1. Practice! Train as much as you can. Understand the movements and application of each technique. Understand the theory and philosophy behind Wing Chun. Wing Chun trains both the mind and the body! Train for life and not years or ranking!
2. Touch Hands.. Seek out others from different lineages and other martial artist. Spar with them and practice your techniques. Make it a learning experience and not a competitive one if you want to gain more from the experience. Use your techniques! Don't start doing kickboxing. If you are going to kickbox then study kickboxing and do it right! If you are going to practice Wing Chun then make it look like Wing Chun and use your techniques. Train with all types of people! Train in a realistic fashion. In the street it is very unlikely that a Wing Chun practitioner is going to attack you!
3. Don't believe what your teacher tells you! Go see for your self if it's true and if it works!
4. Visit other schools and take seminars. This gives you the opportunity to compare your knowledge and skills. Just be careful! Many seminars out there that are not worth the cost!
5. Be open minded! You can learn something from everyone! Even your enemies!
6. Don't be caught on the ground before you decide to learn how to grapple. Grappling knowledge is a must. It also has many benefits. You don't have to be a ranking grappler to defeat a grappler. However, understanding their game can help you develop the ability to apply your techniques successfully in a grappling situation.
7. While woking out you are going to get hit! Getting hit is part of any type of combative training. No matter how good a person is he can never be 100% hit proof. Only in movies or prearange sparring would an individual not get hit. Except for Jackie Chan he get's hit in movies! There is a difference between training and defending your self or family. In a real life and death situation anything can be expected. I for sure am going to fight to survive. Train realistic but in a safe manner. Some individuals will never get hurt in a real life self defense situation or be in one. However, they will get hurt badly during training. This makes no sense! Protect your health and body! Safety 1st.
7. Endurance! Develop your stamina..This is more important than any fighting style in the planet. I can give more than 10 reasons why Endurance training is the most important thing that a fighter should develop.
8. Include Flexibility and Strength training. All professional atheletes engage in some type of flexibility and strength routine.
9. Talk less and do more!!!!!!!
10. Believe in Wing Chun and make it work for you! In numerous situations I have made wing chun work for me and I know you
can too! I have met many talkers some students, non-students and teachers from various wing chun lineages and other martial art lineages including grappling arts. In these situations I was able to apply my Wing Chun skills succesfully because I trained hard! Hard work pays off! Don't worry about those talkers who claim that Wing Chun doesn't work or that your lineage is modified and etc. Let them believe what they want! Someday they might be proven wrong.
11. Every Wing Chun lineage has something to offer! There is no secret ultimate Real Wing Chun Lineage! That is Bull ####!
Remember it is the individual and not the Art! The art only give you the tools. You have too decide how well you want to master the usage and effectiveness of those tools.
Good Luck In Your Training!
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