VTM Wing Chun Series #1-2: Sil Nim Tao: The Foundation By Sifu Benny Meng Part 1: In this the first video in the Ving Tsun Museum (VTM) Wing Chun series, Sifu Benny Meng covers in great…
Author: Sifu Todd Taganashi (EWC Customer)
Sifu Todd is an Everything Wing Chun customer, who has taken the time to write some in-depth reviews of some DVDs. He is not a EWC employee and his views do not necessarily represent those of Everything Wing Chun.
Todd Taganashi began training in the martial arts in 1979 at the age of 11 and has been deeply involved ever since. Over the years he has undergone the rigorous study of several fighting arts giving him a very diverse background including training in Kenpo Karate, Goju Ryu, White Dragon Kung Fu, Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Jow Ga, and Wing Chun Kuen.
He has completed the entire Wing Chun System syllabus as a private student under Sifu Sam (Hing Fai) Chan.
Taganashi’s background includes training under the following masters:
1. Sifu Daniel Kane Pai, Elements of Pai Lum White Dragon Kung Fu
Daytona Beach, FL ~ Group and Private Lessons
(Given the honorary Kung Fu nickname “Tiger” by Dr. Pai in 1991)
2. Sifu Hoy K. Lee, Elements of Jow Ga Kung Fu Weaponry (Fu Mei Darn Dao)
Virginia Beach, VA ~ Private Student
3. Sifu Hing Fai Chan, Wing Chun Kuen (Entire System) and Elements of Jow Ga
Grand Rapids, MI ~ Private Student
Review – Sam Chan’s Wooden Dummy Instructor Course
It is a sad fact that as a fighting art is passed from teacher to student there is always a bit that is lost in the process; the result of this is a distorted representation of…
Review – Sam Chan’s Chum Kiu Level Lesson Plans
Sifu Chan’s IWCMAA Chum Kiu Level Instructors Course focuses primarily on kicking drills and two handed Chi Sau techniques, although there are plenty of drills for improving your Wing Chun hands techniques as well. Like the…
Review – Sam Chan’s Sil Lim Tao Level Lesson Plans
This video, filmed on location at Chan’s Kung Fu School in Michigan, is geared towards aspiring Wing Chun instructors. The IWCMAA Sil Lim Tao Level Instructor Series DVD is packed with drills and practical applications based…
Review of Sam Chan’s Chum Kiu DVD
This is by far my favorite and definitely one of Sifu Sam Chan’s finest works yet on the art of Wing Chun Kung Fu. In this volume all of the core movements of Wing Chun are…
Review – Sam Chan’s Bak Jom Dao DVD
Bak Jom Dao (Eight Chopping Swords) is the most advanced form and highest level in Wing Chun. For many years this form was held in reserve as a secret weapon of the Wing Chun Clan. In…
Review – Sam Chan’s Lok Dim Boon Gwan DVD
Traditional Wing Chun training will involve learning to use two special weapons — the Lok Dim Boon Gwan (Six and a Half Point Pole) and the Bak Jom Dao (Eight Chopping Swords). As with everything in…