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= Mann Family School of Kung Fu =

Style of Kung Fu You Can Learn at This School
Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Founder
Sensei John Mann was the founder of what is now the Mann Family School of Kung Fu, Sifu Sean Mann his son is the chief instructor and owner of the school today.

Location
Mann Family School of Kung Fu was started in Lincolnshire, UK in 2003 although classes did not officially start until April 2015 due to training requirements needed to make the school and lineage official.

To date there are classes in Brigg, Grimsby and Hull in Lincolnshire.
 * Brigg - Brigg Studios, Atherton Way, Brigg, DN208AR


 * Grimsby - Old Clee Church Hall, Church Lane, DN328NB


 * Hull - Hessle Town Hall, South Lane, Hessle, HU130RR

Website Links
www.mannfamilyschoolofkungfu.co.uk

www.tseqigongcentre.com

www.wingchunkuen.org/about

Mann Family Story
My Father was a complicated man, he was in the army for 28 years during which time he was involved in many conflicts ranging from Ireland to the gulf. Starting as a rifle man in 3 RGJ Royal Green Jackets, he joined at 15 years old by lieing to the recruitment office and getting away with it. He quickly moved through the ranks and became an SAS soldier, British Army boxing champion and left the army as a captain and intelligence officer. My Father also helped train Andy McNab who later became famous for an SAS operation called Bravo Two Zero where he was captured behind enemy lines. The chief of general staff (CGS) and commander of the British Army's land forces Sir Richard Dannatt attended my Fathers funeral and he was cremated with full military honours and regiment bugalair, I was very proud as you can imagine. My dad, having an interest in boxing was also attracted to all types of martial arts. At the beginning of some time in Borneo he told me he met someone after seeing them training Chi Gong just outside a town on the edge of the jungle. I don't know much about this other than what I remember but I know the person he trained with was old and very powerful but I don't know what his lineage was. After training Iron Shirt Chi Gong during his time in Borneo it had an impact on his life that changed him forever and his outlook on Kung Fu and Qigong. By the time I started training with my dad he held instructor qualifications in karate, boxing, judo and western sword fighting (fencing) but also was training in tai chi and qigong because of his influence in Borneo. At this time he was also a coach for the British Bobsledge Team. Under his guidance they won bronze in the 1998 winter Olympics. Despite all of this and many other opportunities to become well known due to his past he kept himself to himself. He was actually a very thoughtful and quiet man who generally liked his own company and to be by himself if not with family. Until I left school I would train with him most mornings. Sometimes boxing, sometimes karata and 18 chi gong exercises and sometimes just talking strategy or just about life in general. At the time I took this for granted and wasn't interested in chi gong at all for example just boxing although he used to tell me it was the most important thing along side training a martial skill. He used to always say to me that I was a second generation of our family to study martial arts and this was very important to him. He would say, like him, I must keep up training and studying my whole life so these skills can be passed down my family and every generation would get better and achieve more. This is one of the reasons I' ve worked towards achieving this, besides my love for this art form. When i left school i became a out door instructor and fencing sword instructor, i moved to the island of white to teach full time, it wasn't till i came home before also joining the army i came across wing chun. kung fu classes in brigg My Wing Chun Journey Begins. Like most people I had seen the Bruce Lee films and heard of wing chun so found the most local school I could to start training. At the time I didn't know that there were different interpretations of wing chun, and some skills were closer to the source than others, so was happy training. This is actually where I met my sifu for the first time before meeting him again at the centre some years later. Not long after, I decided to join the army. Because of my infantry roll I got to learn close quarter combat skills with and without weapons and although it's very effective for that situation and a good experiance it is not ideal really for street application. After coming out of the forces I was keen to get back in to wing chun and after a few years was teaching at a school under a Wong Shun Leung lineage of wing chun and thought I was doing ok. It wasn't until I started at the Tse Qigong Centre that I realised what I was training wasn't correct. It was good but not like the skill of the centre at all. I was not expecting my sifu's skill and the skill of his students to be so good and he explained to me he had been through the same experience and what I should do is start again and gain the correct skill from the Tse Qigong Centre. This was similar to what my Father had said to me before he passed and the reason I was there in the first place. However this was hard for me to except at first and felt after so much time how could I not be training correctly although it was obvious that what I had learnt wasn't right when compared with Centre Wing Chun skill. I went away for one month to think and then started at Sifu's class with the outlook of starting over and have never looked back.

