Episode 53 - Sifu Nima King on Wing Chun - The art of subtraction, not addition.

In our latest Intelligent Movement Podcast we dive into the Martial Art of Wing Chun with Nima King. Nima has been practicing Wing Chun for 24 years. 20 of those years he has been teaching, at first in Australia and then in Hong Kong under his teacher Chu Shong Tin (CST). 

Chu Shong Tin (CST) was the well known Ip Man's 3rd student in Hong Kong (1st was Leung Sheung and 2nd was Lok Yiu). Ip Man was the teacher of the infamous Bruce Lee!

Nima shares stories on the origins of Wing Chun, the flow of Wing Chun from a martial art to a therapy, plus what makes Mindful Wing Chun so unique as a martial art, movement system, and way of life.

We change up and down gears along this intimate conversation covering Nima’s family escaping from a war torn Iran, explore his violent up bringing, and attempt to decode why Nima is the success story that he is as a teacher, martial artist, business owner and even family man.

If ever we were to turn a Joint Dynamics podcast into a movie - it is this episode! An inspiring story of rising up out of immigration from a war torn country, into poverty, violence, tragedy, tenacity, an insatiable thirst for learning, almost maniacal discipline,  mentorship, building a business and then nearly losing that business due to betrayal, and then rebuilding of that business, thanks again to tenacity and the loyalty of some great people.

Enjoy!

See you again in two weeks 

Here are some useful links for this podcast

Nima’s Online school: www.mindfulwingchun.online

Hong Kong school: www.mindfulwingchun.com.hk

Youtube channel: Mindful Wing Chun

3 Instagram pages: @nima_king1  , @wingchun_online , @mindful_wingchun

2 Facebook pages: 'Nima King _ Mindful Wing Chun' and 'Mindful Wing Chun Online

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