Sifu Gallaher recently returned from a two week martial art trip to China. It was during this trip that Sifu Gallaher and his school were placed into the newly established wing chun museum. A plaque and a photo of Sifu Gallaher and his students will be on display at the museum. Part of the selection process includes providing authentic lineage that is traceable and pure. You also need to be active in the Ving Tsun (wing chun) Athletic Association. Pure wing chun simply means that you teach the unadulterated system, not chop suey. Wing chun is a straight forward, not frills self-defense system. The systems self-defense moves are geared toward men and women. In the wing chun system you never collide with an opponents force but you use the opponents energy or pressure against them. This is similar to bamboo, it bends and yields to the wind, but when the wind ceases to blow the bamboo whips back twice as hard. In wing chun we always assume that our opponent may have a size advantage and more power. To visualize force against force think of an oak tree not yielding to the wind. If the tree is rigid and fights the wind the tree will crack and slam into the ground, the greater force wins. You need to be like water and flow to the least resistant.

Sifu Gallaher will also be in the soon to be released book on the lineage of Yip Man style wing chun. Yip Man was Bruce Lee's teacher. Yip Man was the modern day Grandmaster of the wing chun system. Sifu Gallaher had the unique opportunity to demonstrate his ability in China in 1999 at the 1st World Ving Tsun Conference. Sifu Gallaher has a pure lineage that is quite rare. He has studied privately with one of Yip Man's sons, Yip Ching and one of Yip Man's senior students, Chan Chee Man. Sifu Gallaher has also studied with his primary teacher Sifu Samuel Kwok for many years. Sifu Kwok is the highest representative of both of the sons of Yip Man. This was only the beginning of Sifu Gallaher's trip. Also on this trip Sifu Gallaher had the great privilege to teach alongside his mentor in the Jeet Kune Do fighting system, Ted Wong. Sifu Ted Wong was personally groomed by Bruce Lee. Sifu Wong is considered by most to be Bruce Lee's protégé. Sifu Wong was invited to teach a seminar in Hong Kong and Sifu Gallaher was able to assist some of the students in their training at this two-day event. Gallaher said it was strange being the only qui low, that is a foreigner. Teaching alongside my sifu in his own culture was a thrill. The entire seminar was in Cantonese, which tested his Cantonese speaking ability. After the seminar Sifu Gallaher accompanied Sifu Wong with a full entourage of delegates from Hong Kong and Mainland China to open the Bruce Lee museum in China. Sifu Wong was the honorary guest representing Linda Lee Caldwell, the former wife of Bruce Lee. Gallaher had the privilege to represent the second generation students at this once in a lifetime event. The Jeet Kune Do museum is government sponsored organization. There were plenty of government officials present in this event.