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  1. 10-09-2010, 02:03 PM #1
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    "Master Wong's Wing Chun" - Opinions?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8fxn...eature=channel

    I'm sure I'm not the only person who's seen this Wong sifu from the U.K.

    Anyone know his lineage or background?

    Just curious.
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  2. 10-09-2010, 11:48 PM #2
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    I like him...he's funny.
    "I don't know if anyone is known with the art of "sitting on your couch" here, but in my eyes it is also to be a martial art.

    It is the art of avoiding dangerous situations. It helps you to avoid a dangerous situation by not actually being there. So lets say there is a dangerous situation going on somewhere other than your couch. You are safely seated on your couch so you have in a nutshell "difused" the situation."
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  3. 10-10-2010, 08:55 AM #3
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    I like alot of his stuff, and I especially like his delivery-funny as ****!
    I'm not sure exactly where he's coming from-is he being funny, is he trying to reach a specific audience? Is he starting a cult?
    In all honesty, I don't think you have to use offensive language, or street language, to show how "street tough" Gung-Fu is. I much prefer the Scholar Warrior approach.
    There are plenty of guys out there teaching who are pretty hardcore and are also refined in their presentation, which I believe shows TCMA in a better light.


    btw-Randy Williams is also funny-"Fuk'em if he can't take a jut!"
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    i heard he is supposed to be from the wsl lineage

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  5. 10-10-2010, 09:07 AM #5
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    Yo!

    I like how he switches back and forth between broken English and a funny British accent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave McKinnon View Post
    I like how he switches back and forth between broken English and a funny British accent.

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    since HK was Brit owned, many HK people speak with "broken English-with an English accent"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave McKinnon View Post
    I like how he switches back and forth between broken English and a funny British accent.

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    Having done two tours of duty in Vietnam I detect a Vietnamese accent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by goju View Post
    i heard he is supposed to be from the wsl lineage
    Bwahahaha!!!

    That's too funny
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    Quote Originally Posted by goju View Post
    i heard he is supposed to be from the wsl lineage

    Correct!!! He has been a student of wsl since 1998.

    He has also been trained by Hu Flung Dung and Po Kum Yung. I do believe he has taught your Teacher too......Sum Ting Wong.
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    he's like a cross between a shaolin monk and a bulgarian soccer coach, lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham H View Post
    Correct!!! He has been a student of wsl since 1998.
    Wow thats surprising. I got one of his DVDs from Amazon for free when i purchased 'the science of infighting' years ago. At face value - they are polar opposites.

    Rather than rip on the guy ill just say, im not a fan !

    Needless to say i traded the free DVD... actually for a jimmy page doco from a friend of a friend, man did i luck out on that one LOL
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  12. 10-28-2010, 06:49 AM #12
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    I would like to see him take a kick from someone that is not his student.
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  13. 10-28-2010, 11:51 AM #13
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    what speicifically did some of you guys not like about his videos? and i mean actual martial stuff not lineage nonsense and what have you.

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    His application differs big time from the way i was taught for a start, but morover it breaks certain laws / ideas i personally have.

    Body - hand unity, elbow position and behaviour and most important of all IMO the force he uses all seem to be the opposite to my Ving Tsun approach.

    Two main things i had issue with were -
    The timing he uses.... i find unresonable in fighting. Action vs reaction.
    The Range he works from... less conducive to contact fighting which is the VT beast IMO.

    Ive not met him nor sparred with him to feel what he has but thats the main reasons im not a fan.

    I recognise im lucky in the fact i found a teacher that is on the same level as i am in terms of mindset and approach so i found Wongs way of articulating ideas and theory very poor.

    But each to his own, if he helps anyone improve skill however small or great, fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MysteriousPower View Post
    I would like to see him take a kick from someone that is not his student.
    I would rather see him kick you.
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