Flint
White Belt
Hi all,
My name's Tom and I'm an Australian living in the UK since 2011.
The martial arts didn't really interest me as a lad and aside from a brief brush with tae kwon do when I was 15, I didn't dabble again till I was 21 when I was introduced to Yue Jia Quan (other names Yet Chia, Ngok Gar Kuen, Yue Fei Quan) by a friend. That was in 2004 and despite some breaks here and there, I haven't looked back. For anyone who may not have heard of it, it's a basically a 'hard internal' style loosely related to xing yi, and my (late as of earlier this year) Sifu was GM Lau Yoke Lian of Kuala Lumpur, 9th generation keeper of the art in his family.
Since moving to the UK, all my training has been at home alone due to the fact there are no classes (of Sifu's lineage) outside Malaysia and South Australia, and this hasn't always been conducive to progressing smoothly or staying motivated! I miss a class environment so I've been keeping my eyes peeled for arts local to Winchester that are taught well, and there seems to be a good wing chun school nearby that I'd like to try.
Looking forward to learning and (hopefully) contributing here!
Tom
My name's Tom and I'm an Australian living in the UK since 2011.
The martial arts didn't really interest me as a lad and aside from a brief brush with tae kwon do when I was 15, I didn't dabble again till I was 21 when I was introduced to Yue Jia Quan (other names Yet Chia, Ngok Gar Kuen, Yue Fei Quan) by a friend. That was in 2004 and despite some breaks here and there, I haven't looked back. For anyone who may not have heard of it, it's a basically a 'hard internal' style loosely related to xing yi, and my (late as of earlier this year) Sifu was GM Lau Yoke Lian of Kuala Lumpur, 9th generation keeper of the art in his family.
Since moving to the UK, all my training has been at home alone due to the fact there are no classes (of Sifu's lineage) outside Malaysia and South Australia, and this hasn't always been conducive to progressing smoothly or staying motivated! I miss a class environment so I've been keeping my eyes peeled for arts local to Winchester that are taught well, and there seems to be a good wing chun school nearby that I'd like to try.
Looking forward to learning and (hopefully) contributing here!
Tom