As much as I’m getting fed up keep talking about my injuries, I was on the bench again this week, due to my over enthusiastic sparring last week (if only I was 10 years younger).
Don’t get me wrong it’s not like we completely batter each other every week (ok maybe sometimes!) its normally very controlled and we respect each other a lot.
Although the few of us who are entering the tournaments are very excited about the prospect of representing the London Wing Chun Academy, we all want to do well and consequently have upped the training somewhat and basically trying out San Shou Kickboxing moves on each other in combat situations, maybe sometimes a little too well, we’re quite a close knit group and bounce off each other quite well so it’s all good.
I’ve noticed people evolving as fighters and it’s good to see, without a doubt the students who practice at home will start to excel at the London Wing Chun Academy.
Sometimes it’s hard to find the time but it’s time to find it (if you know what I mean) to be at the level I need to be, just need to put the hours (and heal).
Everyone looked good this week and did 80% of the San Shou/Da class with smiles on their faces, that’s what I call good sportsmanship.
http://www.londonwingchun.co.uk
Day One of Project San Shou
In my humble opinion Wing Chun is a very special martial art that focuses on fighting for a self defence context. Being tired of the criticism levelled against the style of fighting that I hold true to my heart, I started an experiment to prove that the skills of Wing Chun can be transferred to any other environment of fighting.
Of course, we’ve had to make adaptations to our training and approach to fighting, but to fight in the ring you have to utilise universal fighting methods. Effectively, I’ve taken ordinary Wing Chun students and instructed them in a range of skills that require timing, distance judgement and true fighting spirit. Over a period of time they’ve learnt to kick, punch and wrestle like any other fighter, but with one difference they’ve kept the concepts of Wing Chun in the forefront of their minds.
The concept of this experiment is simple: all martial arts must have a common variable to function effectively. If we train and prepare these variables, then any Martial Art is comparable to each other.
I hope over the period of time that you’ll find this Blog informative enough to follow our progression to the final destination. We’ll share our highs and lows, good techniques, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and more importantly our eventual success in competition format.
You’ll follow the progress of Student A in his own words, and I will drop in from time to time to share my experiences on coaching Wing Chun fighters for a whole new world of combat.
So here goes the journey of a Wing Chun Fighter…
http://www.londonwingchun.co.uk./sanshou.html
Of course, we’ve had to make adaptations to our training and approach to fighting, but to fight in the ring you have to utilise universal fighting methods. Effectively, I’ve taken ordinary Wing Chun students and instructed them in a range of skills that require timing, distance judgement and true fighting spirit. Over a period of time they’ve learnt to kick, punch and wrestle like any other fighter, but with one difference they’ve kept the concepts of Wing Chun in the forefront of their minds.
The concept of this experiment is simple: all martial arts must have a common variable to function effectively. If we train and prepare these variables, then any Martial Art is comparable to each other.
I hope over the period of time that you’ll find this Blog informative enough to follow our progression to the final destination. We’ll share our highs and lows, good techniques, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and more importantly our eventual success in competition format.
You’ll follow the progress of Student A in his own words, and I will drop in from time to time to share my experiences on coaching Wing Chun fighters for a whole new world of combat.
So here goes the journey of a Wing Chun Fighter…
http://www.londonwingchun.co.uk./sanshou.html
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