Victoria Wing Chun

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My name is Ray Van Raamsdonk. I have been involved with martial arts since the late 1960’s. My background includes wrestling, Karate, Hung style Kung Fu, Yang style Tai Chi, Wing Chun and the Filipino art of Modern Arnis. Many of my articles on Wing Chun can be found on the Internet. My detailed background is on my website wingchunvictoria.com. I started teaching both Tai Chi and Wing Chun in Victoria in 1978. The first formal class was an all-girls class in Tai Chi for student coming from St. Margaret’s Private School. The first public Wing Chun class was at the Gordon Head Recreation centre in September of 1982. Since then various classes were offered at the University of Victoria, at the YMCA, at various recreation centers, at various church halls and privately out of my home. My students both male and female have ranged in age from 8 to 88 years old. They came from all backgrounds including stay at home mothers, members of the police, doctors, students and skilled professionals from other arts. My aim is to teach martial arts to anyone of good character. In my opinion, many arts are good. For me I gravitated towards the arts of Wing Chun and Tai Chi. I think the main goal should be fitness and health. As a bonus you also learn self defense in either art. The average North America fee for martial arts instruction is about $100 a month for group lessons. I charge $80 for group lessons and $40 for private lessons. Senior students can practice for FREE. I also give a free one hour lesson to new beginners to make sure the art is suitable for them. Wing Chun is today’s most popular art due to the influence of the late martial artist Bruce Lee and also to the popularity of the Ip Man series of movies. More than a million people practice Wing Chun in Europe. Because of the movies thousands of new students joined to learn Wing Chun including people well into their 80’s. So I think this art is suitable for anyone if taught correctly. We won’t let you down!