Welcome to the Adelaide Wing Chun Academy

The Adelaide Wing Chun Academy focuses on delivering the traditional principles of the art of Wing Chun with contemporary application.

Wing Chun is an effective system based on a logical set of principles that is suitable for people of all age groups, gender and fitness levels, wanting to learn self defence or study the art of Wing Chun Kung Fu.

The Academy offers a friendly and supportive enviroment for the individual, where they will grow in ability holistically for the mind and body, including development of thier personal self-defense, fitness, coordination and concentration, and overall improving confidence throught many areas of life.

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About Us

History of the Adelaide Wing Chun Academy

The Adelaide Wing Chun Academy opened its doors to teach Wing Chun Kung Fu to the people of Adelaide in 2013. The Academy was founded by Sifu Tony Psaila, Sifu Damian Rainer and Instructor Heath Gibbons. Sifu Tony and Sifu Damian have previously held a long term relationship/association with a large national wing chun organisation that closed its doors here in Adelaide.

The trio decided to open up their own Academy so both existing and new students in Adelaide could continue learning an effective system of self-defence and gain a deeper knowlegde of this amazing martial art.

The Academy follows the teachings passed on by Chu Shong Tin and Jim Fung, plus the continual evoloution from the head instructors' decades of knowledge gained from studying, exploring and teaching the Wing Chun system. Sifu's Tony Psaila and Damian Rainer are both recognised by the Ving Tsun Athletic Association Hong Kong as Sifu's of the Wing Chun System. They regularly travel to Hong Kong to train with Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin, and the greater Wing Chun family.

The Adelaide Wing Chun Academy is a member of the Australian Wing Chun Federation, a collection of Wing Chun clubs around Australia that stem from the same linage. The Academy maintains its ties to Grandmaster Jim Fung's original School.

Our Instructors: Sifu Tony Psaila | Sifu Damian Rainer

Wing Chun Classes

Adult Classes

For Kids Kung Fu Classes click here

Day of the Week	General Class (beginners and all levels)	General Class (Advanced Levels)
Tuesday	5.30pm - 6.30pm 6.30pm - 8.00pm	8.00pm - 9.30pm
Wednesday	10.30am - 12pm 5.30pm - 6.30pm 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Thursday	5.30pm - 6.30pm 6.30pm - 8.00pm	8.00pm - 9.30pm
Saturday	10.30am - 12pm 12pm - 1.30pm

Location

St Luke's Hall 35 Whitmore Square, Adelaide

Fees

All Students are required to pay an Annual Membership & Insurance: $60
Rates below apply to the city branch classes but also entitle students to access the Ascot Park branch.

Training: Number of Classes*	3 Months	6 Months
Once per week	$180	$330
Unlimited*	$255	$467
Concessional Unlimited*	$225	$413
Voucher Lesson book available - 10 x lesson vouchers $180

* All classes except dragons club if you are an adult.

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Wing Chun Kids Classes

Dragon's Club Kung Fu Kids

The Adelaide Wing Chun Academy runs specific classes for kids "Dragons Club" a program designed to teach children between the ages of 5 to 12 years, the basis of self defence based on Wing Chun concepts, as well as other specific child oriented awareness strategies.

They will learn:

Self Discipline
Self Defence
Self Respect
How to exercise, keep fit and maintain active development

Other benefits are:

Improved concentration in all areas of life,
An increase in confidence with dealing with people and goals they set,
Vast improvements in physical coordination
Increasing skills in decision making.

The Dragons Club program has been designed to equip children with the foundation skills to promote a confident healthy active lifestyle, all whilst enjoying themselves. The Instructors have many years in teaching Wing Chun Self-Defence programs to children, in house and in delivering school and community programs. As well as Wing Chun, the Instructors hold qualifications in Sports Coaching, First Aid and Group Training.

Day of the Week	Dragons Club Kung Fu Kids
Tuesday	4.15pm - 5.15pm
Wednesday
Thursday	4.15pm - 5.15pm
Saturday	12pm - 1.30pm

Location

St Luke's Hall 35 Whitmore Square, Adelaide

Fees

All Students are required to pay an Annual Membership & Insurance: $60

Training: Number of Classes*	3 Months	6 Months
Once per week	$180	$330
Unlimited*	$255	$467
Concessional Unlimited*	$225	$413
Voucher Lesson book available - 10 x lesson vouchers $180

* All classes except dragons club if you are an adult.

Make an enquiry

Click here to get in contact with us.

Instructors

Sifu Tony Psaila

Sifu Tony Psaila has had a love for martial arts since a very young age and was introduced by an old school friend during his primary school years.

