Karl Godwin
- First (Given): Karl
- Last (Family): Godwin
- Commenly Know As: Karl Godwin
Primary Lineage:
(Ip Man) Leung Sheung
Websites/Social Pages: Florida Wing Chun
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Rank Sifu Godwin Obtained
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Full Lineage:
Leung Yee Tai > Dr. Leung Jan (Leung Tak Wing) > Leung Bik > Ip Man 葉問 (Yip Gai-Man) > Leung Sheung 梁相 > Kenneth Chung (Chung Maannin) > Ben Der > Ken Werner > Karl Godwin
biography (con't)
Karl Godwin has been teaching Wing Chun since 1982 and has been training consistently for over 30 years. Karl learned the entire art from Ken Werner as his sole pupil and opened a public class in August of 1982. Because of Ken's long arms, his chi sao had developed a "long bridge", offering an unusual and effective approach to a traditionally close-in martial art. In 1984, Karl began exploring the parallels between Wing Chun and fencing. In 1987, Karl began formal fencing instruction under the tutelage of Philip Gonzales, student of Leonardo Terrone. This method of fencing is significant because Terrone, an established dualist, emphasized a touch should be seen as stopping an enemy rather than just scoring a point. Terrone was considered a revolutionary of his time because he strongly felt fencers should be equally skilled with either hand. These two points make this particular branch of fencing especially suitable for Wing Chun technical analysis.