Nic "Moy Wu Tung Shan" Bartell

Sifu Nic “Moy Wu Tung Shan” Bartell is a 12th generation Ving Tsun Disciple (12G VT - great grand-student of Moy Yat) and a direct Student of Sifu Aaron “Moy 10 Tung” Vyvial. His SiGong, Grandmaster Moy Tung, is also highly involved in Sifu Bartell’s continued training in the Ving Tsun system and has accepted Sifu Bartell into his Grand Special Student Association.

Growing up with an early interest in martial arts, Sifu Bartell began his martial arts training studying Tae Kwon Do at the age of ten. After moving to Houston in his teens, Sifu Bartell continued up through high school exploring other forms of martial arts, including JKD, Muay Thai, and Jujitsu. Being left with a sense of incompleteness and knowing that the roots of JKD were deeply tied to the Ving Tsun Kung Fu system, Sifu Bartell decided to investigate the relationship between the two styles in hopes of obtaining a more comprehensive understanding of what he had learned from training JKD. In early 2002, while attending the University of Texas at Austin, Sifu Bartell was opened up to the Ving Tsun system by Sifu Aaron “Moy 10 Tung” Vyvial. Very quickly Sifu Bartell recognized the potency of Ving Tsun and the inadequacies of his previous training. He, therefore, seized the opportunity to dedicate all his martial art training to Ving Tsun, and consequently, became one of Sifu Vyvial’s earliest indoor students. Studying in a constant, focused manner as a special student under Sifu Vyvial and a grand special student under Sigong Moy Tung, Sifu Bartell became the first certified Sifu in the Moy 10 Tung clan.

Sifu Bartell joined Grandmaster Moy Tung’s MY4 Association for inner-circle students in 2003. Since that time, he has continued to train directly with his Sifu, Sigung, and the broader Moy Tung family through workshops, private training, and visits to major Moy Yat and Moy Tung training centers. His training has included time at the Special Student Association headquarters in New York City, the Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy, other Moy Tung branch schools, and the Ving Tsun Athletic Association in Hong Kong in 2017.

Committed to promoting the Ving Tsun system, Sifu Bartell brought the first Moy Tung Ving Tsun School to Houston Texas in late 2011 and later opened the Georgetown branch in 2015. He is the Sifu of both the Houston and Georgetown branch schools and remains connected to the Austin branch where he began his Ving Tsun training. He regularly hosts workshops and advanced training sessions with Sifu Aaron “Moy 10 Tung” Vyvial and Grandmaster Moy Tung so students in Texas can stay connected to the living source of the system.

The Ving Tsun program at the Houston academy is conducted in the same traditional manner as other Moy Yat and Moy Tung schools, including the Austin school where Sifu Bartell studied, the Richmond school where Moy 10 Tung studied, and the Moy Yat headquarters in New York where Moy Tung studied. Sifu Bartell runs the Houston program in a highly focused manner. Efficient, effective, and rational, the Ving Tsun system is presented by Sifu Bartell in a logical, methodical progression.

This continued relationship with his teachers is central to Sifu Bartell’s role as an instructor. His authority does not come only from years of practice or from running schools; it comes from remaining an active student in a traceable family line. The Houston academy reflects that standard by emphasizing practical self-defense, traditional Ving Tsun training, direct correction, and a clear connection from student to teacher through the Moy Tung lineage.

Additional instructor history is also listed by the Moy Tung Athletic Association at Kung Fu HQ.