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Great Grandmaster Ip Man.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1443832704781{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: -60px !important;border-bottom-width: -60px !important;padding-bottom: -60px !important;}”]Eric Paule started boxing at an early age competing in various competitions and tournaments for close to 15 years.
During this period and with the advent of VHS recorders he discovered Bruce Lee movies and was astounded by this Chinese martial art. Little did he realise that the foundation of this amazing skill was Wing Chun Kung Fu, and that Bruce Lee’s teacher was Great Grandmaster Ip Man (Born Foshan, Buddha Mountain, Canton Province 1893 – 1972)[/vc_column_text]
During this period and with the advent of VHS recorders he discovered Bruce Lee movies and was astounded by this Chinese martial art. Little did he realise that the foundation of this amazing skill was Wing Chun Kung Fu, and that Bruce Lee’s teacher was Great Grandmaster Ip Man (Born Foshan, Buddha Mountain, Canton Province 1893 – 1972)[/vc_column_text]
[vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ class=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1443737869038{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: -200px !important;border-bottom-width: -200px !important;padding-bottom: -200px !important;}”]Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s Eric trained in other ‘martial arts’ but never really found anything that suited him. In 2000 Eric sustained a serious back injury due to prolonged stress on his joints and ligaments from years of high impact martial arts.
This left Eric completely immobilised for several months; he was prescribed a plethora of opiate based drugs for the intense pain, and was unable to walk without the aid of a walking stick for the next decade.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”bottom” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ class=””]
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This left Eric completely immobilised for several months; he was prescribed a plethora of opiate based drugs for the intense pain, and was unable to walk without the aid of a walking stick for the next decade.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”bottom” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ class=””]
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[/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ class=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1443737941946{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: -50px !important;border-bottom-width: -50px !important;padding-bottom: -50px !important;}”]Fearing for any chance of recovery Eric had an epiphany and remembered reading about Traditional Chinese Martial Arts and thought that this should be something worth investigating.
In 2011 Eric was incredibly fortuitous to start training in Wing Chun Kung Fu with Sifu Natasha Etheridge, an authorised instructor of the Tse Qigong Centre.
Since then Eric no longer walks with a walking stick, has reduced his medication to one tablet a day, has lost three stone in weight, and is much more flexible and healthier than he was 20 years ago! All of this is attributable to perseverance of Wing Chun Kung Fu training.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column]
In 2011 Eric was incredibly fortuitous to start training in Wing Chun Kung Fu with Sifu Natasha Etheridge, an authorised instructor of the Tse Qigong Centre.
Since then Eric no longer walks with a walking stick, has reduced his medication to one tablet a day, has lost three stone in weight, and is much more flexible and healthier than he was 20 years ago! All of this is attributable to perseverance of Wing Chun Kung Fu training.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column]
[vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/6″ class=””][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/6″ class=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1443737899080{margin-top: 15px !important;}”]Eric currently studies Kunlun Dayan Qigong (Wild Goose Qigong) & Chun Yuen Quan. For further details about these traditional Chinese arts please contact the Tse Qigong Centre (www.tseqigongcentre.com).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/6″]
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Wing Chun Residential, April 2012
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Lastly Eric would like to say a special thank you to Tai Sigong (Master Michael Tse), Sigong (Mike Baker), Sifu (Natasha Etheridge) and all those at the Tse Qigong Centre for entrusting him to carry on this traditional Chinese skill…Thank you![/vc_column_text]