The Wing Chun Pole training is very under rated
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Originally Posted by
Mano Mano
I hope to read more views about the wing chun pole, as someone who has studied the southern long pole from another system I think the form & the weapon is very underrated by most wing chun & non wing chun people.
The same reason I joined this forum Mano Mano!
As a Lee Shing family member it does sometimes horrify me that the pole is still so under rated by fellow Wing Chun practitioners. I don't so much mind other stylists critical views, but the pole/stick training must have been 'added' for good reason! It just seems people tend to believe what movies say, rather than research themselves.
Lok Yiu was a Great Master
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Originally Posted by
Liddel
My Sifu learnt the LDB from his Sifu, Lok Yiu. He later wanted to learn the BJD which he got from WSL (they were good friends) as a trade off for some detailed stuff about the pole that wong needed to refine.
This may explain why you know of the Poles importance Drew, as Lok Yiu was a great Master and one of Lee Shings first teachers. Wong Shun Leung was always talked highly of as a weaponry man as I believe Lee Shing knew that without this type of 'reality' training your Wing Chun will be poor and (possibly) pointless.
Everything you 'touch' passes into your hands, so it's a shame to see you drop the stick in favour of the knives, as to me they are a Yum Yeurng (Yin Yang) and need equal attention IMHO...