Wing Chun is Not a Style. Its a Concept-Based Fighting Art.

Wing Chun is a very simple system to understand. Its principles are extremely logical and rely on scientific concepts. Its techniques aren't what's important. The ability to adhere to its concepts and principles during fighting are the key to Wing Chun.

First, you must understand how to connect your body structure and use whole body movements. The proper linking of the arms and legs to the torso, the geometric triangulation of the body and integrated postural alignment are a must. Its developed through You should develop it with a partner who tries to interrupt your body unity by pulling, pushing and other types of physical interruptions.

Techniques can be learned from anyone. However, without understanding the principles of body connection and structural alignment, the techniques have no substance. When you are in a real fight, you will find out what techniques are good for you. Just because the technique may work for one person doesn't guarantee it'll work for you. When you test your techniques on someone you don't know, you experience a different feeling than when training with your friends. Its important to discover through your own experience rather than relying on another's experience. Therefore, developing your own personal style of using the principles is more important than the techniques. The way you apply techniques comes from your own experience through uncooperative testing. Only through application can you prove or disprove the validity of our theories. Techniques without timing are dead techniques. Display timing without power and the results are equally disastrous. Many wing chun people have the same techniques, but how many wing chun people can apply their techniques with body unity at real time having gone through the process of proving them?

However, be careful not to disregard something out of frustration. Its very important that you go back and ask yourself what crucial concept you may be violating. The reason something isn't working for may very well be that you aren't following the principles.

Adhering to the principles doesn't come right away. You have to develop the unique ability to maintain your structure under stress. Stance training is a crucial part of development

The individual must make their art alive. The goal is simple, direct and economical movement to intercept and control. Wing Chun utilizes the centerline as the fastest line of entry. Bridge the gap by rushing in, feel for your opportunities intercept the opponent's attack and finish him. In intercepting there are no ranges only intercept and finish off the opponent. Each martial art style or system goes into combat believing it has all the answers. All classical styles deal with the imparting of fixed knowledge that becomes alive once mastered. It is up to the practitioner to use that knowledge to develop themselves to the point of free expression. In wing chun, you keep the tools and principles intact. Each individual applies the tools and concepts making Wing Chun alive in their own way. No one can go around saying they have the original Wing Chun. Our art has undergone generations of evolved refinement. But if you apply the principles to create concepts and techniques using the tools in combat, then you are making Wing Chun alive for yourself. In applying Wing Chun you have to change to keep up with your opponent's change. Your target is always moving, combat is dynamic not static. Wing Chun is a system having no particular style. The individual is the style. We respond to the opponent's style or way to show and then we create style. You simply react naturally to their action. Each practitioner has to customize the art based upon their character, size, strengths, weakness, etc., and refine it into their personal style of Wing Chun.

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Wing Chun is a very simple system to understand. Its principles are extremely logical and rely on scientific concepts. Its techniques aren't what's important. The ability to adhere to its concepts and principles during fighting are the key to Wing Chun. First, you must understand how to connect your body structure and use whole body movements. The proper linking of the arms and legs to the torso, the geometric triangulation of the body and integrated postural alignment are a must. Its developed through You should develop it with a partner who tries to interrupt your body unity by pulling, pushing and other types of physical interruptions. Techniques can be learned from anyone. However, without understanding the principles of body connection and structural alignment, the techniques have no substance. When you are in a real fight, you will find out what techniques are good for you. Just because the technique may work for one person doesn't guarantee it'll work for you. When you test your techniques on someone you don't know, you experience a different feeling than when training with your friends. Its important to discover through your own experience rather than relying on another's experience. Therefore, developing your own personal style of using the principles is more important than the techniques. The way you apply techniques comes from your own experience through uncooperative testing. Only through application can you prove or disprove the validity of our theories. Techniques without timing are dead techniques. Display timing without power and the results are equally disastrous. Many wing chun people have the same techniques, but how many wing chun people can apply their techniques with body unity at real time having gone through the process of proving them? However, be careful not to disregard something out of frustration. Its very important that you go back and ask yourself what crucial concept you may be violating. The reason something isn't working for may very well be that you aren't following the principles. Adhering to the principles doesn't come right away. You have to develop the unique ability to maintain your structure under stress. Stance training is a crucial part of development The individual must make their art alive. The goal is simple, direct and economical movement to intercept and control. Wing Chun utilizes the centerline as the fastest line of entry. Bridge the gap by rushing in, feel for your opportunities intercept the opponent's attack and finish him. In intercepting there are no ranges only intercept and finish off the opponent. Each martial art style or system goes into combat believing it has all the answers. All classical styles deal with the imparting of fixed knowledge that becomes alive once mastered. It is up to the practitioner to use that knowledge to develop themselves to the point of free expression. In wing chun, you keep the tools and principles intact. Each individual applies the tools and concepts making Wing Chun alive in their own way. No one can go around saying they have the original Wing Chun. Our art has undergone generations of evolved refinement. But if you apply the principles to create concepts and techniques using the tools in combat, then you are making Wing Chun alive for yourself. In applying Wing Chun you have to change to keep up with your opponent's change. Your target is always moving, combat is dynamic not static. Wing Chun is a system having no particular style. The individual is the style. We respond to the opponent's style or way to show and then we create style. You simply react naturally to their action. Each practitioner has to customize the art based upon their character, size, strengths, weakness, etc., and refine it into their personal style of Wing Chun.