| If you consider yourself a gentle person and | | | | move in big circular movements, or a big |
| never would expect to be involved into any | | | | arc, so as to generate enough force to hit |
| fight or life-threatening confrontation, but | | | | your target. |
| still want to learn how to protect yourself | | | | |
| and your family in case you were to be | | | | And yet the basic form of movement in Wing |
| engaged in a life or death situation, then | | | | Chun is to station yourself squarely with the |
| I'd highly suggest you consider Wing Chun, | | | | opponent and all you need is to carry out |
| a Chinese Kung Fu system popularized by one | | | | your movements in a straight line. And guess |
| of the greatest martial artists of all | | | | what, you'd end up hitting your target |
| times - Bruce Lee, as your best choice of | | | | faster and harder 9 out of 10 times - before |
| self defense system. | | | | the opponent has a chance to reach you |
| | | | travelling in an arc form. Simple math, |
| It's a system that is simple and yet | | | | right? |
| powerful. Its advantages have been well | | | | |
| appreciated by professionals worldwide | | | | Another great and interesting thing about |
| whose lives depend on their abilities to | | | | Wing Chun is: it trains your body not to |
| engage and win in life- threatening combats. | | | | think when in combat, especially in close |
| VIPs protection units, soldiers, elite | | | | combat. The 'Sticky Hands' training is so |
| forces, police personel, body guards, or | | | | powerful that even Bruce Lee came back to |
| just plain civilians who want to ensure and | | | | Hong Kong to meet with Sifu. Wong, shun-leung |
| secure safety from potential threats that | | | | to freshen up his 'Sticky Hands' |
| might occur in unexpected situations. Let's | | | | techniques. And by the way, this 'Sticky |
| not forget the martial art enthusiasts who | | | | Hands' technique is one of the most |
| consider martial arts as part of their | | | | essential parts of the whole Wing Chun |
| lifestyle. They all consider Wing Chun to be | | | | system, which is then the backbone of Bruce |
| one of the most practical and yet gentle | | | | Lee's Jeet Kun Do system. |
| form of fighting skills that can be learned | | | | |
| easily. | | | | I remember many years ago about a piece of |
| | | | news of a famous movie star in Hong Kong who |
| The Wing Chun system operates on the | | | | was also a Wing Chun practitioner - he had |
| subconscious levels. I've had the honor to | | | | a fight in the bar with a big and tall |
| study my Wing Chun skills under the | | | | westerner who was then a police academy |
| discipleship of Sifu. Wong, shun-leung whose | | | | karate trainer. Both of them were drunk and |
| name you can very easily look up from the | | | | involved in quite a fierce fight in the |
| Blackbelt magazine, who was one of the few | | | | dark and confined area in the bar. Guess who |
| true masters of the art of Wing Chun, and | | | | won? The movie star did. Simply because |
| did many a session of translation for him as | | | | when both of them were so drunk that they |
| he had many students who flew from all over | | | | couldn't really think logically and that's |
| the world to come to Hong Kong just to learn | | | | when the advantage of the Wing Chun system |
| from him. | | | | came in. |
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| One of the basic and important principles of | | | | When one is a competent Wing Chun martial |
| Wing Chun can be revealed via a simple | | | | artist, one can be blind-folded and still win |
| mathematical formula: "Between 2 points the | | | | the fight. That's how powerful the system |
| shortest distance is a straight line." | | | | is. Are you interested to become one of these |
| Imagine that, all the fancy moves seen in | | | | gentle and yet powerful person? |
| many other martial art systems would have you | | | | |