Wing Chun Den (Ex-Garage)

Usually, Don and I met on his "back screen porch" at least for several months until it got colder, and even in the South, it did get colder! When it did, we moved to Don's "extra den" which had been converted from a 2 car garage years before. There were many great Wing Chun times and moments in this converted garage and I enjoyed tremendously every moment of it! In this den, I began to learn the rudiments of Wing Chun such as centerline, rooting, sensitivity via chi sao and many other famous Wing Chun principles that I still carry with me. The den was about 24 by 24 or so and was just a big, open room very suitable for great workouts. During my first year and half, I was learning Wing Chun from the ground up without the benefit of striving for belts or shashes and it really felt good. Later, I would decide to add the belt level curriculum to my endeavers. While I enjoyed learning the style that way the first year and half, I eventually felt that I should get the benefit of all that was offered by Don and his school. Later, I regretted not doing that from the beginning, but, you can't go back. Some of the things that I started learning in the den helped me realize how great an art Wing Chun was and is. I will always remember the fun and interesting things I learned and did there! Later, the lessons would move to a more formal setting. More on that later so stay tuned.