WING CHUN (VING TSUN) KUNG FU
Wing Chun (Ving Tsun) Kung Fu was designed to be used for practical, real-life self-defence – NOT sporting events, NOT contests and NOT demonstrations.
Protecting yourself from an assault is very different to competing in a martial arts competition, especially since anything can happen in the real world. It is not practical to learn a technique for every situation. So Ving Tsun Kung Fu is based on principles that maximise your chances of survival and minimise the likelihood of you being harmed in real-life situations.
One of the most important principles of Ving Tsun is to counter-attack when someone tries to assault you. That means the defence and attack are done simultaneously. Where possible only one action is used to do both things. Hence Ving Tsun’s emphasis on simplicity, directness and efficiency.
Ving Tsun dominates in ‘short-range’ or ‘in-fighting’. This is because someone trying to harm you must be close enough to touch you. Therefore, Ving Tsun Kung Fu excels in this range and generates power using very small movements which will help you in such close-range confrontations.
The principles of Ving Tsun are contained in its 6 forms:
- three empty hand forms,
- the wooden dummy form, and
- two weapons forms (the long pole (Luk Dim Boon Gwan) and the short swords (Baat Jam Do))
While it’s not practical to use these weapons today, knowledge of these forms gives you an insight into how things change when weapons are involved in real life confrontations and how to use an improvised weapon if you need to.
The concepts are taken from the forms and introduced through practical skills with partnered training drills. Working with a partner gives you a responsive training aid that offers resistance and feedback rather than punching the air or shadow boxing and prepares you for what real contact feels like.
Chi Sau (sticking hands) is an example of this. This contact reflex drill will help you develop very fast reflexes, ‘forward intention’ and the ability to read your opponent’s intention from what you feel when your arms clash with theirs’. This means you no longer need to see what’s happening, instead you react instinctively, much faster than you would just relying on sight alone.
The basic philosophy of Ving Tsun
Don’t waste time on excessive movement or effort. Use a practical action – one that WORKS.
At Ving Tsun Combat Science we don’t waste your time on unproven techniques, we arm you with a simple, direct and efficient approach that has proven results.
