Wing Tsun/Chun. I hurt badly. I used muscles I didnt know I had to chain punch. For 5 minutes. Then another 5 minutes. We did Sil Lam Tao 3 times. Well, I walked in just wanting to check it out, I wasn’t really expecting to take the class for free. I was wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt and my black steel toed boots. I talk to a few guys there, and then the instructor comes out. Swear to God it was Seven Star with dread locks. He didn’t look older than 24. We got talking and he told me I could take that class for free.
Well, we started with Sil Lam Tao, then some chain punches, then Sil Lam Tao again (there was a guy who was gonna come check out the class too and when he arrived we started over). Then more chain punching. It hurt. Bad.
Then we did some pad work, me and the other guy worked on pads. Then he had the other dude work on a balance beam, whatever reason is beyond me. It wasn’t like a high beam, only about 4 inches off the ground. Basically a large PVC pipe. Then I had to work on it. Then Sil Lam Tao again.
Tommorrow Emin Boztepe will be doing some tests for alot of instructors. He will be in Plano and the instructor of this school will be testing along with some students and they invited me to go. Sadly I can’t, I don’t know how to get out there. It would be free to watch, and cost $60 to train with Emin, but I can’t go since I have no idea how to get out to Plano from where I am.
Anyway, I talked to the guy after class. Classes are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7-9 pm. Then again Sunday, I think those days are weight training days (it said to meet at Gold’s Gym) at 10 am and 3 pm. $60 a month.
The school itself was kind of small. The main training area at least. It had several wall bags, one good size Mook Yan Jong (no Superman sticker, ) one of those punching bags with water in the bottom, and one of those bags that hang from the cieling, then you have a brick holding onto the rope at the bottom to stretch the rope out. Can’t think of any better way to describe them. On the walls are how to do Sil Lam Tao, Chiu Sau (sp?) and one other form…begins with a B. Its the third form I think taught. Then there is a picture of the family tree, Yip Man, Emin, and the current Grandmaster of Wing Chun and one other dude, name eludes me (mainly since I never heard the man before).
I am thinking of taking the class. One of the other guys there said he has lost 50 lb alone since June when he started taking it. One other note, the instructor sort of did a 1 inch punch to demonstrate to the other guy who was taking the free class. I had a large, thick pad in front of me, knocked my ass 6 feet back and he was only using about 20% power he said. If he was lying, I don’t care, that was the strongest blow with or without pads that I have ever taken in my life.
If I do take the class, I can only go 2 days a week since I am a waiter and Friday nights and Sunday mornings are BIG. He rents out his place at nights. In the back there are 2 rooms, each the size of the main training area. As we were leaving, some band was coming in, they were having a club party or something. He said thats how he keeps the rates so low is by renting the place out at nights. Pretty good deal if you ask me.
Here is the URL to the website
http://www.dallaswingtsun.com/
http://www.dallaswingtsun.com/pose.jpg
http://www.dallaswingtsun.com/escrima.jpg
The instructor is the black dude in both pictures.