Dallas Wing Chun Academy

Dallas Wing Chun Academy Sifu Jim Gillentine has over 30 years experience in martial arts and 15 as a Wing Chun instructor Wing Chun is the”original mixed martial art”.

Wing Chun (also spelled Wing Tsun and Wing Chun) is a complete system of self-defense which works for everyone regardless of size, strength, gender or athleticism. The goal of Wing Chun is to teach practical self-defense in the shortest amount of time possible. Its techniques are based on positioning, leverage and simple physics, allowing the student to borrow the opponent’s strength and turn it against them. Practitioners of Wing Chun employ kicks, punches, elbow and knee strikes, grappling, throwing, and anti-grappling / anti-ground fighting techniques. It has been evolving and combining the use of these techniques for the past 250 years.Wing Chun was founded in China during the Ching Dynasty and passed on as an exclusive fighting method until the mid-20th century. At that time, the late Grandmaster Yip Man brought the art from mainland China to Hong Kong in 1949. By the 1960’s many students of Grandmaster Yip Man, such as the late Bruce Lee, began teaching and the art spread throughout Europe and North America. Today Wing Chun is practiced by close to a million practitioners world-wide in over 64 countries. In Europe, nearly 75% of the military special forces and anti-terrorist units either teach Wing Chun or incorporate it into their close-quarter battle (CQB) training programs.The modern system of Wing Chun is a systematic training method which allows the student to learn quickly. This training method is unique to Wing Chun and brings students to a real level of self-defense skill in a short period of time. This training will help students to develop core strength, flexibility, reflexes and co-ordination.

Did you know…… Wing Chun training helps build strength and improve overall fitness? 💪Over time, training Wing Chun will ...
08/24/2026

Did you know…

… Wing Chun training helps build strength and improve overall fitness? 💪

Over time, training Wing Chun will benefit the body in the following ways:

- Strengthen muscle groups such as glutes, trapezius and shoulders, lower back
- Improved hand strength from wall-bag drills and isometric exercises
- Stronger core developed from training a balanced structure
- Cardiovascular gain from elevated heart rate and respiration:
- chain punching
- Chi Sao
- sparring drills

Every night is newcomer night so grab a friend and visit Sifu Jim Gillentine at DWCA weekly on Monday - Thursday evenings (schedule here: https://dallaswingchun.com/schedule/)

For questions and follow-up please call or email Sifu Jim Gillentine at mailto:[email protected] or 214-420-2060

Join us for a free lesson! No experience is required to join a class and we encourage all races, ages and gender to come try out something new. It’s a great experience we’d love to share!

07/30/2026

Class is cancelled tonight, July 30th. Regular class schedule resumes Monday evening at 7:30.

Wishing everyone a fun and safe Independence Day. Happy Fourth of July!!
07/04/2026

Wishing everyone a fun and safe Independence Day. Happy Fourth of July!!

05/24/2026

Hello Dallas! NO CLASS Monday, May 26. Enjoy the holiday and be safe, and practice your forms.

Dallas, who’s feeling the FLOW??!! Chi-sao is a section of Wing Chun which teaches students sensitivity, responsiveness,...
04/17/2026

Dallas, who’s feeling the FLOW??!!

Chi-sao is a section of Wing Chun which teaches students sensitivity, responsiveness, and FLOW with the energy offered by their opponent.

We practice chi-sao every night at DWCA and invite you to come see what it’s all about. Our website shares more details and photos - www.dallaswingchun.com

CLASSES :
Monday and Wednesday 7:30p
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30p

DWCA would like to recognize the Lunar New Year, the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese calendar. Wishing peace and a...
02/18/2026

DWCA would like to recognize the Lunar New Year, the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese calendar. Wishing peace and abundance to everyone this year!

01/27/2026

class canceled again for TUESDAY this evening. Hopefully road conditions will return to normal by tomorrow.

cheers!

01/26/2026

due to hazardous road conditions classes are canceled tonight. We will reevaluate on Tuesday.

Thank you and be safe everyone.

HAPPY 2026 DALLAS!!! Dallas Wing Chun Academy and Sifu Jim Gillentine welcome you to the New Year and invite you into t...
01/05/2026

HAPPY 2026 DALLAS!!!

Dallas Wing Chun Academy and Sifu Jim Gillentine welcome you to the New Year and invite you into the world of Wing Chun kung fu. Here you will meet men and women of all sizes and ages, who want to strengthen their body and mind for and self defense and discipline.

This traditional Chinese martial art, which was developed over 400 years ago, is known as an effecient and very effective self defense style, and can be learned and applied by those from all strength/age/experience backgrounds.

In current culture Wing Chun can be seen in movies such as the Ip Man series, is practiced by many MMA fighters, and actors such as Donnie Yen, Jet Li, and Robert Downey, Jr. all display Wing Chun in their fighting sequences across various movies.

Our class environment is friendly and casual yet committed to learning the principles and discipline of Wing Chun. Newcomers are ALWAYS welcome any night and first class is ALWAYS free!

Join us Mon-Thurs weekly - https://dallaswingchun.com/schedule/

12/22/2025

Class TONIGHT ONLY this week!!!

See you all next week, be safe and kind to each other.

Address

4331 Belmont Avenue
Dallas, TX
75204

Opening Hours

Monday 4pm - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday 4pm - 5pm
8:30pm - 10:30pm
Thursday 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 12pm - 1pm

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