Sifu Shaman and Sigung Dr. Crescione with Extended Kung Fu Family at the Grand Opening Celebration Workshop in October of 2011
TESTIMONIAL:
“If you live in or near Atlantic County NJ and looking for a South Jersey Martial Arts School , I cant recommend Smiling Dragon Academy highly enough.
Sifu Shaman is the real deal. I’ve been involved with martial arts since I was a kid (I’m 41). In studying different styles over the years, I find Wing Chun to be among the most practical.
Sifu Shaman is extremely knowledgeable. His insight, advice, and encouragement are motivating, and his enthusiasm is contagious. I also highly recommend Smiling Dragon Kung Fu if you are looking to get your children involved in martial arts classes for kids. Being a family man, Sifu Shaman’s family values and gentle but direct personality enables him to interact with kids in a way that they seem very receptive too. At least I always see them smiling (those little dragons).
If you’re looking for a South Jersey Martial Arts School, especially if you live in or near Atlantic County and are looking for South Jersey Kung Fu, I highly recommend Sifu Shaman’s Smiling Dragon Kung Fu. He’s a great guy and the classes are awesome. My only regret is that, due to my work, I don’t get to go enough. Smiling Dragon is definitely worth looking into. The fact that the first class is FREE, is great, but even after talking with him before my first class I knew I was signing up”.
~Matt Broussard~
Sifu Shaman has 27 years of experience and is of direct lineage from Grandmaster Yip Man (click on pic for more details about lineage).
In your investigation of martial arts classes in NJ, if you are new to the world of NJ martial arts, please stop by Smiling Dragon Kung Fu in Somers Point, NJ, for a FREE TWO HOUR CLASS!
You will find that Wing Chun in NJ can be a positive, fun and health enhancing experience. Come observe Kung Fu in NJ as steeped in the same great and sincere tradition as is it’s traditional heritage. See for yourself!
If you live in Atlantic County, NJ, and you are learning more about what’s offered in martial arts in NJ in general, it’s worth a minute to ponder how much Wing Chun Kung Fu has to offer as a real edge in the world of NJ martial arts. Please consider the following brief history and facts:
Wing Chun Kung Fu (also called Ving Tsun) is, by far, one of the most effective and easy to learn self-defense systems in the entire world! As the last style to be created from the great Shaolin Temple in China, it is considered to be the refinement of hundreds of years of Kung Fu development from this revered source. All inefficient movement was deliberately removed with the establishment of this style, while all of the most sophisticated principles and techniques were improved upon. This makes Wing Chun the ideal system to learn in our modern society, where time is our most precious commodity!
In addition to these benefits, Wing Chun also has some other key advantages to offer those who are interested in increasing their confidence as quickly as possible in Atlantic County, NJ. Wing Chun harnesses the power of intelligent body mechanics and capitalizes on the advanced concept of “never using force on force”. This means that IT IS IDEAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, as there is no reliance on brute force whatsoever. In fact, Wing Chun Kung Fu is the only traditional system attributed to being founded by a woman, the Shaolin Abbess Ng Mui.
Of course, men who understand the importance of not merely relying upon sheer brawn can also gain leverage from the cutting-edge understanding inherent in Wing Chun training. It is widely known that one of the greatest and probably the most famous martial artist that ever lived received his firm foundation in the rudiments of refined fighting skills from Wing Chun. Bruce Lee, at the beginning of his Kung Fu journey, had the good fortune of studying with the late Grandmaster Yip Man (also called Ip Man), who is himself getting much more worldwide notoriety for his martial prowess with the release of the Ip Man movies.
Young Bruce Lee
Yip Man training Bruce Lee
One more remarkable feature of Wing Chun Kung Fu is it’s emphasis on relaxation and being “rooted”. These characteristics are the same as within Tai Chi, another Shaolin Kung Fu system. What this means to the Wing Chun practitioner is that they receive the same benefits to their health, balance and longevity as in Tai Chi practice. This even makes Wing Chun Kung Fu suited for older people. Not only can it be trained in a gentle fashion, but it actually has a medicinal and restorative effect.
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