About Cheltenham Wing Chun Kuen (CWCK)

The Cheltenham Wing Chun Kuen (CWCK) was opened in 1994 when two students of Sifu Shaun Rawcliffe and the Birmingham Wing Chun Kuen qualified as Instructors. Since that time Sifu's Steve Woodward and David Akroyd-Jones have been teaching Wing Chun as representatives of Sifu Rawcliffe and the his Association. The Cheltenham branch of the Association has been kept small and family-like enabling the students to be personally taught by the instructors. Over the years CWCK have taught many students in the art of Wing Chun and now have students that have reached instructor level in their own right. CWCK have, at time of writing, 4 qualified instructors and 4 assistant instructors who are set to carry on the excellence in instruction that was incepted by Birmingham Wing Chun Kuen and inspired by its Director Master Ip Chun.

What do CWCK Offer?

• Authentic Wing Chun taught in a traditional, holistic manner offering safe enjoyable training

• A martial art which successfully combines highly practical and effective street self defence training, with health and fitness to ward off injury

• The complete, undiluted Wing Chun system taught systematically within an informal environment, allowing individuals to progress at their own pace

• Private lessons for convenience and rapid improvement of an individual's ability and standard

• Special courses and seminars e.g First Aid, Acupressure, Coaching

• Trips to Hong Kong to train with Grandmaster Ip Chun plus trips to Fatsan-China, home of Wing Chun

• Clubs Nationwide

Starting your Wing Chun training with CWCK

To train Wing Chun you need to attend a class where you can learn from qualified instructors and other students. Wing Chun is designed as a street self defence system and as such students need a variety of training partners to enable them to build confidence in dealing with different opponents. People come in many shapes and sizes and it should be a Martial Artists aim to be able to successfully defend oneself from any attack launched by anybody regardless of size, shape or sex. 

There are many books and videos available on the internet that propose to teach you Wing Chun and although they act as a very good reference they can not be a substitute for training with a variety of real people of like mind. An integral part of Wing Chun is sensitivity and this you cannot get from any media. You may also become confused as there can be subtle differences in the way that teachers perform their Wing Chun and in the way that the photographers photograph it.

We at Cheltenham Wing Chun Kuen believe that there is only one way to appreciate the intricacies of Wing Chun and that is to attend one of our classes. That is why we offer a FREE introductory session to start you off. All you have to do is put aside two hours and attend the lesson and we believe that it will be an investment for you. If you would like you can sit and watch or make the most of your freebie and join in.

There is nothing to lose but everything to gain, the sooner you get started the quicker you will start to feel the benefits.

Click CWCK_Information.pdf to download the CWCK Informational Flier. Fill out the response form and bring to your first session.