Ving Tsun News
CURRENT NEWS:
(Email Question note ): We are getting emails from potential out of town students asking if we accept students that are outside of Iowa or are we just a local martial art school.
Answer: We have students from outside of Iowa and also students who travel 4 to 5 hours as well to either do private lessons or come to class - There is no distance to learning.
“The goal is to pass on traditional Ip Man – Ip Ching Ving Tsun ”

SiFu Matt Johnson Birthday celebration.
SiFu Chris Kellner took a group of students from VTMAA Davenport Iowa along with kung fu brother “Si Hing” Moses Flores from Texas -Ving Tsun Gung Fu Institute to Chicago.
The trip was a blast three days of intense kung fu and celebration and a tour of Chicago pics to follow.
PAST NEWS:
See the current video of Ip Ching student Matt Johnson and Chris Kellner working on Lok Sau in their Chi Sau training. click the link below
Chi Sau and Lok Sau \”VTMAA presents Matt Johnson and Chris Kellner\”
Ving Tsun Martial Art Association
Another great seminar with Sifu Matt Johnson student of Ip Ching - for more information on Sifu Matt Johnson please also visit www.mjvingtsun.org if you are interested in learning Ving Tsun and want to know more information or attend classes or furture seminars please feel free to email chris@vtmaa.com
The seminar focused on Siu Lim Tau, Don Chi / Chi Sau, SLT Foundation Training “free form fighting”
These seminars are the foundation of the same training that Ip Ching has taught Sifu Matt Johnson.
Learning proper understanding of the technique, reflexes, position and proper use of energy is the key to understanding the VT system “come and experience what Ving Tsun has to offer”.
Davenport Iowa – Self Defense
The Ving Tsun Martial Art Association will be conducting a female self defense seminar
Self Protection Workshops
Ving Tsun Martial Art Association offers workshops in Self-Protection and Awareness.
These workshops are held on a Monthly basis at a designated location or you may arrange to have our professional staff bring our program to your facility, for groups of 10 to 20 in size.
This one-day self-protection workshop can give you life saving Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. Based on the Techniques and Concepts of Ving Tsun, the only Kung Fu system devised by a woman now one of the most popular styles in the world.
Our program is to serve as an educational resource tool and training program for subjects of situational awareness, empowerment and personal defense. The Program offers to both men and women.
We do specialized training outside of regular classes to businesses, and community organizations that wish to see mainly women capable of defending themselves physically and psychologically from all forms of abuse. The program focuses on a principle base and teaches them how to apply in everyday use.
Turn Fear into Power and Apprehension into Action!
The Program teaches you
- Situational Awareness
- Practical methods of self-protection against both unarmed and armed attackers.
- How to deal with bigger and stronger opponents.
- How to gain confidence and gain control of any situation
- And much more
Do you feel safe? Could you protect yourself or your loved ones from a violent assault? These are questions that we all must think of in our current situations.
April 25th – Siu Lim Tau Seminar
With Sifu Matt Johnson from Chicago (VTSDA) Ving Tsun Self Defense Academy (the only official school in Chicago teaching Ip Ching Ving Tsun) 1st Boxing Set – Siu Lim Tau “Little Idea”
Siu Lim tau is the foundation of the Ving Tsun system the student needs to have a proper understanding of the position and energy applications of each and every movement.
Pictures are posted in the gallery.
March 2010 – Hong Kong Trip – Matt Johnson and Ip Ching
Matt Johnson training with his Sifu Ip Ching in Hong Kong along with a few of his students from the VTSDA.
Check out the Gallery page to see some recent photo’s from Sifu Matt Johnson’s collection.
(QCVTA -SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS)
Besides teaching traditional Ving Tsun, we also conducts specialized training outside of regular classes to businesses, and community organizations. The program focuses on a principle base and teaches them how to apply in everyday use. It focuses on (Situational Awareness, Practical methods of self-protection against both unarmed and armed attackers, How to deal with bigger and stronger opponents, How to gain confidence and gain control of any situation. -For more information please visit the contact us page.




