"Master Wong's Wing Chun" - Opinions?

[couch]

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

Graham was making a joke. From Wiki (note the birth and death dates):
Wong Shun Leung (黃淳樑; 8 May 1935 – 28 January 1997)[a] was a Chinese martial artist from Hong Kong who studied wing chun kung fu under Yip Man (葉問)[1] and is credited with training Bruce Lee.[2][3][4][5] Wong reportedly won at least 60, and perhaps over 100, street fights against martial artists of various styles.[3][6][7][8][9] Due to his reputation, he came to be known as 'Gong Sau Wong' (講手王 or 'King of Talking Hands').[3][7][10][11][12] Wong recorded one instructional film entitled Wing Chun: The science of in-fighting.[13]

[Liddel]

Thank F--k for that !

It was even more surprising Spencer mentioned his sales are huge.... who's buying that garbage ? i only got my hands on it because they were giving it away

[MysteriousPower]

I would like to see him take a kick from someone that is not his student.

[goju]

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.

[Liddel]

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.

[Christos WC]

Hello Guys,

Does anyone know Delta Wing Chun and its Sifu, Lakis Philippou. Does anyone have more information on lineage, system etc.
Just curious I am new in WC

[GlennR]

Hello Guys,

Does anyone know Delta Wing Chun and its Sifu, Lakis Philippou. Does anyone have more information on lineage, system etc.
Just curious I am new in WC

Its called google

[Lee Chiang Po]

Because his methods differ from what we might have been taught does not make it wrong. It could be that we are wrong. Wong is one tough charactor, and this leaves us with the question. Can you whip him?

[WingChunABQ]

I'll say this about him: he cracks me up.

[LoneTiger108]

Hello Guys,

Does anyone know Delta Wing Chun and its Sifu, Lakis Philippou. Does anyone have more information on lineage, system etc.
Just curious I am new in WC

Is this the same Sifu Lakis who taught in London, UK during the eighties/nineties??

http://www.deltawingchungungfuacademy.com/

[LoneTiger108]

Okay, yes it is him I just checked the photo gallery

Student of Moy Yat (?)

[Phil Redmond]

I think he's cool. A little off the hook but cool. Who cares where he learned from or if his methods don't match others. He's entertaining....

[Phil Redmond]

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

Dave

Having done two tours of duty in Vietnam I detect a Vietnamese accent.

[Lee Chiang Po]

Having done two tours of duty in Vietnam I detect a Vietnamese accent.

To me it is only slight, but the way he puts his sentences together says so. Also, he looks Viet Whether or not he is.

[Phil Redmond]

SLT

Master Wong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8PitNrk-Wg

Pan Nam WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwaC7gJJLF4


Chum Kiu

Master Wong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5u1ct5VS2A

Pan Nam WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXZhpKpUJiA


Biu Jee

Master Wong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeF8F_Be6Ls

Pan Nam WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBrIuxxk8ec

That says a lot. Thanks.