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Paul T England
Here's a thought,
IMHO the wing chun mindset is to punch, its just about the first thing you learn (after stance and centreline!) Yes wing chun does focus on centreline punching compared to looping punches but there are reasons for that.
Here's a thought: maybe that's so that we can learn to strike with our structure (and drive our structure into them - which you can't do with looping punches).
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When you punch you aim to control the person not just strike them. (Obviously knocking them out in one punch is fine, but how many times does that happen in competition) You will have to stick and continue attacking if you want to finish most of the time. That leads us onto trapping...you should not be trapping the arms but also trapping & controlling the body. Extend the centreline principle through the arms to control the body......
As I see it, a punch cannot by its very nature "control" an opponent (at least what I call control). It can destroy an opponent's structure (making him easily controlled) but not control. "Trapping" is a misnomer IMO; the strategic objective is to cut off (jeet) an opponent's offense. There are many ways to accomplish this. And I can't even begin to grasp how anyone can "extend the centerline principle through the arms" -- principles don't go through my arms. ;)
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Oh and footwork, try speeding up basic footwork drills and see where it gets you, it will be different but it will work. The 100/0 50/50 etc. is for learning....like your abc's
The footwork cannot be approached separately in my view since we move as a whole.
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Learning, training and fighting are different animals that share many elements.
Many mistake the drills, including chi sao, -- which are for learning only -- as a representation of how things will work in fighting.
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I agree with many of the previous posts, stop bashing styles and take what works and use it. I prefer to walk the long road and develop my skills through traditional arts with a focus on what works always overlaying the style,
This begs the question of "how do you know what works" so as to focus on it? In my view, we can only know by actually making it work.
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as I am not going to be an MMA star. If I was going to be am mma star I probably would go down the Thai, BJJ, Wrestling, Boxing Combo route as it seems to be a quicker route just because the training gyms are already pros at these training styles. Its going to take many years for wing chun to have the sort of experience and network of coaches to make the MMA game succesful but it will happen and its the current teachers and fighters who will pave the way for future wing chun champions.
There are some people who have made that transition and are building the experience. And I think this is the most positive thing to happen to WCK in quite some time. I hope that is the death knell for the Age of the Nonfighting Masters.