HKB Eng Chun Sunday September 12th workshop, Dayton, Ohio

[Benny Meng]

Announcing:

Black Flag Wing Chun Training with Master Kenneth Lin* Hek Ki Boen Eng Chun with Suhu Kenneth Lin* *Current leader of the Hek Ki Boen Lineage

Come experience the short-distance, explosive power of Wing Chun as expressed in the Hek Ki Boen lineage.

In this workshop you will experience a sweaty body, a learning mind, and a happy spirit! Master Lin is an excellent communicator, eager and willing to work with you until you understand the depth and breadth of information that his lineage has to offer.

You'll also hear about the latest and greatest research by the Ving Tsun Museum.

Location:
      5715 Brandt Pike
      Huber Heights, Ohio

Date:
      Sunday September 12th

Time:
      10a to 3p

Cost:
      HKB Members: $75
      Non-Members: $150

Call 937-236-6485 to RSVP for this great workshop

[Benny Meng]

Dear Students, Parents, and Friends,

I am very happy and excited to announce that my Instructor, Grand Master Kenneth Lin, will be coming for a public workshop on Saturday, September 12th. He has dedicated most of his life to training the martial arts, since he started at the age of 10. He is very compassionate and highly skilled, possessing abilities you?ve only read about in superhero magazines.

He has taught his amazing skills to younger student and now, as teenagers, they possess strength and skills most martial arts masters have yet to achieve.

With his visit, we will start our official Youth Wing Chun Program. I will be dedicating my time to focus on developing the unique skills of maximum efficiency for our younger students.

All students are encouraged to participate in the workshop with Grand Master Lin. Any student 11 years of age or older that attends the workshop will be eligible to participate in the Youth Wing Chun Program for free for the rest of the year!

For any questions, please contact the office at 937-236-6485

Sincerely,
Master Meng

[Benny Meng]

from Missy


All persons wanting to help with the preparations for Grand Master Kenneth Lin’s workshop can get my info, (Missy P.), from Master Meng or Simo Meng in the Huber Heights office. We need help with quite a few things so all volunteers would be greatly appreciated. Also, on Wednesday night, Sept. 8th, we will be doing school cleaning at 7pm at Huber school. Please come out and help your Kung fu brothers and sisters as we prepare to make Grand Master Lin’s visit a complete success!!!  I hope everyone is planning to attend Master Lin’s workshop on Sunday because it will be an event that you don't want to miss. If you haven’t received any info on the workshop you can pick up a flyer at the Huber Heights school. Thanks in advance for your participation! 

Missy

[Benny Meng]

Seminar with Grandmaster Kenneth Lin at the HKB Meng's of Dayton from Missy Purden
Huber Heights, Ohio
Sept. 2010


Hosted by Sifu Benny Meng, this past weekend was a huge positive step forward towards expanding the acknowledgement of Hek Ki Boen Black Flag Eng Chun. Grand Master Kenneth Lin came to HKB Dayton branch school Huber Heights Ohio to instruct his Instructor Certification Program candidates as well as give a workshop on Hek Ki Boen Eng Chun to the public. He brought along with him 2 of his Virginia Headquarter students, father and daughter Gordon and Demarie to assist during the workshop.

Grand Master Lin arrived at the HKB Dayton Meng’s Martial arts of Dayton/Ving Tsun Museum Friday afternoon and after lunch he began instructing his Instructor Certification Program candidates at 2pm. Being both compassionate and driven, Grand Master Lin introduced new information to his candidates with clarity while continuing to express the importance of separation/detachment as being a key factor in Hek Ki Boen training. The candidates were given physical as well as intellectual knowledge.

After training for several hours, everyone headed to the home of Master Benny Meng where he and his family hosted a dinner for everyone. This was a feast of a variety of foods and also great flowing conversation. Many thanks went to Master Meng’s parents and to his wife, Sunmi Meng, for preparing those savory dishes. Sifu Brad Ryan arrived shortly after dinner. He is the owner/instructor of Meng’s Martial Arts of Katy, Texas. This was Sifu Ryan first time meeting and training with Grand Master Lin and had a all night interview and discussion.

Saturday’s Instructor Certification Program training was hosted at the Cincinnati branch of Meng’s Martial Arts. Upon arrival Grand Master Lin was greeted with a high level of respect and acknowledgement from Sifu John Lambert and his loyal students. After a formal introduction and tour of the school grounds the Grand Master Lin gave a seminar session. Each time Grand Master Lin teaches, the student gets a clearer and deeper understanding of this awesome system. We sweated, we learned and we smiled! After that session the non-Instructor Certification Program members were dismissed and we stopped for lunch. After lunch began a session of intense, non-stop training where Instructor Certification Program candidates were not only given more physical training but conceptual and principle level knowledge as well. Grand Master Lin is a very through person so he made sure that his candidates had a clear understanding of each segment that he taught from technical, mechanics, concepts, principle to spiritual. After training for several hours Grand Master Lin ended the teaching session for the night and everyone headed to dinner at Bravo’s restaurant in Dayton where we ate while indulging in intellectual conversation on Hek Ki Boen Eng Chun and took a moment to enjoy good company. On Saturday night, Grand Master Lin and Master Meng conducted an extensive interview with Sifu Brad Ryan, interviewing him on his potential enrollment in the Hek Ki Boen Eng Chun Instructor Certification Program. He was accepted into the Instructor Certification Program by Grand Master Lin along with Sifu John Lambert, the owner/instructor of Meng’s Martial Arts of Cincinnati. Congratulations to you both.


