When observing Wing Chun being used in sparring and demonstrations, the style appears to be characterised by relentless chain punching and forward motion. However, the intent of the style is something entirely different. In demonstrations, there’s often a…
Apart from health and wellbeing, having practical self defence skills is what drives most martial artists. Follows are 5 “rules” to be mindful of in your training. First, let’s be real about our definition of a typical martial…
Only by sparring do you have any true sense of whether or not you have usable skills in self defence. It provides a baseline for your progress and is ideally a regular feature of your training. Having been…
Barry Pang’s martial arts journey from the 1970’s to today faced pressure at every step. After challenges establishing his school, he set about proving his students in aggressive “Kung Fu versus Karate” tournaments. Ultimately, he learnt that being…
Barry Pang is one of the pioneers of Kung Fu in Australia, establishing his school in 1974. His major challenge was not learning the Wing Chun system in Hong Kong, it was fending off rivals and shaping a…
Wing Chun’s Chi Sao partner exercise gives practitioners the potential to control exchanges based only on feel. Paired with the unbalancing powers of Tai Chi, these possibilities are expanded. Tui Sao (also known as “push hands”) is the…
Wing Chun’s Chi Sao partner exercise, or ‘sticking hands’, is relatively rare in martial arts. It allows students to develop instant attacking and defensive reactions based on feel rather than vision. Combined with similar forms of partner work,…
Both Wing Chun and Lung Ying apply a similar approach to dealing with incoming power. Rather than trying to meet it head on, they use rotation to deflect and counterattack. Said to have emerged from common origins, both…
Compared to other martial arts, Wing Chun and Lung Ying possess a unique approach to generating power. Often referred to as sister styles, their common method relates to how the hip and stance work together. Both styles utilize…
Whilst it is a commonly held view that Martial Arts can be divided into two categories – hard or soft – the reality is more complex. Each mode has unique strengths that create a powerful combination when you…
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