{"id":1457,"date":"2022-02-02T10:07:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T20:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2022-02-02T10:16:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T20:16:36","slug":"john-di-virgilio-wing-chun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/john-di-virgilio-wing-chun\/","title":{"rendered":"A Martial Arts Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good teachers and skilled martial artists are often hard to find. In Grandmaster John Di Virgilio, Wing Chun students here and abroad have the best of both worlds.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When it comes to teaching, John Di Virgilio is a natural at it. His lessons are always well-researched, well-structured and invariably well-communicated. And even in those rare instances when his words are insufficient at creating understanding among students or strangers, he\u2019s always more than willing to teach through action, too.<\/p>\n

Such was the case years ago when a somewhat cocky stranger \u2014 after having heard of Di Virgilio\u2019s background in kung fu \u2014 approached him with a question. Specifically, it involved the 1-inch punch popularized by Bruce Lee.<\/p>\n

Despite Di Virgilio\u2019s careful explanation of the technique, the stranger refused to believe his words. So, the veteran teacher chose to take a more hands-on approach to the question.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him, \u2018You know what? I\u2019ll just hit you lightly in the center of your chest. You can tell me what you think about the punch, OK?\u2019\u201d recalls Di Virgilio.<\/p>\n

The stranger agreed and braced for impact. Suffice to say, he wasn\u2019t on his feet for very long because the short punch sent him sprawling over a nearby hedge, where he landed flat on his back. Thankfully, he was OK \u2014 although his ego was likely bruised.<\/p>\n

As for his query about whether sufficient striking power could be achieved from an inch away, well, Di Virgilio wound up answering that question in quick and decisive fashion.<\/p>\n

Understanding achieved. Lesson accomplished.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember him telling me afterward, \u2018It didn\u2019t look hard, but I sure felt the punch!\u2019\u201d recalls a chuckling Di Virgilio.<\/p>\n

For the Wing Chun grandmaster and former president of Hawai\u2018i Wing Chun Kung Fu Association, helping others attain greater knowledge in the Chinese martial art is just part of what makes him tick.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, knowledge is for those who dare take the chance,\u201d adds the former Jefferson Award winner and public school teacher, who retired in 2016 after nearly three decades of working for the state Department of Education. \u201cIf you don\u2019t reach out and grab it, it\u2019s going to pass you by.\u201d<\/p>\n

Little wonder why even in retirement, the 67-year-old Di Virgilio is constantly approached by kung fu sifus eager to tap into his vast wealth of martial arts knowledge and all unwilling to let this Wing Chun treasure pass them by. As a result, Di Virgilio often spends his time with teachers and students on the West Coast to far-away locales as Malaysia and Japan, where his application insights and keen ability to explain the system\u2019s sets and forms are always appreciated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been one to advertise myself,\u201d says the low-key Di Virgilio when asked about his growing demand as a traveling instructor. \u201cSure, I\u2019ve gone around visiting the other (sifus) and helping them out, but it\u2019s only because I\u2019ve found it most useful doing it that way. I get to coach here and there and fill in the blanks wherever else there is need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wing Chun is a centuries-old, concept-based system known primarily for its heavy use of the sticky hands technique called chi sao and for being named after a woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very open-minded system in that there\u2019s no one size that fits all,\u201d explains Di Virgilio. \u201cIt\u2019s not a fighting system in and of itself, but one that gives you a core foundation with tools to help you find your own way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The system first burst upon the international scene in the mid-\u201970s, thanks mostly to the Bruce Lee phenomenon. At the time, many of those caught up in the kung fu cinema craze wanted to simply know who taught Lee to fight, and when it became clear that the international movie star had studied briefly under Wing Chun master Ip Man, schools began popping up all over the planet to satisfy the growing interest among martial arts fans. Decades later, Wing Chun would get another boost in popularity after Donnie Yen began portraying the legendary master in a series of Ip Man<\/em> movies.<\/p>\n

This is where Di Virgilio\u2019s martial arts lineage helps explain \u2014 at least in part \u2014 why he\u2019s such an in-demand instructor. Although he did not learn directly from Ip Man, Di Virgilio did study under several of the kung fu grandmaster\u2019s most notable pupils. They include Ip Man\u2019s most senior student, the famous Wong Shun Leung, who earned the nickname \u201cKing of Talking Hands\u201d during his younger days due to his success in Hong Kong\u2019s street fighting competitions, and who was Lee\u2019s primary teacher; and well-known practitioners Wong Chock and Wong Long.<\/p>\n

