VTLille Training

[Sean66]

Hey, haven't posted in a long time and thought I'd share a small clip of some recent training sessions:

[guy b.]

Hey, haven't posted in a long time and thought I'd share a small clip of some recent training sessions:

I much prefer this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E029s7S-kqQ

I think good to see you moving in the direction of more reality with the inevitable grappling aspect of fighting. I also think you need to be careful to keep your wing chun as the main weapon rather than using it as a setup for grappling style attacks.

[guy b.]

Compare it to this and there is an element of structure not working when movement is more free and other fighter is not strictly ving tsun style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x201cZlr20

[Frost]

Nice work Sean, like the tight cover defence, the transitions between striking and clinch, some good takedowns and the stand/get up up work from ground was excellent. Nice to see you have a big matted area to play with, looked sharp all round thanks for posting

[guy b.]

Nice work Sean, like the tight cover defence, the transitions between striking and clinch, some good takedowns and the stand/get up up work from ground was excellent. Nice to see you have a big matted area to play with, looked sharp all round thanks for posting

Yes, I agree, good jiu jitsu Sean.

[Sean66]

Thanks for the comments guys.

My goal now for the past couple of years has been to teach my students grappling and ground fighting basics in addition to the regular ving tsun curriculum. Thanks to Tim Cartmell's regular European workshops we've been able to develop drills that integrate some essential wrestling and jiu jitsu techniques into our work.

I do think that clinch fighting (and takedowns/throws from the clinch) is necessary to learn, and in our experience the agressieve forward pressure of ving tsun is great for entering into the clinch from striking. This has been a very successful strategy for us when fighting/sparring against guys from other styles. Some of my students have extensive judo backgrounds, and being able to connect strike-clinch-throw into one seamless thread comes more natural for them.

Luckily we get to use the big tatami at the city's dojo once a week to practice this stuff. Banging around on the wooden floors of our other training area was getting a little painful :-)