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…

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Saturday 2 January 2016

Best Method to Catch Head Kicks in Wing Chun and San Da Kickboxing



http://www.londonwingchun.co.uk/how-catch-head-kicks-san-da-kickboxing-or-mma ► Wing Chun vs Muay Thai. Is traditional Wing Chun technique useful for MMA training or blocking powerful Muay Thai kicks? How can you use soft Wing Chun energy to dissipate hard powerful kicks to your head? Especially the powerful martial arts kicks found in Mauy Thai Kickboxing or Mixed Martial Arts and even San Shou (San Da). High Low Gaan Sao is an effective Wing Chun technique that works well against a range of martial arts techniques in particular high kicks used in Kickboxing styles. This Wing Chun technique is flexible and can be used for San Shou Kickboxing or Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training. Even for those that wish to test their Wing Chun skills against other styles of martial arts, especially Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).

The video is split into two stages to show how the High Low Wing Chun technique can be used to block powerful kicks.


STAGE 1 (start to 1min 43 seconds)


TRADITIONAL STAGE: PRACTICE THE TECHNIQUE AGAINST A STRAIGHT KICK

Here we introduce the theory of the Wing Chun technique of High Low Gaan Sao and the importance and interchange with the Wing Chun technique of Lau Sao to control a kick. Traditionally in Wing Chun the High Low Gaan sao is used against a straight Kick. This is non abrasive and allows you to be very soft.

Note here that we discuss the traditional use of the High Low Gaan Sao relative to open hand Wing Chun strikes and kicks that would not be appropriate for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training or San Shou (San Da).


STAGE 2 (1min 43 seconds to End)


NON TRADITIONAL WING CHUN TRAINING

For Wing Chun vs Muay Thai or use in San Shou (San Da) Kickboxing. We run through how to use high low Gaan Sao in a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) or Kickboxing context.



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