Fathers Advice. My Farther had an idea of starting a family style school originally and I liked this idea and wanted to be part of it. Unfortunately my Father became ill with cancer as so many people do nowadays so this was never realised with him. When my Farther died it hurt me deeply and has taken me a long time to truly get over this as I was so close to him. The reason I ended up at the Tse Qigong Centre instead of somewhere else though is actually down to him and something he said to me. Four days before my Father passed away he said to me "Sean if you really want to teach Chinese martial arts there are a few things you need to do. Find Michael Tse and go to the origin of the art you love so you can better understand the reason you like to train in the first place" Actually he had said this to me many times but was only now I listened. My dad never told me that the man who is now my sigong did wing chun only qigong. As a young man I didn't understand this was actually very important and used to say to him it was not what I was after and he didn't understand. He just smiled at me and said "Ok" and only ever said that I needed to find Michael Tse. It took my Farther to die for me to listen and learn what would be for me his final lesson. After finding the Tse Qigong Centre on the web I decided to email to ask advice on what I should do as I felt pretty lost and wasn't sure what direction my live was heading in. It was only then I found out that the centre was very close to the origin of Wing Chun through sigong's relationship with Ip sigong Grand master Ip Chun. It made me smile as it was typical of my Father to encourage me to learn my own lessons in life as nothing is handed on a plate and often he would say nothing worth having was ever easy. As a result of joining the centre I not only become part of an amazing family but I also got the opportunity to go to China and train at Ip Sigong class and attend a seminar with him as well as train in Foshan and be apart of the Ip man museum opening ceremony. It was a great honour but in all honesty most of the courses I've attended at the Tse Qigong Centre in China or the UK have all been pretty special for one reason or another. My passion to succeed can sometimes get me in to trouble but my heart is in the right place and Wing Chun is helping me to develop as a person all of the time. Originally I thought my Father must of trained with Sigong Michael Tse but now after getting to know sifu and speaking with him about it I think he just knew it was the right place for me to be considering what I wanted. I have a big family indeed within the Tse Qigong Centre and feel lucky and very privileged to be a part of that family. I think there is a lot to learn from Chinese culture and anyone who is studying wing chun would benefit from being part of the Tse Qigong Centre to learn this very special art form. I will never forget what the centre has and is doing for me all the time and hope that my small part in this family has a big impact on preserving the correct skill well in to the future.

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Lineage
Ng Moy (FOUNDER APROX 400 YEARS AGO) | Yim Wing Chun (SYSTEM NAMED AFTER WING CHUN) | Leung Bok Chau | Leung Lan Kwai | Leung Yee Tai | Wong Wah Bo   | Leung Jan | Leung Bik (LEUNG BIK WAS THE TEACHER OF IP MAN IN HONG KONG) | Chan Wah Shun (TEACHER OF IP MAN IN FOSHON CHINA) | Ip Man (IP MAN TEACHER OF BRUCE LEE) | Ip Chun (ONE OF IP MAN'S SONS) | Michael Tse (FOUNDER OF THE TSE QIGONG CENTRE, MOST SENIOR STUDENT OF IP CHUN IN THE WEST, MY SIGONG MICHAEL TSE) | Darryl Moy (MICHAEL TSE MOST SENIOR STUDENT) | Sean Mann (NOW CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AND OWNER OF THE MANN FAMILY SCHOOL OF KUNG FU AND TEACHER OF WING CHUN UNDER MASTER DARRYL MOY) | Sean Mann Students

Family Ancestors Rules
1.Be disciplined and respect the Wu De (Martial Arts morals) 2.Understand courtesy and loyalty. Love your country and respect your parents. 3.Love your Kung Fu brothers and sisters. Unite and enjoy to be a group. 4.Control your passion (including sex). Protect your Jing (spirit). 5.Practise the skill regularly. Keep the skill with you at all times. 6.Nourish your Qi. Confrontations and fighting are forbidden. 7.Be gentle when handling any event and situation. 8.Protect the weak and small. Use your martial art skill in a good way with integrity. 9.Carry on our ancestor's path. Strictly follow their instructions.

Lineage History
Wing Chun Kung fu is said to have been created over 400 years ago by a nun from the Southern Shaolin Temple, in Fu Jian Province. This nun was named Ng Moy and it is said that one evening she saw a crane fighting a wild cat and, whilst observing this fight, she noticed that the cat was unable to hurt the crane, which appeared very calm and relaxed. Eventually, the cat became tired and ran away whilst the crane had used very little of its energy. This idea led Ng Moy to begin developing a new martial art. Her first student was a young girl named, Yim Wing Chun and it is after her that the style takes its name. The story goes that a local bandit was forcing himself on Yim Wing Chun. Seeing what was going on, Ng Mui took pity on the young girl and decided to teach her Kung Fu. After training very hard, Yim Wing Chun challenged the bandit to a fight which she convincingly won. Wing Chun Kung Fu is one of the most practical styles of Chinese Martial arts. It is an ingenious system that teaches you how to overcome a bigger and stronger opponent using skill, technique and sensitivity. Its principles are based on directness and simplicity and it teaches you how to use an opponent's strength against themselves. Grandmaster Ip Chun Wing Chun is now one of the most effective and popular forms of Kung Fu, due to the teachings of late Great Grandmaster Ip Man who brought the skill from China to Hong Kong, from where it has spread all over the world. Great Grandmaster Ip Man's most famous student was the legendary Bruce Lee. Since Great Grandmaster Ip Man passed away his eldest son, Grandmaster Ip Chun, has taken over his fathers role. Grandmaster Ip Chun has spent many years teaching all over the world and even though well in to his eighth century, having been born in 1924, his skill remains unsurpassed.

This skill was passed on to Master Michael Tse, who is Grandmaster Ip Chun's most senior student. Master Tse has been working tirelessly to promote and spread the genuine Wing Chun skill as taught to him by his teacher. Michael Tse passed it to Darryl Moy his most senior student and from darryl to Sean Mann.

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