For me, I see Pak Da similar to like a boxing technique, and the thing like Tony Ferguson did on that Mook Yan Jong to Muay Thai.

I am not here to ask what lineage is better or worse than another, as I think that is bad for the health of this community and this sub. Rather, I would like to hear about your experiences with other lineages that were positive.

Did you have the opportunity to train with someone from another lineage, and you had fun or learned a lot? Have you noticed a trend among people of a certain lineage that they had in common, which was praiseworthy? I want to hear your positive impressions.

I'll start: when I first joined my school, there was a Sihing who came to us from the Leung Sheung lineage. Man, was he good at chisao. No matter if you did it slowly and completely for sensitivity, or if it was fast and competitive, really trying to hit each other. His structure was rock solid and it felt like he could pick me up and move me around the room. My toes would be on the ground, but I remember this sensation of floating as he manhandled me. He was a great older brother figure and mentor to me, but sadly had to freeze his training due to a bad divorce and we lost contact.

I have worked with other Leung Sheung people since then, and they have also exhibited a very good understanding of chisao that felt extremely similar to my old Sihing. So I would like to offer the first positive impression: in my experience, Leung Sheung practitioners are chisao specialists and I have really enjoyed working with them.

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Anyone here practicing in Cheshire area of England? I’d like to complete the wooden dummy training that I started many years ago.

The lineage and chops add some additional content- (right to left)…. If you went further back it would be Leung Jun, Leung Yee Tai, Leung LAN Kwon, Wong Wa Po, Leung Bok Toa, & Wing Chun

Mark Philips has a couple of events going on stateside.

Anyone here going?

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Has anyone here attended a Jeff Webb Wing Chun seminar? Thoughts?

Yesterday I just joined a Wing Chun school (Wong Shun-Leung) lineage and it's actually pretty legit, I like it (made everyone sweat like crazy), but my friend wants me to stay in the mCdOjO Karate I go to, I told him I can't but he just wants me to stay and not go to the legit Wing Chun dojo, what should I tell him so I can just train in peace?

In my Wing Chun school (WSL lineage), it depends what day because on a Tuesday they do forms, then on Wednesday or Monday we do hand drills, we go straight to the pads and do jab cross, then do either a Pak Da, Wu Da, Gan Da (depends on where he's hitting), after those hand drills, we go straight to reflexes, no it's not chi Sau, what we do is our opponent throwing light but pretty's fast punches and he what to parry it with a Pak Sau or counter with a Pak Da, another reflex drill is we stand in mid-range and we throw light punches, straight punch we use the Pak Da, Hook we use Wu Da, A low strike we use Gan Da, it's just how fast we can react. So yea that's what I do, it's like Boxing drills basically, anyways what do you guys do?

I've heard a lot of lineages, in my opinion, I like to think Ip Man and Wong Shun-Leung are the 2, that's what I heard, but what do you guys think is?

I haven't used a wooden man for quite some time. Found this on local Facebook marketplace was someone's home build. Fits me very well since I'm 6'3" and this has a taller profile that the one I had once upon a time.

Hello everyone! My grandfather taught me the first form a long time ago and I have always been a fan of the art. I'm looking for people or a place to train at. I'm aware of the philip nearing school in Chicago, but it's a quite a drive for me in rush hour. I'd appreciate anyone's input or recommendations, thank you!

Anybody here train under him or his lineage? He is been gaining popularity last couple of years and I am curious what my fellow practioners think of him

Are you flying a rocket ship or kayaking?

Don't make this mistake when you're training.

Training isn't preparing you to fly a rocket ship.

It's teaching you to kayak.

On wild rapids.

In a thunderstorm.

Fighting can't be planned and predicted like a rocket ship launch.

It's chaos.

You can't plan 10 steps ahead. You take each action as it comes. And you respond with something that's good enough.

That's it.

No perfect answer to every attack. Just something that's good enough to stop you getting your lights knocked out.

Something to get you over one wave so you can get to the next one. And the next one.

When you go into a fight, expect chaos.

But be confident that the training has given you the ability to respond in a way that's good enough. Because that's all it needs to be.

So, stop aiming for perfect.

Aim for good enough.

Because in the storm of a fight, that’s what helps you survive.

Are there any objections to having a tattoo in Wing Chun? I would like to get a tattoo, but I’m not sure how it will be perceived by Si Fu and other brothers.

Any Ip Ching schools in Las Vegas Nevada?

Does anyone have a good 3D model to print off a compact Wing Chun dummy stand? I have the main body, arms, and leg, but I no longer have the original stand.

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone else in this group lives in Ottawa (Canada)? I'd be curious to know how long you've practiced and if you have any recommandation for schools.

Thanks

Hey all,

I was wanting to ask the question, or really advice that I’m sure we have all come across at some stage.

I have been training in martial arts since I was 10 on and off & I’m now middle aged. Looking back on it all, I still haven’t achieved what I wanted and continue to live with that shame in myself. I’ve studied multiple different styles with different schools over the years and found that I enjoy Wing Chun and it also suits me the most.

However, I have been in the situation many times before where I have a huge surge of passion and motivation to train and be the best I can be, but it seems inevitable, after a period of time it fades. I look for excuses, or I’m just generally over it, and no matter how much I try and push through it and keep discipline up.... I flatline and quit. Then after I stop training and a long while later has passed, I regret it and wish I had kept going. Then the circle continues, I get back into it only to stop a while after. And so on.

I’m so sick of this cycle I seem to be stuck in and I and I genuinely want to reach my goal of being an instructor one day. To be called Sifu and have earned it. To teach and bring the best out in my students as practitioners and people. I am only getting older and burning away the time I have.

So I am starting WC training again (hopefully for the last time) shortly, but I am afraid of that demon - repeating the behaviour of the past & losing that motivation yet again.

I wanted to reach out to the MA community and hear from others that have gone through the same or similar and hear that I’m not alone and what others have done to overcome it, and also hear from others that I aspire to be like- that have crushed their goals, gone black belt and beyond and continue to learn and grow in the MA.

Can I request only constructive answers please as I hope they not only help me but others who are in the same boat and come across this post.

Thank you all

How come sometimes they put their hands below the arm instead of above it? Like this. In Ip Man 4 the Ip Man vs Karate Guy scene, the karate guy mocks Ip Man by doing this hand placement too. Im just curious.

Recently, I was looking to see if there's a central website for Embas/ Emin Boztepe's Wing Chun and couldn't find anything. Has his system been disbanded?

I'm looking to purchase a pair of high-quality butterfly swords (sharp) as a gift for my buddy -- I am thinking under $500 and it is important they have excellent balance and high-quality steel, proper weight (not too heavy), distal taper as appropriate (not just cut from a big chonky piece of bar stock and poorly ground). I envision he would use them for backyard cutting practice etc.

I'm a HEMA guy so I usually buy my swords etc. on Kult of Athena, but their most popular butterfly swords have been out of stock for a long time.
https://www.kultofathena.com/?s=butterfly+swords&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1

I don't want the Cold Steel versions which are available -- CS isn't known for having good balance.

Any recommendations on where I can purchase some good ones for him? Maybe a pair of blunt trainers too, but those seem much easier to find than the sharps.

Thanks in advance, Wing Chun practitioners! Peace!

I'm doing some research for a character I'm creating for a story, and I'm wondering how testing and grading system works in wing chun. I know it's probably different depending on the school, so I'm curious how different schools do it

I have a background in 7 star praying mantis and tkd, wing chun is one of my favorite martial arts, unfourtunately there is no wing chun school in my city.