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Better to say two towns back then... though don't tell that to a Hungarian. ;)

Great city - everyone here should come visit and then I also get more sparring partners! hehehe.

Everyone...

Carl has some clips up on the Wing Chun sparring thread in the Wing Chun forum... get from it what you will. I think he sucks.

Hi Nick,

Well, of course I see things in the internal arts I study that I don't see in WCK... but perhaps I phrased it badly... I certainly wasn't claiming WCK is all muscle and big movements ...

Victor,

I agree with you - WCK when used to fight is more than the things I mentioned... but the videos put online were not videos of fighting. They were also not videos of sparring.

Each to...

Agreed... feel is possibly more important. But if someone's steps look dead, their movement looks large and protracted and their control looks sloppy against someone without much skill....

Well, I...

Nick says: "Its a shame you never saw that when you were doing wing chun."


What makes you think I didn't? I said it's more impressive to see it... not that I hadn't seen it.

Admittedly, in...

You may well be right... but it would be good to see a clip - to see, one way or the other. And class always shines through.

I train internal systems now... so am use to looking at people...

Were the special forces interested, Carl?

Regardless of Steve being able to beat a larger attacker on the street, I still think his skills looked shabby for someone experienced - but perhaps he...

I have no problem with the contact - in our classes people were also given a taste of the hit. So for me I didn't relate to the bullying aspect some spoke of.

But if the chap taking the hits was...

So that's Carl Dechiara, the man Red5Angel has so much to say about....

disappointed. It will sound nasty saying it, but he looked very standard indeed.

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I don't know why I was...

Just do it and set yourself free, hehehehe. As Jim said, turn to the Dark Side...

I moved on and now learn not Zero Inch Power but..... Minus One Inch Power... you guys still playing around with...

I guess it depends on how far you take the definition.

But maybe Wing Chun IS a good example. The WCK punch is efficient - it's more or less (wink) straight, travelling from the centre, and...

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For me, Qi is simply energy.... no need to look too deeply into it.

We all have it, we all use it - whenever we blink or move any part of our body. Internal arts and Qigong work on trying to...

Well, I'm learning it now... so am interested in talking about it. Rather like you are learning WCK and come here to talk about it (unless you are suggesting you have 'learnt' it).

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Yes, if there was a WCK circle of "zero-inch hitters" and I haven't met them.. then I wouldn't have seen it :)

I've met WCK players from France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, the US, a...

Absolutely... hitting with this power 'on-the-fly' is the key.

But Bagua is all about change and movement, and XingYi all about stepping and hitting through the opponent (so both of you are...

Ernie and James,

If you have developed this power then that's great. I, obviously, haven't met every WCK guy in the world, but have met many very experienced people from most YM lineages... and...

I liked WCK because it was relatively simple and, where I trained, was taught through a pretty solid curriculum. Within the club I made progress quite quickly and, of course, found this encouraging ...

Of course I was talking to you. My post followed yours and used the words "Joy says..." followed by a quote.

;) 'tis a giveaway...

No Wing Chun pangs, but thanks for the recipe... though...

Joy says, "1.the video as any display of fighting or sparring is eminently forgettable."

Who you kidding... I know you can quote, punch for punch entire boxing bouts you've seen ;)

A good...

In terms of what I could see of the friendly fight (my description) the monk looked better. More stable, more in control with movement despite facing a far bigger opponent, more forward moving.
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Not saying he can't fight... just saying he cracked me up! :D :D :D

"Here's a link to a recent Magazine article on Sifu, http://www.kickstartmag.ca/online_magazine/, pages 8 & 9."


Okay, I will say it because no one else dares to.... he looks kinda funny!

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:) I lived in Bangkok for a year and a half after finishing Uni... amazing place. I too watched a lot of Thai boxing and through a friend visited some very small schools to see how they trained....