Are you looking for “Martial Arts near me”? If you’re in the Leeds or Bradford area, our classes offer original Wing Chun for adults at Bramley, Leeds and Eccleshill in Bradford. (Minimum age is 16).
Bramley classes run on Saturday mornings from 10.30am-12pm and Monday evenings from 8pm-9.30pm at Bramley Baths, Broad Ln, Bramley, Leeds LS13 3DF.
We also have a Wednesday evening class running in Bradford from 7pm-9pm at Warrior Martial Arts Academy, Old Mill, Victoria Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 2BH.
Martial Arts Near Me – What Is Wing Chun?
What is Wing Chun Kung Fu? If you haven’t heard of Wing Chun before you probably don’t know much about. The style of Wing Chun has been made more popular by Bruce Lee in the 1970’s and has also with the advent of the Ip Man movies which were based on the life of Wing Chun’s modern day founder Ip Man.
Wing Chun is a simple close range martial art which focuses on straight line attacks and low kicks. Because of the unique training method in Wing Chun called Chi Sau (sticky hands), students can learn quite quickly. In chi sau, both practitioners link arms and attempt to uproot their partner or land an attack, while also maintaining their defence.
This becomes a strategic game which is very intuitive and allows you to instinctively move according to the movements of your partner/attacker. The theory of the game of chi sau is based around controlling the centreline and gaining a centreline advantage over your partner. You will also learn to understand connection to the ground and generating power through relaxation.
Martial Arts Near Me – The Instructor
The chief instructor at Leeds Ip Man Wing Chun is Tim Halloran who has been studying Wing Chun for over 2 decades. Tim initially began training Wing Chun in the early 90’s with Colin Ward; a senior Ip Chun representative. More recently Tim has studied with instructor Daniel Parr from the Chu Shong Tin lineage and he travels to Sheffield regularly for classes. Both Ip Chun and Chu Shong Tin were Ip Man’s students and both had a slightly different focus in their teachings.
In particular Chu Shong Tin changed his teaching methods towards the end of his life to focus more fully on internal aspects of the system. This video explains the evolution of Chu Shong Tin’s teaching:
Join A Class?
If you want to join a class, fill out the application form here. You will then receive an email with details of classes. Reply if you have any questions and arrange to join a session. Beginners are required to complete a beginners course of a month of training before they can join the school. This is also an assessment period for both student and teacher to see whether the classes are a good fit for you, and if you are a good fit for the school!
Your first class is free but if you want to continue on the beginners course the fee is £40 for your first month of training. You can alternatively pay per class at £15 a session. See also class fees for our joining and members costs.
The minimum age for joining a class is 16.
