The problem in Brazil is that Benny Meng have been teaching his whatever-it-is stuff for the last four years under the label Hung Fa Yi Wing Chun. It was only when I went to SF and brought some of GM Gee's teachings to Rio that part of my colleagues realized that we were not learning HFY, although we paid so high for that.
Even now, that Benny Meng is no longer a HFY man, his franchises in Brazil keep on selling part of the VTM cr@p under the label HFY. Just take a look at shaolinwingchun.com.br and you'll see that, apart from Black Flag Eng Chun, Alex Magnos is still promising fake HFY black belts for those who are willing to buy them.
The sad part of it is that Rio is the only focus of resistence against Meng's + Magnos' cr@p and a lot of people, specially in the North of Brazil, still believe that Benny Meng and Alex Magnos are the real deal. And when those people look at the pictures at shaolinwingchun.com.br, they take those funny positions for HFY's structures.
Of course, some will soon realize they're being cheated. I remember when Benny inserted some pseudo-BJJ ground game to his pseudo-HFY/Shaolin/Three Halls and tried to teach it in Rio. Hey, halt!!!!!!!!! How can anyone think of teaching "BJJ" in RIO DE JANEIRO not being a real BJJ teacher?
Now, Alex Magnos + Benny Meng say they'll make you a black belt with all of the skill and knowledge of Taekwondo, Karate, Northern Shaolin, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, Krav Maga, BJJ, Judo and Wrestling (yes, that's what you'll find at
www.shaolinwingchun.com.br). I, who practice MMA with a majour Brazilian team, am a witness of how real fighters laugh on Wing Chun, specially when they speak of things like shaolinwingchun.com.br. For me, Shaolin Wing Chun is a disgrace, for it will never be able to give people what it promises. I bet neither Alex Magnos nor Benny Meng would ever roll with ANY Brazilian JJ or Luta Livre blue belt. Never ever.
Originally Posted by Marcelo-RJ
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