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