Can I Make Wing Chun Work?

I Took Wing Chun for 1 Day from @KevinLeeVlog and then I tried to use it on my own in sparring.. Is Wing Chun the most legit specialty Martial Art? Is it a valid form of Kung Fu? Is it effective?

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[KevinLeeVlog]

Wait, Wing Chun works? I love how you made those sparring rounds look easy!

[Skylander]

The way Kevin taught this makes me believe that this is truly the way Wing Chun was meant to be used. Very knowledgeable teacher and not so indoctrinated by the traditions of his art to avoid breaking conventions and practically testing the techniques. More martial arts would benefit greatly from this kind of learning and application. Awesome stuff! Definitely makes me respect Wing Chun a lot more and makes me want to take a second look at it.

[RoseKB]

I've met a Wing Chun practitioner and got to spar with him. One of the coolest sparring experiences I've ever had. It was years ago, but I'll never forget it.

[fighttips]

Very cool video, sir! I really admire the CONCEPTS of Wing Chun, so it's especially cool to see it with realistic APPLICATION in sparring.

[chanachon]

Huh, the emphasis on parrying attacks rather than flat out blocking them reminds me a lot of sword fighting, where the emphasis is to knock the blade aside before executing a quick counter. Thanks so much for showing!

[chrisramos]

I have a sparring partner who did high level wing chun and I was always incredibly impressed by his parrying. Made me focus on getting more creative with faints. Having perfect strikes redirected is just a different type of frustrating lol.

[mileswilliams]

I really appreciate seeing wing Chung properly discussed and represented. This is why I love your channel. Kung-fu in general has been getting a bad wrap because people want to perform it instead of using it and if we lose these arts and understanding behind them it would really be a travesty for humanity. It's just a great example and microcosm of how to be human

[WarriorBoy]

I really really love how you implement actual sparring footage instead of just drilling. It gives what Kevin taught you actual dimension. Great video

[Irritum]

Sensei Seth's channel starts to remind me of the old Discovery show "fight quest" and I like it. I love the open mindedness ofnSeth, trying to figure out what's useful in each martial art or why they are like they are (stances, uniforms, techniques). And all that with a ton of stupid puns which always crack me up. Keep at it!

[johnlloyddy]

0:45 The reason for that weird immovable stance that I've heard from distant relatives from China was because Wing Chun was a southern style which meant it was developed in southern China which was full of rivers and lakes and the main mode of public transportation were river boats, row boats and junks which were very unstable platforms to fight on, so you need a stable stance that kept you from falling overboard when the boat rocks on the water. If you watched the original Karate Kid movie, the scene where Mr. Miyagi teaches Daniel how to keep his balance by having him do forms on a rowboat is a perfect example. Since most Chinese southerners have developed strong forearms due to constant rowing of boats it would be natural for their fighting style to evolve into an upper body strike based style with limited front line low kicks since haymakers, blocks and fancy kicks would throw you off balance on a rowboat and straight line punches and one inch punches were more practical since you need to throw strikes down the centerline as fast as you can before you lose your balance as the boat rocks. The problem is adapting these techniques on land. The closest you get to adapting it today is as the Wing Chun guy here suggested, in narrow crowded corridors or bus aisles or subway trains.

[jeffjuco]

I took wing chun for about a year, its takes a lot of time and dedication to get to the point where its practical in a real fight, but the guys at my dojo who had reached that point were untouchable. Literally. Our dojo focused a lot on the “sticky hands” techniques and the people who had been there a while were so fast and coordinated that any split second that you weren’t actively their hands… there was a fist in your face.

[Sabamonster]

I absolute love the fact that as a trained fighter, being skeptical (With good reason) you went into this with an open mind and came out feeling entirely different about it. That not only says a lot about the art; but you as well. I appreciate that you never let ego get in the way of results.

[mariusjenkins]

I've always felt the focus on parries over blocking in Wing Chun was a good thing, especially in situations where your opponent isn't trained... Also I could see redirecting someone's punch into your elbow ending a fight without even having to swing on someone in a street fight... If you managed to catch someone's first punch with that technique and they break their hand, they are probably gonna change their mind about fighting you and you are gonna look like a total badass lol...

[metrolinamartialarts]

Kevin is the man!! Super nice, too. He's a legit Martial Arts and is high level in JKD, Kali, and just got his BJJ Black Belt.

Great video! Glad you implemented it into your Sparring.

[jerichomills]

One thing I can say for a fact. Practicing the wooden dummy has saved my ass in real life situations more than once. I reacted when I needed to and was only hit once by a guy twice my size. One little black eye was all i got. Wasnt even bad. Good to mix other styles as well of course.

[typicalchineseguy]

I train in ITF Taekwondo and I have this guy in my dojang here who's trained in Wing Chun as an additional style to his primarily ITF skill set. In our sparring rules, we do have punches to the heads as well though we preferably kick a lot more but this guy is equally good on both aspects. Other than being able to deliver powerful kicks, whenever he does punch, he really hits with scary precision and his fists are just too damn fast that there's no way you can avoid them if you are in close distance. Which is why whenever we are doing the boxing trainings in the class, he's mostly there to teach the class and even our instructors would stand alongside the rest of the students just to learn from him doesn't matter if they are of higher ranked than him or what.

[-_ellipsis_-]

Coming from a wrestling background, Wing Chun made the most sense to me out of any of the "striking" arts due to the pressure and redirecting focus. I don't even really see WC as a striking art by itself, it's more like a stand up wrestling to set up and facilitate strikes

[Shindai]

I appreciate you giving it a fair shake. Wing chun has such a bad reputation, but I honestly found my sparring game was improved when I started doing wing chun, and I felt more in control of my defense. It's not the only style I'd rely on but it's definitely a tool in one's reportoire, in my experience.

[mfocmjl]

I find Wing Chun interesting because it looks to me like a strike focused martial art for people with not a lot of body mass. Other, especially western, styles rely on momentum a lot to make their strikes effective, while Wing Chun is all about technique. This is why I think the practitioners of other styles sometimes get sceptical about it and this is also why I think it might actually be more useful and practical than other styles for certain kinds of people.

[cassolmedia]

great video! I studied wing-chun for a while when I was younger and I loved it. Particularly for me, I like the focus on parrying and redirection over blocking. I also found that the training helped me a lot with my mind-body connection. also, the community is generally pretty chill in my experience. glad you enjoyed it.