MTAA Press Archive

Media coverage of Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu

& the Moy Tung Athletic Association

VCU Commonwealth Times: RVA Moy Yat Kung Fu Demo at VMFA Chinafest
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VCU Commonwealth Times: RVA Moy Yat Kung Fu Demo at VMFA Chinafest

VCU Commonwealth times coverage of the Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu martial arts demonstration at the VMFA Chinafest, for the 2023 Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. The RVA Academy has programs for men, women, kids and teens. Ving Tsun is simple for self-defense, and develops better health, fitness, discipline and confidence.

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Kev’s Best: Detroit Kung Fu Among Five Best Martial Arts Schools
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Kev’s Best: Detroit Kung Fu Among Five Best Martial Arts Schools

Detroit Kung Fu Academy, run by MY4 Sifu Owen Matson, ranked in 2021 as one of the “5 Best Martial Arts Classes in Detroit, MI”:

“Detroit Kung Fu Academy concentrates on Ving Tsun Kung Fu, an ancient Chinese martial technique that was created as a potent military technology during wartime. In modern times, they use it to defend themselves in the streets, as well as to investigate their own economy of motion and create deeper relaxation. Since antiquity, generations of masters have developed the classical routines of Chinese kung fu. To add, they establish the stance, posture, methods, and power dynamics of the fighting art, which are learned in class and practiced individually.”

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WCI: MY3 Sifu Moy Yee Tung Marcus Evans Interview
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WCI: MY3 Sifu Moy Yee Tung Marcus Evans Interview

Interview with Sifu Moy Yee Tung Marcus Wendell Evans Sr. published in the Wing Chun Illustrated May 2019, Issue 47. "Kung Fu isn't just for fighting."

Sifu Evans is a MY3 disciple of Grandmaster Anthony Moy Tung Dandridge, as well as a member of the late Grandmaster Moy Yat’s GSS Association for grand student disciples. Moy Yee Tung’s Kung Fu school website is etakungfu.com

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WCI: MY5 Sifu Dave Bearce Interview
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WCI: MY5 Sifu Dave Bearce Interview

Interview with MY5 Sifu David Bearce published in Wing Chun Illustrated, Issue 46. Sifu Bearce runs the Portland, Maine MTAA branch, teaching the Ving Tsun Kung Fu system of martial arts. In this article, he discusses the ‘Power of Workshop training.’ Sifu Bearce has travelled to many cities for training at workshops over the years, and has hosted many workshops at his own school, hosting his own Sifu, Dave Clay of Boston, as well as Grandmaster Moy Tung.

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WCI: MY4 Sifu Nic Bartell Interview
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WCI: MY4 Sifu Nic Bartell Interview

An interview with MY4 Sifu Nic Bartell published in the January 2019 issue of Wing Chun Illustrated. Sifu Bartell is a student of MY3 Sifu Moy Sup Tung Aaron Vyvial, and an inner circle grand student of Moy Yat SSA disciple Grandmaster Moy Tung. He teaches the Ving Tsun (wing chun) Kung Fu system of martial arts, exclusively.

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CBS Austin, TX: Women’s Self-Defense Classes at Moy Yat Kung Fu
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CBS Austin, TX: Women’s Self-Defense Classes at Moy Yat Kung Fu

Austin Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy interviewed for CBS Austin coverage of a September, 2015 Austin Police Dept alert regarding recent sexual assaults in the area. The Austin Academy, run by MY3 Sifu Moy Sup Tung Aaron Vyvial, teaches the Ving Tsun (wing chun) Kung Fu system, for fitness and fighting in self-defense.

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KXAN: “Women’s self-defense harnesses Kung Fu approach”
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KXAN: “Women’s self-defense harnesses Kung Fu approach”

The Austin Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy offers self-defense classes for women, using training in the Ving Tsun (wing chun) Kung Fu martial arts system. The school is run by MY3 Sifu Aaron Vyvial, a disciple of Grandmaster Anthony Moy Tung, founder of the Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy, and SSA disciple of the late Grandmaster Moy Yat.

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WCI: Aaron Vyvial, Ving Tsun from the Heart
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WCI: Aaron Vyvial, Ving Tsun from the Heart

Interview with Moy Tung Kung Fu MY3 Sifu Aaron Vyvial, published in the July 2013 issue of Wing Chun Illustrated.

"I try to run my classes in a very traditional manner, following the proverb, Ving Tsun Chuen Jing Tung, which can be translated as, “Ving Tsun authentically passing down.”"

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Detroit Lions Lineman Trains Ving Tsun
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Detroit Lions Lineman Trains Ving Tsun

In 2011, Detroit Lions lineman Andre Fluellen began training Ving Tsun (wing chun) Kung Fu at the Detroit Kung Fu Academy. Fluellen had started with the NFL in 2008. The average NFL player’s career lasts about three years; Fluellen’s spanned eight, with five of those years after he began training Ving Tsun. As a kid, he was intrigued by Bruce Lee and martial arts, and happened to see a film about Yip Man (Ip Man) a couple weeks before seeing the sign for the Detroit school.

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