SOMERSET WING CHUN KUNG FU- About
About Us
If you’re looking for authentic Wing Chun Kung Fu, in Weston super Mare or wider Somerset area, you've just found a Not-For-Profit, welcoming, "ego-free" and friendly training environment, offering practical, top-tier instruction with an enviable reputation.
How Somerset Wing Chun Kung Fu can Help You
Our club in Weston super Mare, has highly knowledgeable and experienced instructors, Sifu Dan Bazell and Sifu Steve Wilson, who teach practical close‑quarters self‑defence designed for all ages, genders, and fitness levels which makes it ideal for the average person, as well as talented martial artists.
Wing Chun is a highly efficient Chinese martial art known for its close-range combat, fast reactions, and smart technique over strength.
Unlike many traditional martial arts, Wing Chun focuses on:
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Practical self-defence you can use immediately
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Simple, easy-to-learn movements
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Speed, timing, and structure instead of brute force
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Realistic training for modern situations
Get Real Results for the Time You Invest in Training
We will help you take your first steps towards a Simple, Direct and Effective Self‑Protection system, that boosts your safety and strengthens your mental well‑being — feel the difference from your very first session.
The system focuses on structuring the body's flinch responses into conditioned reflexes, speed, and relaxed movement rather than fixed techniques, rote learning and raw strength. Our natural body mechanics means, age, physique, or gender is never a barrier to learning or applying the skills effectively. It is a style especially suitable for Women and Older Adults.
If your time is limited and you want the highest return on the hours and effort you invest, this style gives you far more practical skill in far less time, without the years of conditioning or the complex technique work many other systems demand.
You can train, progress, and apply the techniques with confidence in a very short period.
As the longest-running WC group in the county, we maintain informal relationships with a number of Independent, Not-For-Profit, clubs and training groups in Taunton, Shepton Mallet, Bath, Axbridge, Bristol, and Nailsea.
Instructors certified by SWCKF, who open their own clubs, can continue training with us but are Administratively and Financially Independent of SWCKF.
Taught directly by both sons of the legendary Great Grand Master Ip Man, GM Ip Chun and GM Ip Ching, the original system is preserved by GM Kwok.
Meet Our Seniors
Senior Students are an Essential Part of the Club
Senior Students at Somerset Wing Chun Kung Fu are long-term practitioners who have trained consistently for many years, most reaching 12–15 years of continuous practice.
They form the core of the club, representing its highest standards of skill, commitment, and loyalty and are certified to assist the instructor working closely with new students, helping them understand techniques, drills, and applications in greater depth.
