Tu Tengyao - a true Wing Chun Master?

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Master Tu Tengyao - a recently growing phenomenon on European and American media and social platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram. Master Tu Tengyao is already famous in the Martial Arts sector in China and his fame precedes him. Additionally, in the last weeks, his videos have been spreading across western martial arts fans with growing speed.
Before we skip to the main question, we invite you to give an objective look at one of many of his videos:

Master Tu Tengyao

As we already said Master Tu Tengyao is not new across China. In fact, although his fame in the west seems to be just starting, back in China he has already served his country with his skills.
Not many might know that he has taught Wing Chun to flight attendants for an entire Airline and a College. Yes, you've heard that right.

Back in 2014, Tu Tengyao signed a contract with Southwest Airline College with the mission to transform flight attendants into "mini Bruce Lees".
The entire aircrew and also new employees had to undergo Tu Tangyao's School Wing Chun training.
If you'd like to see the video interview and read more about it, you can quickly check it out at the following link: Wing Chun on Airlines.

Tu Tengyao training Aircrew

But that's not all, in 2015 Tu was given the responsibility to train an entire college filled with 20.000 students. Until then, China was mainly focused on Taekwondo for their Counter-terrorist training. However, seven years ago they decided on another strategy, and Tu was chosen to train the College attendants.
Students trained Wing Chun weekly under the advice of the College in order to strengthen their self-defence skills.

Tu Tengyao training College students

Tu's entry into the western scene was somehow predictable: bog enthusiasm, on one hand, great scepticism on the other.
The public has split in two different directions - from those who love him and his style up to people who can't wait for Xu Xiaodong challenges him.

On his Instagram page, you can find even more videos of training, drills, exercises, and some well-done choreographies.
The videos he uploads are mainly him training with his students. And of course, this fact also seems to be a primary argument of the more sceptical part of the audience. In fact, many have questioned his skills since there are only videos of him training in a safe school environment, not in the ring or in a real fight.

In Conclusion

The point is that only time will tell the truth, as it always does. And from a very personal point of view, I'd say that Wing Chun has many other characters and "Masters" who do much worse and depict Wing Chun as a Tai Chi style or whatever.
If only one of the thousands of keyboard warriors would actually challenge him personally for a fight, instead of from behind their desktops - who knows? Maybe the truth would be already out there.

If you'd like to know more about Master Tu Tengyao, see his videos, or get in touch with him, you can check his Official Instagram Page.
He uploads very frequently and much of his content is worth checking out.

Comments


BatArid
2022-06-09 17:52:54
"Tu TengYao official Instagram account" is not his account, it's from someone taking his videos and reposting it, he's only posting his videos on DouYin, and sometimes on his WeChat channel, that's it !
Wing Chun Sifu
2022-10-21 03:03:42
First of all, Xu will never challenge him. His purpose is to expose fake masters, this one doesn't seem to be fake. Also, Xu challenges older practitioners than himself, mostly smaller in size, untrained, fat, smokers and clowns, he will never risk getting hurt by a guy like this one here who seems to be an actual fighter, cause even if Xu wins, he will get hurt, and that's not something that he wants. But as I said, Xu's war isn't against Wing Chun and real Kung Fu and real fighters and masters, but against fakes and clowns, he wants to expose them, so he's actually doing the real ones a favor and cleaning the field on their behalf. Xu has never challenged a real master, and he never will. So, back to this master, you write so many things about him but don't even mention the two most basic info in Wing Chun, that are very important: 1. Lineage, 2. name of his own Sifu.
nick ashton
2022-10-27 20:36:42
Why does Tu speed his videos up ?
Nick
2022-11-18 20:37:15
So he looks quicker.
Ashish Madaan
2022-12-07 04:58:57
Please i need to know that where is tu tengyao training centre address .i want address of tu tengyao martial arts address . I need to come there please tell me . Thank you.
Nakia
2023-05-29 06:31:50
We’re do u teach I want to learn
Dayron
2023-09-08 15:39:10
No creo que él deba demostrarle a nadie que es bueno en una pelea real, igual sería algo orquestado, la pelea real ocurre en la calle, no en un ring, donde alguien ya sabe que le vas a atacar. Las artes marciales que sirven como defensa personal tienen buena parte de su efectividad cuando nadie espera respuesta por parte del atacado. Lo considero un buen maestro

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