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The school is now private and is no longer available to the general public.
Sifu Jordan has decided to make the school a private institution
for several reasons. 1. The Economy 2. To better control the quality of Ving Tsun
3. To weed out the loafers and socializers. In this way as Sifu Jordan advances in his years,
he can better manage and insure that the student develops properly and appropriately. To join the school
a prospective student must make petition and go through an inteviewing process. If the student
is accepted he will be expected to maintain his schedule and his responsibilities regarding training,
school attendance, and other agreed upon stipulations. If you call, we are asking you to speak
clearly and slowly so that we may receive the information without mistakes. You must indicate you
are petitioning for entrance, that you wish to begin the interview process, and then leave your name,
and phone number along with a good time to call you back, please repeat the
phone number a second time, enunciating each number. ( do not say "oh" when you mean
zero) or your call will not be returned. Or you may send an email in which the subject
bar should indicate "Petition" and in the body of the email you must leave your
full name, and phone # with a good time to call you. We require no other
information as the subject bar indicates your purpose fo contacting
us. To make this clear, if an email contains anything more than what we are
requesting, you will not be contacted. (The reason for this strictness is that if you cannot follow
instructions, you cannot learn Ving Tsun in which case you help us by eliminating
yourself from the process) Providing all is well, you will either be
contacted by email or phone at which time a date will be set up for your
intitial interview. (If you are late or do not show for the interview, do not
bother to call us back) If there are 12 students at the time you
call or email us, we will indicate so and you will be placed on a waiting list
and as an opening occurs, we will contact the next person on the list.
The email to contact us is: EMAIL
US!
A students progress is based on the individuals ability to assimilate
the lessons into the body. When the student has absorbed each new
subject learned, sufficiently, he is introduced to the next subject.
What this means is that if a student dedicates himself to the training,
he will progress more rapidly. Sifu Darrell believes that if a student
is ready to move on then it should be so.
Certification
for each level will result after the student has learned the respective
form/s, drills, and exercises. Certification levels are based on the
three forms, wooden dummy, Empty Jong, staff, and swords. There are
7 certification levels, Black Sash level 1-4 based on the 3 hand forms
and Muk Jong. The Black Sash 1st degree test is after completion of
the Empty Jong form. Long Pole is Black 2nd degree, and Swords are
Black 3rd degree. A 4th degree can be awarded by learning the Ch'ang
Tai Chi short form, which takes about one year to learn and another
year to work out the kinks. The student will be awarded a certificate
(signed and sealed)and testing is personally
conducted by Sifu.
Sifu
Darrell stresses endurance training with two man drills. The first
three months of the students training, striking ability is focused
on to include fists, feet, elbows, and knees. Wooden dummy drills
are taught early to enhance the students fighting skills, and to harden
the arms in preparation for Combat drills. When the student reaches Chi sao (sticking hands)
level, it then becomes the main focus for the student, as this is
the nucleus of Ving Tsun. Chi sao training is not only done standing
on the floor, but on a platform (3'x5'), floating platforms and while sitting on stools.
These different training methods of Chi sao develop certain
attributes that are very important to the overall ability of the student.
Also
covered are non traditional skills such as boxing, striking skills
such as punching and kicking
from the ground, as well as take down training to foster in the student
a well rounded ability.