Wing Chun Martial Arts VS ?

Wing Chun, like a lot of other Martial Arts forms needs to be proven, but by who?

Why do people want to see it proven in the first place?

The world we are living in is an interesting place because of us humans. We all have our own opinion and we all like it to be right or at least appreciated. Same as what I am doing right now.

There is a trend in this world, most obvious in forums and places where there is a discussion about a certain thing, the Internet made it for the better or worse.

It usually happens when a person bought something, learnt something, thought about something and had an opinion. If they could have kept it to themselves nothing much will happen. It is the nature I guess, we want to express or prove a point.

What happens when it is brought out? Three groups of people appear. One will disagree and use all means to prove they are right. Another will agree and use all means to prove they are right as well. The third group will act as if they are wise, and just try to provide a different opinion.

The same thing will happen when we talk about the effectiveness of Wing Chun Martial Arts. The idea is usually whether one Martial Art form can beat another, who is better and so on. When this happens some will appear to have plenty of experience and either support or disagree with Wing Chun's effectiveness.

Whether he or she is the real deal remains to be seen. Even if the real fight do happen for them to prove a point will they get a satisfying answer and never bring this topic up again? I don't think so.

Learning a form of Martial Art is not the same as buying a product. If you and me bought an iphone then maybe we get the same apps and performance. Learning Wing Chung Kung Fu is not the same. Even if we learn from the same Sifu do you think we can perform the art in the same manner?

The problem is not Wing Chun Martial Arts or any other Martial Arts form. The problem comes from us. We all spent time and learned something we want it to be meaning full, to be appreciated, to be respected and to be useful. It does not have to be a Martial Art form, it just has to be something we already spent hours and plenty of effort on.

What happens when someone agrees with you? You get some sort of confirmation that what you have learned or do is right and you feel pretty good about it. But when someone tells you that it is wrong you will almost naturally start to defend it. You can't believe what you have spent so much time and effort on is consider useless to some.

Wing Chun to some, is an effective form of Martial Art that teaches you good street defense, how to react, and it is even considered that Wing Chun applies some science with the middle line punch and so on. For those who have a different opinion, Wing Chun Martial Arts is fancy, with all those Chi Sao and wooden dummy techniques and can't really be used in real world fighting.

Before someone starts to flame me and think I am trying to act smart to analise the situation, let me tell you I am not even experienced in Martial Arts. I learned some Tae Kwon Do, some Hung Gar and some Wing Chun from video. I have never been in a fight, even if I do I will lose my teeth, broke my nose and something even worst.

If you think I do not have the right to talk about this topic then I think I might as well ask you the same question. Why are you judging something, is it because you have lots of experienced with it or is it just because you have an opinion.

So is Wing Chun Martial Arts fancy, I sure think it does. Is Wing Chun Martial Arts effective? Well to me it is somewhat effective and I am going to spend RM150 to learn it each month. Is Wing Chun Martial Arts the best self defense Martial Arts there is? I sure hope so but it is not. Will the world stop spinning when someday I use Wing Chun Martial Arts to beat the crap out of everybody or was beaten by everybody? I don't think so.

Will this post stop others from ever comparing again? Definitely not. Why am I still writing then?
For the same reason everyone is doing. Hoping that what I am saying can be heard, be appreciated and change something and have people see things my way. Because everyone thought they are special. Everyone who is learning Wing Chun thought it is special.

Wing Chun Martial Arts is effective, I don't even have to prove it to you. Your Martial Art is also effective, you don't have to prove it to me either. A few more minutes spent practising rather than arguing is even better. If I already did that every time I feel like arguing I might already become a master. You can too.

Wing Chun Dummy

You might wonder why I have chosen to put my title as Wing Chun Dummy rather than Ip Man?

It is because right now I am crazy about the Wing Chun Dummy. If you just stumble upon this page and have no idea what a Wing Chun Dummy is then I guess you have to look at what the man is holding.

A couple of weeks ago I got the idea of wanting to buy a wooden dummy. Many people have said you have to know Chi Sau or sticking hands in order to be able to play with the dummy nicely. Well you even need to know all three Wing Chun forms.

As you know I learn Wing Chun from Video if you read my previous post and so far I am on the second form the Chum Kiu or finding bridge. I am too lazy to learn the third. I thought even if I did not know Chi Sau and Biu Jee, I can still play with the wooden dummy. It is not like I am graded by anybody.

I checked around the net and found some website selling it and the prize is pretty crazy, about RM 3000 for one. There are cheaper ones made with PVC as well, never thought they would actually consider this kind of material.

I guess this idea of practising with the Wing Chun Dummy will have to wait. I have no money right now and I will wait till I find a Sifu and go from there.

I guess watching another person practise with the Wing Chun dummy is quite fun. You can get a glimpse of Donnie Yen practising with the dummy right from the start of Ip Man the movie, and some near the end.

There are lots of clips on YouTube if you want to have a look. Just google Wing Chun Dummy and I am sure you will find a lot of wannabes that have better skill than me showcasing their skill.

And in case you do not know what this movie is then you better check it out. Ip Man is a master of Wing Chun and master to Bruce Lee. Just don't confuse him as I P Man. Many did in Malaysia since they do not really know who he is.

Wing Chun Martial Arts-My thoughts so far.

Wing Chun or Ving Tsun （詠春）or any other similar name, is a name for a Southern Chinese Martial Art form. Most will know Chinese Martial Art as the word Kung Fu, now we might also call it Wushu.

Many is backing that Wing Chun martial arts is quite effective, and who am I to say that it is not. Previously I am learning Hung Gar Kung Fu, another southern form which is made famous by Wong Fei Hung. I got interested with Wing Chun because to me Wing Chun is a strip down version of a lot of Kung Fu form, and it consists of techniques that is effective and not complicated.

Tiger, Crane, Snake and all those form is a little bit too much sometimes. You go about practising their form and not knowing what the hell you are doing. Not much Sifu is teaching you the combat usage. You might know all the Hung Gar form till the day you die but you might not even know how to use it. Sure some combat tips is explained and shown but who can actually perform it real time?

Wing Chun is interesting because they have less form and the focus of combat is still present. Their Chi Sau(Sticking hands) is something I am looking forward to experience. Even the Wing Chun dummy is still an important part in the training. My Hung Gar sifu did not even mention anything about wooden dummy. Even some so called combat training looks more like scripted moves.

I am learning Wing Chun from video. Ridiculous isn't it? Which is why I need to experience some combat training by finding a Sifu. Sure it is going to be expensive and but what else can I do in this modern age when everything is about money?

I don't talk about Wing Chun's history because it is not really relevant. My training will start in February and I wish it will not be short due to the fact that one has to go to work and too bad I am looking for Design jobs which in Malaysia is usually very time consuming.

In the meantime if you have anything to say about Wing Chun, feel free to leave a comment.