About the author: David Peterson, age 43, has been training in the Chinese martial arts since 1973. He became a student of Sifu Wong Shun Leung after travelling to Hong Kong in 1983. He is a teacher of the Chinese language, speaking both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects, and principal instructor of the ‘Melbourne Chinese Martial Arts Club’ where he instructs in the "Wong Shun Leung Method". Peterson is one of only two authorised and qualified instructors of Wong’s system in Australia, and a fully endorsed member of the world-wide ‘Wong Shun Leung Wing Chun Martial Arts Association’ and the Hong Kong-based 'Ving Tsun Athletic Association'. He is also a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in many local (Australian) and overseas journals, including "Combat", "Inside Kung-fu", "Black Belt", "Masters of the Martial Arts", "Impact: the Action Movie Magazine", "Eastern Heroes", "Australasian Fighting Arts", "Blitz Australasian Martial Arts Magazine", "Traditional Martial Arts Journal", "Impact Martial Arts Magazine", "Qi Magazine", "Australasian Martial Arts Magazine", "Martial Arts Illustrated", "Ging Wing Chun", "Kicksider" and "Kung Fu Illustrierte". More recently, his articles have featured on several international Web sites in both the English and German languages. A respected seminar presenter of the Wing Chun system, both in Australia and overseas, Peterson recently travelled to the USA for the second time to conduct seminars and workshops at the 'Ving Tsun Museum' in Dayton, Ohio, and to an enthusiastic group of Wing Chun and JKD enthusiasts in Orlando, Florida. In 1998, Peterson was invited to America by Sifu Jesse Glover, the late Bruce Lee's original student, and this second trip was on the strength of the great success of that first sojourn overseas. He can be contacted by mail at: PO Box 150, Ivanhoe, Victoria 3079, Australia (Ph: +61-407-043-303), or by e-mail at: dmp@cgs.vic.edu.au