n recent years, a number of interesting new styles have been created which I consider to be offshoots of Wing Chun kung fu, which I wanted to look at and discuss. First of all, because Wing Chun is an evolving art, it is difficult to draw the line as to when changes and evolutions have …
Most people think that the Asian Martial arts are ancient and western martial arts like Boxing and Wrestling are modern. In fact, both western boxing and wrestling both go back to the ancient Greeks and were featured in the very first Olympics. Western boxing is one of the main arts used in MMA as well …
Bak Mei Kung Fu, or White Eyebrow Kung Fu, also spelled as Pak Mei, is a rare Kung Fu style which was created in southern China during the Qing dynasty around 300 years ago. It uses many of the same hand shapes as Wing Chun, and in fact some Kung Fu historians believe that it …
The above video highlights the skills of Grand Master Bobby Taboada, showing his amazing speed, reflexes and technique in stick-fighting, at 70 years old. It includes escrima techniques using a stick, knives, and some empty hands. I have seen many martial arts masters, some in person, but I have never seen anyone who is this …
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The side kick is a staple of karate, taekwando, kick boxing, and many types of kung fu, but is rarely seen in either Muay Thai or MMA. It has occasionally been criticized as old fashioned and ineffective for the street. However one thing that Bruce Lee, Joe Lewis and Mas Oyama all had in in …
What is self defense? My definition is when one or more people are trying to harm you and you can’t just walk away. Self defense is not two frat boys getting into a verbal argument that escalates into pushing and shoving and then punches are thrown. That scenario, and others like it, IMHO should be …
Contrasting lineages of wing chun Thanks to the Ip Man movies, Wing Chun is now the most well known Kung Fu Style. But for most of its 250 year history, Wing Chun was a little known style, which was taught in secret behind closed doors in private lessons or very small classes. The style was …
Kick boxing can be defined as a martial art that uses western boxing for hand strikes, and eastern martial arts for kicks. This definition is a little too simple, as that definition would include arts like Savate, Muay Thai, and Sanda as kickboxing, when no one thinks of them as being the same thing. With …
Is wing chun effective? (And if wing chun doesn’t work, even though it was designed to be simple, straight forward,and practical, how can any other Chinese traditional martial art like Seven Star Praying Mantis, bagua hung gar, choy li fut, etc. possibly work?) The above video is of Emin Boztepe, a Wing Chun master, who was …
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Self-Defense teachers often tell the student “never kick in a street fight”. Wing Chun, however, is a style designed to work in real world street fights , and it has kicks. All lineages of Wing Chun, to my knowledge, while they do use kicks, don’t kick above the waist, and use kicks sparingly. Why? Because …
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