Originally Posted by
BPWT..
Yes, firsthand experience is always best. But I spend half my life in airports these days... so before I book another flight, or pull out my credit card to order Alan's DVDs, it would be good if he or Chris could take the time to answer the Qs from the previous page:
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What are the Wing Chun concepts/principles or hidden skills that I am missing when I see students:
* Cover to take a punch on the gloves/hands (0.12) (0.23)
* Step forward with weight on the lead leg, and bend the head forward as they punch (0.18) (0.28) (0.38)
* Guard position with both hands/gloves held up by the side of the face (0.30)
* Body moves right with a step as punch targets to the left (0.38)
To me the above might fit with a boxer's training, but I genuinely don't see, or know, how this fits into Wing Chun. So I am asking.
Robert Chu, if I'm not mistaken, was exposed to Wing Chun from Yuen Kay San lineage, Yip Man lineage (Hawkins Cheung) and also Gulao Wing Chun. Which of these lineages employ these methods?
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If CSL Wing Chun is Robert Chu's method, mixed with BJJ for groundwork and also some western boxing for stand up, that's okay (they can train however they like) - but why not just call it that? If that's not true, and CSL Wing Chun's stand up game includes the above mentioned methods and no western boxing, then maybe someone from those lineages (YKS, HC and Gulao) could step in and confirm it - and then maybe explain how the said methods fit into their system's general framework.
If I'm wrong, then hands-up from me, I'm wrong.