You seem by your words to be an open
minded martial artists and said you have praticed Hung Gar before
studying Wing Chun.
I am just wondering what attracted you to
wing chun? I mean there were many styles to choose from in Hong Kong
and if there were all good according to you, then what made you
think yup wing chun is for me?
I TRAINED IN DIFFERENT MARTIAL
ARTS FROM THE AGE OF SEVEN. BRUCE LEE AND I WERE FRIENDS AND I USED
TO REGULARLY PLAY AROUND WITH HIM IN MARTIAL ARTS AND SEEMED TO
ALWAYS COME OUT ON TOP WHEN WE SPARRED UNTIL ONE DAY -- I HAD NOT
SEEN HIM FOR A FEW MONTHS -- I COULDN'T STOP HIM WHEN HE USED HIS SO
CALLED CHAIN PUNCH. IT TURNED OUT THAT SINCE I HAD LAST SEEN HIM, HE
HAD BEEN LEARNING A STYLE CALLED WING CHUN (WHICH UNTIL THEN, I HAD
NEVER HEARD OF). I WAS IMPRESSED, HE TOOK ME TO HIS TEACHER, YIP
MAN, AND THAT WAS HOW I CAME TO BE INVOLVED WITH WING CHUN IN THE
1950S.
I was just curious to know more about your mindset at
that time period. I have noticed that even tho wing chun students in
hong kong didnt have to fight western boxers and/or kick boxers,
your wing chun does have some techniques against these kinds of
attacks. Did Yip Man teach you these techniques or did you use your
own concepts learned from Yip Man to create these
techniques?
WING CHUN THEORY AND TECHNIQUES ALLOW ONE TO
COUNTER ANY TYPE OF ATTACK, INCLUDING WESTERN BOXING, KICK BOXING,
THAI BOXING, ETC., USING TWO HANDS AND TWO LEGS. THE KEY IS WHETHER
ONE UNDERSTANDS THE PRINCIPLE AND THE THEORY BEHIND A PARTICULAR
APPLICATION. JUST AS 2 + 4 EQUALS 6, IF YOU DO UNDERSTAND THE
PRINCIPLE AND THEORY, YOU WILL KNOW THAT 4 + 2, 3 + 3, 5 + 1, ETC.
ALSO EQUALS 6.
My friend of mine who is also a JKD student
said true Muay Thai kick boxers had pretty powerful kicks and steel
like shins and that your techniques would not work against. I am
just wondering does your technique work againstthem?
WHAT
MAKES THESE FIGHTERS SO FORMIDIBLE IS NOT THEIR KICK, BUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE AND TIMING. WING CHUN DOES NOT MERELY STOP THE KICK, IT
HAS COUNTERATTACKS IN WHICH WE KICK BACK, COVERING AT THE SAME
TIME.
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Wing Chun, Sifu? - Anonymous -
October 29, 2003 (10:43 p.m.) (93
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