sifu's 2005 Seminar on Chi Sao (2 discs) and Sisuk Leo Imamura's seminar on Ving Tsun Geneology.

Soon we will also have Sifu's Muk Yan Jong series of lessons as well as the following additional videos of Sigung's:

Center Line

Chi Sao I

Chi Sao II

Chi Sao On The Centerline

Chum Kiu

Details

Dummy

HowToTeachVingTsun

Stories of Zen

The Look Of A Kick

Trace Of Ving Tsun Roots

Tsui Ma

Unstoppable

Ving Tsun Essentials

We Are From The Red Boat

YipMan

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From: myvtmi@gmail.com [mailto:myvtmi@gmail.com]On Behalf Of Moy Yat

Ving Tsun Martial Intelligence

Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:09 PM

To: Moy Yat Ving Tsun

Subject: September 6th Seminar

Dear Moy Yat Kung Fu Family

This is a reminder that Sifu Pete Pajil will be giving a Seminar of

Excellence on Saturday, September 6th at the Hatboro Mokwoon of Moy

Yat Ving Tsun Martial Intelligence. The seminar will begin at 2:00pm.

Because of this, the Chinatown Mokwoon will be closed for the day.

The Hatboro Mokwoon is located at 319A South York Road Hatboro PA

19040, and can be reached at (215) 442 - 8188

Looking forward to seeing everyone there,

Sandy...

Essentially it is a game, a game that gives you the ability to deal instinctively with forces applied to your body and also use these forces to create opportunities for striking techniques. Chi - Sao is basically a means to an end, that end being efficient practical combat sensitivity. Unfortunately many people get lost in the game, never moving past it. Many try to become masters of the game. Many try to defeat the game. Few learn the lessons the game is meant to teach and then move on.

The Skills developed in chi sao are useful in the initial clash of combat if there is arm to arm contact.

1. You try to hit me and I block or intercept it.

2. I try to hit you and you block or intercept it.

3. In the clutches, you have grabbed one or both of my arms or vice versa

As you can see this is a very limited set of scenarios?

Your training should not end with chi sao?

How do you deal with a long range fighter?

How do you deal with someone who has a stick/club?

How do you deal with someone who has a knife?

How do deal with a gun? (if the person is within arms reach)

What if you are knocked to the ground?

The Ving Tsun system contains the answers to these questions

In some cases, very directly, the answer is given to you.

In others the answers may not be part of the standard Ving Tsun canon

but using a Ving Tsun way of thinking will get you to the answer.

It cant be just an intellectual exercise,

you have to experiment, find someone to work with

and discover what the system wants you to know.

B.