Sunday morning workshop began with an introduction of Grand Master Lin as well as Grand Master Lin’s acknowledgement of students that he had not met during his past previous seminars. Master Meng and his students presented Grand Master Lin with a trophy of their appreciation. Very fitting (you’ve got to see it to believe it)!!! Again Grand Master Lin showed another positive side of himself: humbleness. Grand Master Lin began training by giving a brief talk on Hek Ki Boen Eng Chun itself and the direction that we are heading. He then introduced some of the requirements for first level of training. With each technique that was shown Grand Master gave the student a creative way to train and understand what was given so that they can obtain the body intelligence. There were many students present so they were able to switch partners several times so that they can experience different energies. Grand Master went around and personally assisted each student. Attending the workshop with the adults were five members of the Meng’s Martial Arts Youth Program: Vincent Meng, Michael Vann II, Jejuan Tinsley, Ricky Le, and Aaron Dobbs. These youth were able to get an understanding of what Grand Master was teaching so this says a lot about the awesome teaching skills of Grand Master Lin. After a brief dismissal for lunch the second session of training began where Grand Master gave an informative explanation of what was being taught. This helped to make the training experience positive for everyone because he reached out to everyone no matter the level of your skill.

At the end of the workshop a special Hek Ki Boen designed cake was presented to Grand Master Lin and enjoyed by everyone. A great end to yet another remarkable workshop given by the Grand Master. After the workshop a brief question and answer session took place in the lobby of the school where Grand Master Lin, being such a down to earth person, talked with students about things ranging from their training to understanding the history of Hek Ki Boen Black Flag Eng Chun. All students were invited to have dinner with the Grand Master and many did attend for the Korean BBQ.

After dinner Grand Master went back to the home of Master Meng where he began giving his Instructor Certification Program candidates more intense and informative training until near midnight.

Overall this has been the best visit with Grand Master Lin to date. This system has been around since the 1600’s and to have made it to 2010 is a true testimony to not only it’s authenticity but to its true essence of Chan and the true nature of Shaolin Wing Chun. Deep thanks to Grand Master Kenneth Lin for sharing such an amazing system with your grand students and Master Meng for hosting this great event. I am sure that everyone who got to experience your awesome teaching walked away with an enlightened body, mind and spirit along with an added understanding of the importance of separation of body, mind and breath.

Many thanks Grand Master Lin!!!!! We look forward to learning and experiencing all that you have to teach us. Bring on many more of your workshops!!! We can’t get enough!!

[Lin Xiang Fuk]

Pictures can be seen here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=237717&id=272794664776&ref=mf

[Sifu_Aaron]

Wow!  Once again I was blown away by the information that was shown to us by GrandMaster Lin.  We went over a lot of things in this Seminar.  We started out talking about “Ji Ci Bok Yang Bhe” in more detail.  I was amazed at how much information there is in the Ji Ci Bok Yang Bhe alone!  You can tell that the wisdom of ages past was put into every part of HKB training. 

We talked about Saam Chian Po and how each movement is so important.  There is a specific place for your fingers/hands/arms/elbows/hips/knees/feet to be at during every part of the Saam Chian Po.  It was great to have a chance to see all of the practitioners doing their SCP form.  This form is very physical, mental, and spiritual as well.  GM Lin says you can do this form your entire life and never reach the finished product.  This is a great thing for me to hear because most forms you do, you can usually learn them in a matter of months or a few years and there is nothing more to learn after that.  This tells me with learning this form; you never stop growing physically, mentally, and spiritually!

A little later on we moved onto Niam Jiu (Chi Sau).  I have never really understood the purpose of one handed sensitivity training until I got the chance to train at this seminar.  Most of us have been training Niam Jiu trying to hit each other fast.  I definitely was not aware you could accomplish the same thing going slow.

When I got the chance to do Niam Jiu with GM Lin, I was amazed!  I could not stop him from doing anything he wanted to.  I could not stick to him like I was supposed to.  What was even more amazing was that he was moving in slow motion.  Some of the time I could not see his hands… In slow motion!

These are only a few of the things we covered in the seminar.  I hope that more and more of the students will attend the seminars to come.  Everyone is sure to learn a lot and thoroughly enjoy themselves.  I always seem to learn so much when I attend HKB Seminars with GM Lin.  I love it!

Aaron McKillip