Yip man
Yip Man is the iconic Grand Master of the Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu system responsible for bringing this martial art to the public. Before Yip Man, Ving Tsun was mainly a secret style passed down from master to student for generations.
In his life, Yip Man taught thousands of students in China and produced some of the most renown masters including Moy Yat, Wong Shun Leung, Chu Shong Tin, Mak Po, Moy Bing Wah, William Cheung, Leung Sheung, Yip Ching, Yip Chun, and Bruce Lee.
Moy yat
Moy Yat was a fully sanctioned Sifu under Yip Man at 24 years old. After becoming a Sifu, Moy Yat continued his studies under Yip Man. He Studied his instruction method for the next 10 years gaining an unprecedented insight into the Ving Tsun Kung Fu system. A Master of Masters, Moy Yat achieved a profound understanding of the Ving Tsun system and how to pass it on.
He moved to New York in 1974 and started teaching Ving Tsun in America. An accomplished artist and acupuncturist alongside being a Kung Fu Master, Moy Yat cultivated his daily life based on Kung Fu principles.
He created the Special Student Association, and members of this organization are the Masters and Grand Masters that currently teach Ving Tsun Kung Fu all over the world.
Moy Tung
Grand Master Moy Tung started training in 1980 under Moy Yat. From the beginning of his training his dedication to the Ving Tsun System was uncanny. Even though he resided in Philadelphia at the time, he would make the long commute to NYC multiple times a week to learn from his Sifu Moy Yat.
In 1986 Moy Tung became a sanctioned Sifu under Moy Yat and opened his school in Richmond, VA. Moy Tung's powerful and authentic presentation of the fighting art has always been a professional focus, and he has continued making Ving Tsun his career to this day.
At the recent 30th anniversary of Kung Fu in Richmond, you could see just how many people were influenced by Moy Tung and the people that learned from him. Over 200 participants, many of them masters and Sifus themselves, gathered from around the world to celebrate.
Aaron “Moy Sup Tung” Vyvial
Sifu Aaron "Moy Sup Tung" Vyvial is a Ving Tsun Disciple and direct Student of Grandmaster Moy Tung. He also received instruction from Great Grandmaster Moy Yat through seminars, visits to the International Headquarters (NY Chinatown) and personal Kung Fu Life.
Sifu Vyvial has more than 30 years of martial art experience and has been teaching Ving Tsun Kung Fu for more than 15 years. He now has three schools located in Austin, Houston, and Georgetown, TX. The Austin academy is the first Moy Family school to have opened in Texas. Austin native Aaron Vyvial returned to Austin and opened his school in the summer of 2002 with Master Moy Tung's advice to "teach pure V.T. from the heart."
Sifu Vyvial started his Ving Tsun training when he moved to Richmond, Virginia at age 17, then moved to Los Angeles with his Sifu. There, he furthered his training as a live-in Disciple of Moy Tung, as well as an instructor at the Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy of Pasadena, CA. Before founding the Austin Academy, Sifu Vyvial graduated from the Moy Yat American Kung Fu Academy's Senior Instructor Program. Always a student himself, he continues to train at a Master Level as a member of the MY3 - Moy Tung's inner circle of "special students" - and a member of the International Moy Yat Family Kung Fu Association.
Though Sifu Vyvial has studied other types of martial art, including other expressions of Wing Chun, JKD with Sifu Larry Hartsell, Shaolin Temple training in Los Angeles with Warrior Monk Shi Yan Fan, Softwork RMAX with Coach Scott Sonnon and judo/grappling with "Uncle" Gene Lebell, he has always relied upon and returned to the concepts and details of the Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu system. These concepts and details have proved themselves beyond doubt, not only in terms of pure martial art form, but in his personal and professional life as well.
Sifu Vincent Hardy
Sifu Vincent Hardy is a disciple and direct student of Master Aaron “Moy Sup Tung” Vyvial. He also received instruction from Grandmaster Anthony “Moy Tung” Dandridge through seminars; visits to the headquarters located in Richmond, VA; and personal Kung Fu Life.
Sifu Vincent has more than 40 years of martial arts experience to include other systems of combat however, he will always adhere to the concepts and details of Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu. He began his training in Ving Tsun in 2013 while stationed at Fort Cavazos in Texas under Master Moy Sup Tung. He has been teaching Ving Tsun Kung Fu for more than 9 years and established and ran kung-fu clubs in South Korea and Grovetown, Georgia. He currently runs a school in Martinez, Georgia.
Sifu Vincent is a Pennsylvania native that served in the military for over 20 years and currently resides in the Grovetown area outside of the Fort Eisenhower Army installation in Georgia. The Moy Tung Kung Fu School is the only place in the Grovetown, Augusta, and Martinez areas of Georgia where authentic Ving Tsun is being taught.