NORTH CAROLINA
   "A Battle Won Means a New Beginning" 
   by Myron Pitts - Fayetteville Observer, May 22, 2008

  
          
  
         This article was written by Award Winning        Columnist Myron Pitts and            published        on the day SiFu Steve Crider became the 1st        man in all his families living generations to         both go to and graduate college, which he did       with Honors earning a Degree in Advertising       & Design. At graduation that night, nearly             5,000 people including the 1018 members of         his 2008 Graduating class were present as             SiFu Crider was asked to stand on the front          row as the New Dean of the College to
     his surprise, read that article word for word as      the bulk of his 2008 commencement  Speech. 
    There were several ovations of applause each       time the Dean read a portion of the article            citing SiFu Crider having overcome great            adversity...Overcoming Drug  Addiction;              Tobbacco Addiction; an over 250 lb weight         loss; as well as getting ready to walk with             honors as a college Graduate after dropping out   of high school 21 year prior. As the Dean read     the end of that article, he asked SiFu Crider’s       Mother to stand  as the entire audience gave her   a hearty applause. SiFu Crider is now a  recent     University Student earning a                
  Bachelor’s Degree in Alternative Medicine;  the   event of seeing his mother given such applause    will remain a highlight of his life.  You may        read the article by Myron Pitts here at the            hyperlink below:                                                   
    (ARTICLE NO LONGER AVAILABLE: Stored on  
    Microfish/ Link to an Online PDF will be posted later)

                Picture

              SiFu Crider in May 2008, days before
              Graduation and just months before the
               motorcycle accident which redefined 
               his life in an instant.



 
  WACO TEXAS:
  October 12th, 2012 "Support For Local Amputees"
  By  Sandra Sanchez, Waco Tribune-Herald
    SiFu Crider has had the unexpected “silver linings” of his amputation in the form of being able to give something back to the community by
   empowering persons with physical disabilities through martial arts instruction. While he has not taken up the offer just yet, he was invited to
   become an “Instructor Member” of the Adapti      ve Martial Arts Association (AMAA) in 2013/2014. Through his efforts to empower others
   with mobility challenges, SiFu Crider founded the “CANE ‘and’ A.B.L.E. Fighting Science Seminars” in the spring of 2012, and Waco, Texas’
   1st Amputee Support Group, the “Cane ‘And’ Able Waco Area Amputee Support Group” in the fall of 2012.  You can click on the images 
    Below to link to the Support Group page or the CANE 'and A.B.L.E. Fighting Science Seminar Page, or for this article by Sandra Sanchez,
   or if you wish to read the article now, you may click the link below
   READ THE FULL ARTICLE


  January 16, 2014 NEWSBRIEF
  Waco Tribune-Herald
   
    NEWS BRIEF: FREE SELF DEFENSE SEMINAR FOR MOBILITY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS TO BE HELD
    SATURDAY FROM 1 to 5 PM at SHIN'S MARTIAL ARTS CENTER, 3000 BELLMEAD DRIVE. THE CLASS WILL
    BE TAUGHT BY STEVE CRIDER OF THE CANE AND ABLE AMPUTEE SUPPORT GROUP
   READ THE FULL ARTICLE


  Sanchez Article:                                          Amputee Support Group:                            Fighting Science Seminars:

      

  "OVERCOMING ADVERSITY" by Editor Ken Sury,
   WACO TODAY Magazine, April 2014

      A four page article in a regional Magazine published by the Waco Tribune Herald, “WACO TODAY” ran about SiFu Crider’s journey with
      amputation and martial arts in April 2014. The article highlighted SiFu Crider’s efforts to empower others through Martial Arts.
      You may read the article here:

     READ THE FULL ARTICLE
                                                     

   

   

  GLOBAL:

  Limitations by SiFu Steve (Benjamin) Crider

    QUOTE: "In 30 years since I began Training Wing Chun Kung Fu in September of 1988, I have only encountered TWO TYPES
                      of People who believe that Wing Chun will not actually work in a fight, or against 'this style' or 'that style' or some other
                      Martial art...and that would be THOSE who have never SEEN REAL WING CHUN KUNG FU, and thus do not train it,
                      ...AND Those Who DO NOT TRAIN IT ENOUGH!"  ~ SiFu Steven Crider Benjamin, 2017


     For Many years, I have posted for years on Facebook in my personal account under the name STEVEN (BENJAMIN) Crider…
    Benjamin being a personal religious moniker.  I was simply overwhelmed in late 2013 by the global response to my passionate
    reply to question asked about Wing Chun in a popular Blog forum." - SiFu Steve Crider

    In late 2013, Many people were suggesting that Wing Chun is not effective against various styles, some MMA, some Western Boxing. 
    Shockingly, Some of the worst critics were those "allegedly" Wing Chun Practitioners themselves. 
    After responding to a question posed by Sifu Adam Willis of California in a blog, SiFu Crider’s passionate  response would...
    in less than 24 hours spread like wildfire across 5 countries.  Within 36 hours of posting, others had taken it upon themselves
    to translate his words into 3 different languages! As it continued spread to more countries, at least one Sifu in another country  
    in his response to reading “Limitations” ( in one of it’s translations into Spanish),  made the strongly complimentary remark that
    the same "should be a mandatory text for all students of martial arts," and would become such for his own students from that
    point forward!   SiFu Crider was both overwhelmed and humbled by the response to his words in that reply due that there were
    several who made it a mission to repost those words in as many blogs as they could for several days, many still continued to do
    so for weeks, and at least 2 or 3 did so for nearly 3 months! It would eventually be transliterated into 5 different languages, earning
    SiFu Crider Global Recognition from the Martial Arts Community.  

    You may Read the article for yourself here:

    
   
   
 
   The Dragon InstituteTM ©2018   And The Orange County Wing Chun Blog are Trademarked and Copyrighted to SiFu Adam Willis and images here are used with Permisssion of SiFu Willis. https://www.ocwingchun.com/blog/
   

 

   

   ONLINE:  YouTube Videos

       Below are Video summaries from 2 past years with the Extremity Games and SiFu Crider’s Participation in the same. When news of SiFu Crider’s efforts to empower
       the amputee community through Martial Arts reached Songwriter/Singer Carl Douglas, he generously granted permission to SiFu Crider to use his 70’s Hit Song
       “KUNG FU FIGHTING” free of charge as part of the soundtrack for the youtube Video “eXG7 MMA EXPO”