Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 78

ever agree. For me, staying in the
middle point means implementing the
provisions of the TAO.
I love the old and the traditional but
equally, I want the art to be alive,
dynamic, useful, flexible, etc... This is
why we have no other option than to
try and take the best of each of these
trends.
A few days ago I read in a famous
international Wing Tsun publication
an article from a renowned teacher
who mocked those who try to

"reinvent the wheel". It is not about
that, but you may agree with me that
the wheel which was invented
centuries before Christ made of wood
and some rudimentary metals would
not be useful if we wanted to go from
coast to coast in the United States
with any vehicle ... think carefully
about it please ...
The second change in the way of
teaching WingTsun was a complete
brake up with the
“pseudo-

commercial” policy that major brands
of WingTsun in Europe use
nowadays. I use this term literally
since most of those brands
sometimes treat the students as such
and require from them a total and
absolute loyalty to the teacher / guru.
Other times, however, they are only
interested in their monthly fee or their
financial commitment.
I am professionally devoted to
teaching martial arts and I have no