Both Wing Chun and Lung Ying seek to bridge the guard and control opponents. Lung Ying takes it a step further by breaking the guard in one continuous, powerful movement. Wing Chun and Ling Ying each feature a…
Wing Chun is famous for straight-line attacks, but some of the most important movements in the style are circular. They optimise both attacking and defensive moves. In Lung Ying, rotation is built into everything. When Wing Chun departs…
Wing Chun’s unique forearm sensitivity-training exercise often devolves into soft rollover habits. However, in applied kung fu, Chi Sao practice has to be far more assertive. Given that real self-defence situations are high pressure, forceful encounters with wild…
Wing Chun’s Lap Sao is an important drill to develop the instinct to clear the path. However, many practitioners lack true intent, reducing the technique to a soft rollover routine. Sifu Barry Pang explains that in Lap Sao…
The centreline theory is a celebrated formula for gaining control of your opponent, but is it enough? Concepts of feeling and redirecting your opponent are not the exclusive domain of Wing Chun kung fu. Here are 4 ways…
In real self-defence situations, free exchanges of blows are common. This is low-percentage fighting. In Wing Chun, the principle that practitioners strive for is to intercept the hands and gain the best position for attack. Sifu Barry Pang…
Grandmaster Lam Yiu Gwai could move in and strike an opponent before they could lift their guard. Their safe distance was undone by his instant forward velocity. Sifu Barry Pang explains that most strikes in martial arts involve…
Designed a few hundred years ago, the Wing Chun punch is one of the most powerful in martial arts. However, it’s incredible mechanics are felt rather than seen. The straight punch is one of two core hand techniques…
Developing a strong centreline and quick, powerful chain punching is not enough. To overwhelm in this way may work on opponents of equivalent size. Against larger, skilled opponents, the path to success is not to meet their force…
In a perfect world, the shortest distance to a target is a straight line. Wing Chun practitioners bank on this. But as Sifu Barry Pang explains, we don’t live in a perfect world. In this 3-part discussion, which…