Originally Posted by
dirtyrat
Interesting thread.
From a historical point of view, its possible the practitioners were knowledgable of ditang methods, or more likely they never expected to be unarmed. If wing chun fighters were originally rebels trying to overthrow the government of their day than these guys were playing for keeps. Unarmed, hand to hand combat would've been the last thing they would resort to. And it would be foolhardy to grapple a knifefigther.
Well reasoned.
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