A Healthy New Career
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Gold Coast students sparring
An invigorating new career which continues to fascinate and keeps you fit beyond
retirement can be yours through studying at the International Wing Chun Academy.
The Academy's full-time courses are an excellent starting point when seeking employment
within the rapidly expanding health and fitness industries.
They offer an exciting alternative to studies involving more conventional exercise
or sport programmes. Students receive the bonus of valuable self defence skills which can be learned and applied by anybody regardless of their previous athletic ability.
Established Credentials
A gym instruction session
The International Wing Chun Academy was the first martial arts school in Australia
to deliver Nationally Recognised Training in martial arts. Since 1989, its full-time courses
have attracted interest from all over the world.
The Academy's Certificates II-IV courses in Sport Coaching, specialising in Wing
Chun Kung Fu, provide students the skills and knowledge necessary to coach athletes
to high levels of performance, and / or establish their own professional martial arts or self defence
school.
They learn about coaching principles, exercise science and nutrition, occupational
health and safety, sport psychology, first aid, leadership and general work skills.
As part of the learning process, students acquire on-the-job work experience in
one of Australia's largest and most successful martial arts schools.
Unique Training Programme
Grandmaster Fung teaching students
The course specialisation, Wing Chun Kung Fu, is a highly efficient martial art with techniques
which are practical, direct, easy to learn and can be applied immediately.
Students are taught from beginner to advanced levels, following a unique step by
step Wing Chun training programme designed by one of Wing Chun's most highly regarded
and knowledgeable martial artists, the founder of the Academy, Grandmaster Jim Fung.
Chief Instructor Albert Chong teaching
Grandmaster Fung's training programme focuses on core Wing Chun principles which
utilise natural body movements to generate power. This is achieved by mind-body
co-ordination which eliminates the need for brute strength. Students with no prior
martial arts knowledge can quickly acquire useful skills in just a few lessons.
High Quality Training
Fully equipped learning facilities
Chief Instructors with Sigung Chu
The International Wing Chun Academy delivers its Sport Coaching courses on a full-time basis with four study
periods of 10 weeks each (involving 20 hours of study per week) per year. This involves
face to face, online, home study and on the job delivery methods. Training sessions
are fun, motivating and mentally stimulating.
The Academy abides by the training and operating standards of the Australian Quality
Training Framework and all of its lecturers and course presenters are highly qualified.
Its Wing Chun training is supervised by a panel of Grandmaster Fung's Chief Instructors
who have been training for up to 35 years and are among the world's most skilled
martial artists.
Three Study Locations
Gold Coast students training
Full-time Australian students have the choice of three study locations, Sydney,
Gold Coast or Adelaide, where the Academy runs full-time professionally staffed
headquarters. The Academy has CRICOS approval to teach overseas students at its
Gold Coast and Adelaide schools. All study locations are fully equipped with gym
equipment, internet access and refreshment areas and are convenient to major shopping
centres and tourist attractions.
Classes are held seven days a week, giving students the flexibility to work part-time
and maintain their training while travelling.
The Austudy allowance is available for approved local students, while overseas students
can apply for student and part-time work visas which permit them to work for up
to 20 hours a week while undertaking their studies.
Course Outcomes
Students working out in the gym
The International Wing Chun Academy's courses provide valuable qualifications for people seeking work or already
employed in the health, fitness, security or other related fields. They also offer
the opportunity for casual Wing Chun students to accelerate their training and/or
acquire the knowledge necessary to set up their own schools.
Because the Sport Coaching courses are nationally recognised training, graduates
are qualified to teach anywhere in Australia.
Those interested in coaching other sports can receive recognition in prior learning
when applying to train with other institutions. The courses' core, stream and elective
units are transferable between sports and other related industry qualifications
such as fitness, community recreation and outdoor recreation industries.
Establishing Your Own School
The Adelaide City HQ
Graduates keen to establish their own Wing Chun schools have the opportunity to
affiliate with the Academy and reap the many benefits of its long-standing reputation
in the martial arts and fitness industries.
As well as having access to special Academy services and resources, affiliated schools
are licensed to teach Grandmaster Fung's unique training programme.