Wing Chun sparring

[YungChun]

When fighting, which can mean many things, only the most trained, most useful (to the individual) and the circumstances will come out.. Some folks will have very little hard core training, some will have very little good traditional training and beyond that you will get all kinds of mixes of innate ability.. The truth is most students of chun are just that, students, beginners... Why? Because of the numbers and access to good training..

The majority of what you see will represent the majority of people, not terribly good for whatever reasons... That said, don't expect to see all kinds of complex moves from anyone in actual application..

A single or multiple punch or palm KO is a very valid expression of the system--so long as general WCK structure is used... Then the questions come up why train X,Y,Z if you don't use them? Because they are or were deemed useful some part of the time... WCK has lots of moves from when folks used to fight other similar styles.. You won't see many other Southern styles around these days mixing it up with similar moves so many of those counters are not going to come out. But that doesn't mean that leaning how to deal with various positions and energy is bad, not all opponents are boxers and not all opponents are bent on killing you... Some very basic moves and tools can be of use when conditions are not of the Ring variety..

It is also true that in a fight where you are effective you simply can't expect to see tons of moves used, especially in an art like WCK...that's in the movies.. WCK in application should be simple and direct and very busy IMO... If it works then don't worry about how pretty it is...

In the end you shouldn't have to ask someone else if your art is effective.. Go out and find out for yourself.. In the old days most serious folks would be sure to do this.. Some would do it every chance they had... There are many ways to do this these days... In the end it is you who must assess and decide if what you do passes the reality test or not..