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For those of you who dont know, whilst the original post may seem nothing more than "Oh, Sifu xxxx is the best thing since sliced bread", it is worth pointing out that Barry Lee is one of WSL's...

The #1 weapon was not barehanded fighting, or wing chun in particular, but the human mind, which could be used to develop all the the weapon systems discussed, and many more. They explained this in...

ROFL! :)

By your own admission, you were fine at the beginning, it was only after a long time that you got too tired to hit hard and accurately, but wouldn't a real fight be over by then?

Sure, bearing in...

.. and some grammar lesssons (ducks and runs) ;)

Hopefully Dave Peterson is around to give you in depth answers, but in the meantime, to the best of my knowledge

1. No. But he was a boxer and a scrapper before he was a wing chun man, so it gave...

On the multiple opponent situation, Wong Shun Leung had to face this more than once, as has been already pointed out.

He also advocated running, in that as his opponents tended to run at...

WRT an earlier post about Aldo Nadi, a more than accomplished competition fencer, and how he stepped off the salle to fight in serveral real duels.

Onlookers at the time were extremely surprised...

Concepts.

Inertia most certainly does not == momentum

Inertia is proportional to mass. Large masses have more inertia than smaller masses. Inertia is an intrinsic property of mass and cannot change.
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>> If we did that, and we use the level Tan sau, then the two top arms would be about the level of our belly button or lower part of the solar plexus and then the middle arm would be at the level of...

>> Regarding the flat Tan sau people, they all elevate the Tan sau when they do the wooden dummy because the upper arms are up high so they have to. <<

I beg to differ. We tend to have the dummy...

Ouch, that is almost unwatchable. The video quality, I mean. :)

It is not prevalent within the WSL schools in the UK, and I think also Victor Kan.

In the WSL method, the bong is not typically used to not deal with head level attacks, more for chest and...

>> I train in Bedfordshire UK.

Yea sometimes his temper changes are very sudden and unexpected. No one was expecting this to happen. <<

Jeez, that is awful. No one should have to put up with...

Chain punching as WSL taught it, is a concept, rather than a particular technique; the idea of hitting multiple times in quick sucession if the opportunity presented itself, rather than relying on...

Depends how you do your punching, of course, but real power comes from stepping as you punch. No longer a rotational form of power generation, but more a linear one. There are elements of rotation in...

"Ong Bak", the Thai movie discussed earlier is really excellent.

Its as good as the Korean "Musa", but in a totally different way.

Still great filmatography, the juxtaposition between the...

Hi Phil

I find it unlikely that it was added by students of WSL, as he emphasized simple, direct, efficient techniques, and emphasized stability in the stance. Whilst there is nothing wrong with...

You can do chisao in any number of different ways. You can do it as an energy sensitivity drill, or you can try to hit each other. You can put in footwork, kicks, starting from a distance, or from...

Alright vts! How the devil are you?

Going to Hong Kong in two weeks, I heard that Bill may be there at that time also. You going this year?

To be honest, this just sounds exactly like a foundation concept of WC, heavily emphasized by WSL, that of Lut Sao Jit Chung.

This emphasizes a strong springy forward prying force, the essence...

No, not all wing chun schools use sashes.

Many do. Mine doesn't.

Most of the schools I have seen in Hong Kong do not.

Some dont use sashes or belts, but have small badges.

Of the two...

>> The quote that has just been made that generalises over not standing up under scrutiny and doesn't work under controlled conditions has just shot itself in the leg by then going on to say that...

Not aware of that myself, I suspect it is some sort of introductory gift.

We tend to take gifts to teachers we visit on a friendly basis, rather than as a formal introduction, perhaps someone...