Sifu Shiv – Founder “INDIA WING CHUN ACADEMY”

Sifu Shiv: Wing Chun practitioner & Founder: India Wing Chun Academy

MBA (MMS) in Marketing from Mumbai University, Sifu Shiv has a wide range of interests of which the most passionate one is Wing Chun Kung Fu. Inspired by the Shaolin Temple and Jackie Chan his half a decade search for the right style of martial arts ended with Wing Chun kung fu. He was initiated in Wing Chun during my MBA days (2002) by a senior Management student who had worked in China for a couple of years and was from the Leung Ting Wing Tsun lineage.

They practiced mostly on the college terrace post the lectures for a period of two years and then had a break for a year and half as their careers parted. His search for a Wing Chun partner was doomed only after realizing that there were very few authentic Wing Chun classes readily available in India. Fortunately he had a  chance to met and learn from Sifu C. V. Liv, who then was a certified associate instructor from the Jim Fung – International Wing Chun Academy (Yip Man Lineage).

Understanding the need for modern Indian – Man and Woman to know the art of self defense Sifu Shiv founded the “India Wing Chun Academy” on 5th May 2011 in Borivili – Mumbai. Sifu Shiv continues to give group trainings at this location. He also travels to different states of the country to give seminars. Sifu Shiv believes in demonstrating the art in person and is always open to learn from his students.

For Sifu Shiv, Wing Chun is not just a hobby but a way of life. He practices on his personal Mook Yan Jong and Bamboo Dummy in his free time to keep on refining the skills learnt. He believes that Wing Chun not only keeps one fit and strong with just 30 to 40 mins of practice on a daily basis but also makes one confident. Dedication, Disciple and Regularity has laid foundations of Sifu Shiv’s Wing Chun across the years. He has taken his own time to learn the little ideas, and only after ruminating and digesting the small concepts did he reach for the complex ones.

Apart from Wing Chun practitioner, Sifu Shiv is a fluent Japanese linguist, certified Six Sigma Green Belt trainer, a Yoga practitioner and a voracious reader on all the martial arts, scientific and business books and periodicals.

Sifu Shiv welcomes you to life’s one of the most enriching journey on the Tao of Wing Chun Kung Fu.

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IWCA believes that although Wing Chun is an art which can be learnt and applied in a relatively short time it cannot be taught by one without good number of years of practice.