Originally Posted by
guy b.
You think doing it vs another wing chun person is a good idea? Or better to familiarise with a more natural punching and moving style like you might meet in a street altercation?
We train both ways - against someone punching with elbow in and down (this helps you understand the potential problems you might get into if you are not doing many of the things Kevin just mentioned); and also against someone punching in the more 'conventional' way, with the elbow not in and not down.
The differences don't always look that big, but they feel very different and the options open to you against the two methods vary too.
No mocking, tongue-in-cheek signature here... move on.