Thornton Williams has practiced Martial Arts for over 40 years.  He started his training in Judo at the age of 17, in 1970.  As a Judo practitioner, some of his accomplishments were:

• First degree black belt.
• Regional Judo Champion for over 4 years in his weight class.
• State Judo Champ for Florida for over 4 years, in his weight class.
• First Sunshine State Judo Champion, in Florida for the first year of the games, in his weight class. (This is the Florida version of the Olympics)
• Taught Judo at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University for over 5 years as an accredited course.
• Taught Judo at the FSU Judo Club for over 7 years.
• Participated in two National Judo competitions (pre-Olympic competition).

Thornton’s initial instructor was Brian Carruthers.  Thornton learned the basic system of Wing Chun from him.  Thornton also spent significant time with Sifu Caruthers’s instructor, Rex Aperauch during this time.  Sifu Aperauch is recognized for bringing Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu to Florida.

It was in 1989, that Thornton began to travel to New York and acquire an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the wing chun system.  Over the next 10 years, Thornton visited New York frequently and trained in Grandmaster Moy Yat’s school and stayed at Grandmaster Moy Yat’s home.  While there, he would spend all day and night with Grandmaster Moy Yat and his family, living the “Kung Fu life”. 

Wing Chun is a system of concepts.  Thornton was one of the few students, in the early days, to learn the complete Wing Chun system. 

Thornton has many students and branch schools throughout the United States.