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What It Really Takes to Become Good In Wing Chun?

1 Comment Posted by on June 25, 2012

Lets not worry for the moment what “good” actually means…

The short answer is – practice. Yep that’s right. Good old practice and many many repetitions. I think, many people these days obsessed a little bit too much in their search for the most experienced and the most credible Sifu. Sifu that can prove the purity of his lineage, tracing back directly to Yip Man.

IMHO, no Sifu, not even Yip Man him self can help you if you do not practice. This applies to everyone without exclusions. There is no magic wand, shortcuts or secret behind door techniques – just practice, practice and again practice. Yip Man himself can be teaching you but, if you do not practice diligently, then the time spent will not yield any results.

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My Take on Wing Chun Controversy

7 Comments Posted by on April 9, 2012

In About page I have mentioned that I have spent six months (before moving away) in one of the Australian Wing Chun schools, that follows W. Cheung (WC hereafter) lineage, and teaches the so-called Traditional Wing Chun (TWC). The school  is actually WC’s head quarters (HQ hereafter).

The main reason why WC started to become a controversial figure in the 80′s through the 90′s, is certain claims that he made in the Western world. Claims like that he is the only and true successor of Ip Man‘s secret traditional Wing Chun system, and hence the only and true Grandmaster. Claims like that he is the one who trained Bruce Lee and Lee’s success should be attributed mainly to him.

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Bruce Lee Discovers Jeet Kuen Do

Comments Off Posted by on December 10, 1991

Bruce Lee went back to Hong Kong to learn more from his teacher, the great Yip Man. He returned to the United States with a new art called Jeet Kune Do.

After Bruce left Hong Kong, I went to Australia to attend college. We still stayed in touch by writing to each other. He told me he was working part time at Ruby Chow’s restaurant in Seattle and teaching a few students wing chun as well as some of Uncle Shiu’s northern style kung-fu high kicks. He wrote that he loved wing chun very much and he wanted to go back to Hong Kong to learn the rest of the system.

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