Sifu Fong Seminar

The first time I saw Sifu Francis Fong was about 3 or 4 months into my Wing Chun journey. Sifu Dan told me that Sifu Fong was going to be coming to New Iberia for a seminar at a certain date. He did not indicate what was to be in the siminar, such as Sil Lim Tao, or Chum Kiu or whatever because Sifu Fong always generally decided the day of the seminar what he was going to teach. Sometimes it depended on who was there and how much knowledge and ability the members had. Frankly, it did not matter to me because I was just excited about meeting him! The seminar was held in a concrete building, sort of like a room, at the edge of the park in New Iberia. There was ample room for the number of students attending which was about 30 or so. Dan brieflly introduced me to Sifu Fong and the seminar started with exercises to "warm up" and the heat was on. We went through a number of principles that Sifu Fong introduced and broke up many times to practice exercises learned in the seminar. I came out of the seminar with both a much better understanding of some Wing Chun principles and an even better understanding of the terrific abilities of Sifu Fong. The best way I can say it is: it appears that Sifu Fong has "eyes in the back of his head"...I do know that I would never attempt to surprise him. I know that I would shortly be landing on the floor, probably upside down! In my ten years, there would be many of these seminar which I enjoyed very much!