One of Wong Chock\u2019s best students was the Kowloon-born Robert Yeung, an aggressive young fighter who moved to Hawai\u2018i in 1971. Less than two years later, Di Virgilio, then just 18 and contemplating a career in college football, crossed paths with Yeung while working out at the YMCA in Nu\u2018uanu.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was at the Y getting ready for football when I met him and one of Bruce Lee\u2019s students, James DeMile.<\/p>\n

They were giving a demonstration there and making a comparison between what Bruce Lee taught James and what a classical Wing Chun guy like Robert would do,\u201d explains Di Virgilio. \u201cI remember being so impressed with what Robert was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Di Virgilio wound up studying under DeMile for about six months before deciding that he wanted Yeung as his teacher. For whatever reason, Yeung would not accept Di Virgilio as a student \u2014 at least not initially. Di Virgilio remained undeterred and kept showing up at Yeung\u2019s school on Hotel Street. He\u2019d patiently wait on the sidelines and quietly observe the Wing Chun instructor\u2019s lessons, making copious mental notes along the way.<\/p>\n

Eventually, Yeung gave in and told Di Virgilio to join his class. Not surprisingly, Di Virgilio already knew more than many of the pupils who had been studying with Yeung for months.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t just going to sit there and do nothing, so I would learn the forms indirectly,\u201d he recalls. \u201cAt the time, I was a young guy looking for something that I felt I needed as a core. My thing was to challenge myself in a martial way and to see improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

His growth in Wing Chun was quick and Yeung soon recognized that his newest student had much to offer the school. One day in 1975, Yeung asked Di Virgilio what he would do to improve the system of drills known as san sik if given the opportunity. Before the student could answer, the teacher requested a detailed plan by the following week.<\/p>\n

Not wanting to waste a minute, Di Virgilio went to work. By breaking down the san sik steps to their bare essentials, he was able to codify them into a more perfect system. Today, that system is enjoyed and practiced by scores of students both here and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cRobert Yeung used to say, \u2018There\u2019s imperfection everywhere \u2014 in oneself, in others and in things. But a true master knows how to work around or with this,\u2019\u201d says Di Virgilio.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the student \u2014 who would eventually turn into Yeung\u2019s successor \u2014 was well on his way to becoming the master.<\/p>\n

Besides being a teacher at heart, Di Virgilio is an ardent student of history \u2014 and most notably when it comes to military chronicles. In the last seven years, he has carefully researched and co-authored three books on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (No One Avoided Danger<\/em>, This Is No Drill<\/em> and They\u2019re Killing My Boys<\/em>). A fourth book is scheduled to go to print later this year and a fifth one is tentatively slated for release in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working hard on the books,\u201d says the former director for Pearl Harbor History Associates, who was presented with the Emperor\u2019s Award in 2015 for his efforts in \u201ccreating acts of reconciliation and renewed friendship between Japanese and American veterans. \u201cThe books have been something of a calming point for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

His military focus also makes sense considering his parents both served in the U.S. Army, and one of his master\u2019s degrees was in American History with an emphasis on American military history. His first master\u2019s was in Education Curriculum. \u201cMy dad was a major and my mom was a lieutenant nurse,\u201d explains the oldest of six children born to Louis Di Virgilio and Sadie Yoshida and raised in Kailua.<\/p>\n

While he loved the military stories he\u2019d hear in his youth, his eyes were always fixed on the kung fu realm. Yet, despite desperately wanting to study a Chinese-based style and find \u201cAsian cultural enrichment through a martial art,\u201d he was rebuffed at every turn until DeMile and Yeung came along.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, my very Chinese grandmother tried to get me into (kung fu) classes, but they wouldn\u2019t let me in because I wasn\u2019t Chinese enough,\u201d recalls Di Virgilio. \u201cSo, I was kind of let down as a kid and wound up spending most of my time trying to get into high school sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finding success in football as a starting center and backup outside linebacker at Kailua High, he was able to parlay that rugged gridiron demean-or and adept mind of his into a solid foundation built on brawn and brains.<\/p>\n

Turns out it was his physical nature that made Wong Shun Leung take notice of him when the two first met in 1980.<\/p>\n

\u201cWong Shun used to say that a lot of Chinese practitioners were a bunch of scaredy cats who didn\u2019t like getting hit,\u201d remembers Di Virgilio, who would spend many of his adult years coaching football at his alma mater. \u201cWhen he found out that I was a football coach, he really liked that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean if you don\u2019t like getting hit, you\u2019ll never be a martial artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

But with lots of practice and patience, you might just become like John Di Virgilio, one of martial arts best teachers and rarest of treasures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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