Disappointed with Wing Chun
After studying Wing Chun for a few years and looking at countless full contact "Wing Chun" fights, I am sorry to say I am quite disappointed with the modern time Wing Chun.
Have we already lost some of the most important elements of Wing Chun training of the past, when Wing Chun was a combative system effective for real fights?
Does Wing Chun only look good in drills and Chi Sao? What should Wing Chun look like in real fights?
We always hear stories of legendary Wing Chun masters like Ip Man, Wong Shun Leung, Duncan Leung and how they easily defeated various kinds of martial arts sifus. But if among millions of Wing Chun pilgrims around the world, only a handful of people really are able to fight properly with Wing Chun. What are the common and deep rooted misunderstandings that are hindering all of us?
Disappointed with wing chun
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nunchuckguy
After studying Wing Chun for a few years and looking at countless full contact "Wing Chun" fights, I am sorry to say I am quite disappointed with the modern time Wing Chun.
Have we already lost some of the most important elements of Wing Chun training of the past, when Wing Chun was a combative system effective for real fights?
Does Wing Chun only look good in drills and Chi Sao? What should Wing Chun look like in real fights?
We always hear stories of legendary Wing Chun masters like Ip Man, Wong Shun Leung, Duncan Leung and how they easily defeated various kinds of martial arts sifus. But if among millions of Wing Chun pilgrims around the world, only a handful of people really are able to fight properly with Wing Chun. What are the common and deep rooted misunderstandings that are hindering all of us?
To me , it all depends on the WC people themselves , how often they spend time training , some of these people who practice WC themselves , really may not have spent time training hard , instead they would rather just go out and enter WC full contact fights with reputable consequences , they end up losing the fight , mainly they did ' nt realize that they were ' nt really good enough yet to enter reall wing chun full contact fights .
To me it would be good if the WC practitioner themselves , really spar with students in their own club or school , to test their skills . Then that way they know where they stand in a real WC full contact fight . The WC practitioner should spar from the advance to the highest level in the class . Then that way the WC practitioner themselves can see if they are really improving or not in WC full contact fight .