{"id":249,"date":"2021-12-08T20:41:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:01:53","slug":"bio-si-fu-webb-master-instructor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/bio-si-fu-webb-master-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio:  Sifu Webb &#8211; Master Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sifu_Small_photo-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sifu_Small_photo-206x300.jpg 206w, http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sifu_Small_photo.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dai-Sifu Jeff Webb, 6th Degree Master, is the chief-instructor of the National Ving Tsun Organization and of the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180817055513\/http:\/\/www.austinvtkungfu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Ving Tsun Academy<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He began studying Japanese Karate in June 1983 and shifted to Ving Tsun kung fu (also spelled Wing Chun \/ Wing Tsun) in June 1985. While serving with the U.S. Air Force in Germany from 1992-1995, he both trained and taught as an instructor in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wingtsunwelt.com\" target=\"_blank\">European Wing Tsun Organization<\/a>. <strong><em>He has the distinction of being one of the few persons in the world to have been both a private student of his former teacher, Grandmaster Leung Ting, and also a private student of late Grandmaster Keith R. Kernspecht.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has studied martial arts for over 40 years and has taught professionally since 1996. During his career he has conducted more than 225 seminars and weekend training camps throughout the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his vast experience in Ving Tsun kung fu, Master Webb is also an instructor of Filipino Escrima, a certified Private Security Specialist and a certified firearms instructor (handgun \/ rifle \/ shotgun). Through his company <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texasdefensivetraining.com\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Defensive Training<\/a>, he provides instruction in all aspects of self-defense for people of all experience levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An accomplished author, Master Webb has written numerous articles for martial arts periodicals such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wingchunillustrated.com\/issue-7-table-of-contents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wing Chun Illustrated<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/magazine\/article.php?article=577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viamediapublishing.com\/product-page\/wing-chun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Asian Martial Arts \/ Via Media Publishing<\/a>; and has published <a href=\"https:\/\/theemptycup.blog\/our-publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three books<\/a> to date. Currently he is working to complete an in-depth book on Wing Chun Fighting Concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Master Webb feels that as a teacher, his greatest pride comes from seeing his students achieve great things. He has a welcoming and non-threatening instruction style that has helped his students excel. Over the years, more than 100 of Master Webb&#8217;s direct students have reached the rank of instructor and more than 20 of these advanced practitioners have also earned the title of \u201cSifu.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dai-Sifu Jeff Webb, 6th Degree Master, is the chief-instructor of the National Ving Tsun Organization and of the\u00a0Austin Ving Tsun Academy. He began studying Japanese Karate in June 1983 and shifted to Ving Tsun kung fu (also spelled Wing Chun \/ Wing Tsun) in June 1985. While serving with the U.S. Air Force in Germany [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nationalvt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}