Originally Posted by
lawrenceofidaho
I would not argue that there is a high level of interest around those things in the WC community, but how much do they really help improve anyone's wing chun fighting ability? (sports conditioning excluded) -I don't mean to say that they are not interesting endeavors, but I feel they have little to contribute to an individual's performance when it comes to sparring / fighting / combat application. In my opinion, they are often a distraction from spending time engaging in more fruitful activity (assuming one's goal is to develop some realistic fighting skill.)