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Originally Posted by Lchoy
Pretty good article for wikipedia on Wing Chun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Chun
Wing Chun was never taken very seriously when it first started since it was invented by a woman. However the principles behind it made it very success for those that aren't the biggest or strongest. Wing Chun looked at how someone who was smaller and physically weaker could fight someone bigger and stronger. One way was to reduce the range of contact and learning to maximize your strike and reducing your opponents ability to hit effectively (ie, "Bruce Lee's 1 inch punch). Also, in tight quarters, conservation of energy and momentum become important as you'll have to be able to hit the opponent repeatedly and rapidly before they are able to counter (chain/engine punching is a very popular move). Lastly, the circle theory and using the centerline to gain power, but also to get your opponent off their centreline has been adapted by or resemble similar theories in other martial arts like Ninjitsu. My teacher use to say that there are only 2 moves in Ninjitsu. Getting your opponent to fall over forwards, and to fall over backwards and that ninjitsu teaches how to break your opponents stance so that they can't attack you
My parents would have loved it if I took wing chun (being Chinese) but I was always interested in Ninjas and being all sneaky, so it was ninjitsu for me  |
So you're a NINJA!? That's rad.