Acton Community Forum contacted Akwesi Akan Sifu when they had successfully accessed some small amounts of money to carry out projects with young people on 2 of their local estates – both isolated areas with little in the way of positive activity but with high levels of crime ...read more
Author Archives: Rob
Parents and their child/children
The recent press coverage of Children and young people being involved in and being the victims of violent crime has greatly concerned me. I feel that encouraging children to become involved in a pursuit such as Wing Chun is one way of creating a sense of discipline, achievement and self ...read more
Wing Chun and the troubled teenager
As a parent who’s son has the condition of Dyslexia I have found a means to help my son overcome some of the difficulties associated with it. While i don’t claim this is a cure, it is however a very useful tool in aiding a parent and my son in ...read more
Benefits of Wing Chun for women
Wing Chun fist boxing is an extremely effective form of self defence and is particularly suited to women. Whilst the style was made popular by Bruce Lee and others, legend has it that it was invented by a female monk.
Wing Chun, in contrast to many martial arts, if practiced correctly, ...read more
Women practitioners of Wing Chun
In creating the art, Wing Chun Kung Fu’s female creator, Yim Wing, would naturally have taken note of physical differences on force to clash with force. Rather it is on the clever use of force to overcome force with fast deadly moves to overpower the opposition. Wing Chun appeals to ...read more
