
This explosive DVD covers the intricate finer points of the principles of Wing Chun taught by Master John Clayton to the graduate students of John Hopkins University. Hopkins Wing Chun Club. Topics Cover: Forms, Weaponry, Applications, Secret of Wing Chun, Combat and others.
Master John Clayton began having an interest in martial arts at the age of 14. Many had an interest in martial arts during the Bruce Lee era, but few pursued it with the zeal that he had which became a life-style.
Master Clayton trained directly under Grandmaster William Cheung starting in 1982 and continued for over two decades. His training includes: Chi Kung Breathing, Chi Sao, Combat Street Defense, Disarming Weapons, Dragon Pole, Forms, Iron Palm, Kicking Advancements, Meridian Therapy, Self-Defense, Swords, Therapeutic Healing, Weapons and the Wooden Dummy. He is the sixth student taught by Grandmaster William Cheung in the United States ad the only senior student still actively practicing Wing Chun to date. He has an impressive tournament fighting history. He has competed in tournaments from 1984-1991 being awarded over forty trophies as well as over 150 successful real life applications of the Wing Chun. He specializes in instructing the Pro-Tekt Personal Protection Course.
Master Clayton was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1991. He has also been inducted into the Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Museum in Dayton, Ohio, and the Who's Who of the Martial Arts Elite. In 1999 he was appointed Chief Instructor of the State of Maryland via the World Wing Chun Kung Fu Association. He is recognized for being the most experienced traditional Wing Chun fighter and is the founder of the Maryland Wing Chun Kung Fu Academy and the Johns Hopkins University Wing Chun Club.
He has trained over 22 students in Wing Chun that were certified as Si Fu's by Grandmaster Cheung and who are now successfully operation schools through the United States and foreign countries.
He became a member of the United States of America Wushu Kung Fu Federation in 2002. He attended the first U.S.A. Grandmaster Yip Chun seminar held in 1994.
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