Is Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu different from other martial arts?
Yes. Most martial arts are practiced as sports, requiring students to train for and demonstrate their fighting abilities in tournaments or other organized competitions. Conversely, Ving Tsun Kung Fu is not a sport and students in Moy Yat schools are not expected to compete in tournaments. Additionally, a Ving Tsun student does not receive instruction in a handful of self-defense techniques which may work in the controlled environment of a classroom or within the rules of an organized competition but may not work during an unpredictable street confrontation. Instead, Ving Tsun teaches principles of kung fu that can be applied in any number of situations and that have proven effective for over 400 years.
