Wing chun to Sparring

[chaotic2k]

What element of your Wing Chun training has really helped your sparring training. I know all forms and drills are all part of one package BUT what indervidual drills have helped?

I have founds wall bag, pole and Laap sau drill very useful for sparring.

[k gledhill]

Knowing where to move and why is key to counter and attack without making yourself static and vulnerable. VT approaches combat as a % game to raise the odds in ones favor. Evasion to specific angles minimize your own targets to the attacker and maximize your own. The typical lead leg stance is a bad start, we adopt side facing stances to allow any counter angles on entry and lateral movement for both attacking and setting up counters. Most vt students get a basic charging eggbeater punch attack that will fail on many levels.

[chaotic2k]

Knowing where to move and why is key to counter and attack without making yourself static and vulnerable. VT approaches combat as a % game to raise the odds in ones favor. Evasion to specific angles minimize your own targets to the attacker and maximize your own. The typical lead leg stance is a bad start, we adopt side facing stances to allow any counter angles on entry and lateral movement for both attacking and setting up counters. Most vt students get a basic charging eggbeater punch attack that will fail on many levels.

Good info. I get what your saying. 99% of WC just except there sloppy chain punches to destroy evrrything PLUS blindly go forward instead of finding the best position. I think wing chun is a crafty little system. A thinking persons art.

[jesper]

Good info. I get what your saying. 99% of WC just except there sloppy chain punches to destroy evrrything PLUS blindly go forward instead of finding the best position. I think wing chun is a crafty little system. A thinking persons art.

Good thing your not part of those 99% then.

news flash 100% statistic is made up on the fly by noobs

[Paul T England]

I agree with the side stance rather than front stance. I first noticed this done by Wlliam Cheung but then later the WSL guys do it as well.

Most people seem to go to forward stance automatically which really limits your mobility.

Paul
www.moifa.co.uk

[chaotic2k]

Good thing your not part of those 99% then.

news flash 100% statistic is made up on the fly by noobs

So your 100% must be a controdiction?!?!

[WC1277]

A well trained structure doesn't use a "side stance". It should be as natural as walking. You don't even see decent ufc fighters going in with a side stance when punching. It's not natural and slower when switching sides. A balanced structure means everything with generating power. The reason you see some of these WC "sparring" videos look so lame is because they're "twisting out". You have to be perfectly straight to the center for example to have the left foot forward and attack with either arm. Otherwise it should be left foot forward, right arm attack, right foot forward, left arm attack. Any WC guy who does otherwise is missing the point with regards to center facing and recovery...