Tony did judo for several years with the school's club and then became interested in kung fu and karate during his early teens (through the same school friend who had a background in Shotokan karate).

In 1981 at the age of 19 Tony discovered Sifu Jim Fung's school in the Adelaide CBD. Tony was fortunate enough to take private lessons under Sifu Jim Fung early on in his training and then continued his training under the guidance of Sifu Jim Fung's longest standing student Albert Chong whom Tony maintains a strong friendship with to this day. He was also fortunate enough to train under Graham Kuerschner, the academy's most highly ranked instructor (at the time) and various other senior Instructors.

In 1984 Tony was employed full time as an assistant manager for the Sifu Jim's School here in South Australia and taught full time. Tony taught in most of the available classes held during the day and evening for the school and ran its Highbury branch concurrently from 1984-1986 on two evenings building up a large and committed group of students. Tony also ran workshops and courses for many private and public school institutions and several TAFE colleges around the Adelaide CBD and metropolitan area. Tony received high praise and recommendation from the South Australian Education Department for the quality and professionalism provided to schools taking up wing chun as part of their physical education curriculum.

Tony's skill quickly became evident and his reputation as a teacher and practitioner quickly developed and he became highly sought after.

In 1990 Tony resigned from his position taking a hiatus from teaching and training to focus on his Christian faith and go back to study and complete his university degree. At the end of 1996 Tony returned back to the school and was warmly received back into the school and slotted immediately into the role of teaching. Tony's focus became internally centred and it became apparent to his seniors that he possessed a natural internal ability to relax and apply this relaxed state in combat.

Tony possesses the very rare ability to relax deeply (an important but extremely difficult component of the Wing Chun system as taught by Sifu Jim Fung and Sigung Chu Shong Tin). His ability was noticed by both Sifu Jim and Sigung Chu Shong Tin who both encouraged Tony to further develop this aspect of his training. Tony was graded to 4th Level personally by Sigung Chu Shong Tin and was enlisted into the School's circle of chief instructors.

Tony is able to demonstrate the explosiveness, directness and simplicity of the system whilst in relaxed state. He is known for the power he can generate in an explosive yet effortless manner and the speed with which he can apply these movements. Consequently, Tony is widely sought after around Australia and has given workshops and seminars in SA, NSW and QLD. He has conducted seminars for his old school and currently runs quarterly workshops for schools associated with the Queensland Wing Chun Association and has been invited to run a series of workshops in the Northern Territory. Tony has been invited to discuss his experience in Wing Chun (especially internal relaxation and its application) by interested parties in the following countries: Italy, England, Egypt, Czechoslovakia, Korea and the US and hopes to be able to undertake this in the very near future.

Sigung Chu Shong Tin whom Tony has visited in HK most years since his return, has encouraged Tony to go out and share his understanding of wing Chun with those who are interested. It is for this simple reason that Tony decided to continue teaching in his own school once operations in South Australia ceased.

Instructors

Sifu Damian Rainer

Sifu Damian Rainer began his journey into the Martial Arts from a young age where he started with Judo, growing through his teens he trained in Boxing, Kick Boxing and Kung Fu, until he settled into Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Damian trained for a number of years in an equivalent of a full time capacity in Sydney's China Town in an Academy headed by Jim Fung. He trained under his Senior Instructors until he reached a level that he could be trained under Jim Fung directly. In 2001 he was asked to help manage and teach at the newly established Gold Coast Academy, he would then travel to Sydney regularly to train with his Senior brothers and sisters and train privately under Jim Fung.

In 2003 he was sent to Adelaide South Australia to manage the Adelaide Academy, a place to delve into the knowledge of many senior brothers with many decades of knowledge. Damian ran most of the training of the general club teaching up to 6 classes a day, running full time accredited courses for local and international students, as well as delivering workshops to schools, commercial businesses, community organisations and training institutions. Damian has a wealth of knowledge about the Wing Chun System and the technical aspects of application.

Damian also takes pride in his skill set as a teacher, studying this along side the development of his Wing Chun, he has the capacity to be able to relay information concisely to an array of learners and help students achieve the goals they set out to achieve, he works as a teacher in other fields outside of Wing Chun. Damian has more than a decade's experience running full-time Wing Chun training centres. He is recognised by the Ving Tsun Athletic Association as a Sifu, He was a Senior Instructor Level 3 under the Jim Fung Linage, he holds Certificate IV in Wing Chun Instruction, Diploma of Sport [Coaching], Certificate IV of Fitness, Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training.

Damian is always looking to continue his own development of Wing Chun and trains under his most Senior brothers Dai Sihing Albert Chong and Tony Psaila, as well as making regular training trips to Hong Kong to train with Chu Shong Tin and the extended Wing Chun family.