Bruce Lee and Wing Chun

If you consider yourself a gentle person andopponent and all you need is to carry out your
never would expect to be involved into anymovements in a straight line. And guess what,
fight or life-threatening confrontation, but stillyou'd end up hitting your target faster and
want to learn how to protect yourself andharder 9 out of 10 times - before the opponent
your family in case you were to be engaged in ahas a chance to reach you travelling in an arc
life or death situation, then I'd highlyform. Simple math, right?Another great and
suggest you consider Wing Chun, a Chinese Kunginteresting thing about Wing Chun is: it trains your
Fu system popularized by one of the greatestbody not to think
martial artists of all times - Bruce Lee, as yourwhen in combat, especially in close combat. The
best choice of self defense system.It's a system'Sticky Hands' training is so powerful that
that is simple and yet powerful. Its advantageseven Bruce Lee came back to Hong Kong to
have been well appreciated bymeet with Sifu. Wong, shun-leung to freshen up
professionals worldwide whose lives depend onhis
their abilities to engage and win in life-'Sticky Hands' techniques. And by the way, this
threatening combats. VIPs protection units,'Sticky Hands' technique is one of the most
soldiers, elite forces, police personel, bodyessential parts of the whole Wing Chun system,
guards, or just plain civilians who want to ensurewhich is then the backbone of Bruce Lee's
and secure safety from potential threatsJeet Kun Do system.I remember many years
that might occur in unexpected situations. Let'sago about a piece of news of a famous movie
not forget the martial art enthusiasts whostar in Hong Kong who was
consider martial arts as part of their lifestyle.also a Wing Chun practitioner - he had a fight in
They all consider Wing Chun to be one ofthe bar with a big and tall westerner who
the most practical and yet gentle form ofwas then a police academy karate trainer. Both
fighting skills that can be learned easily.The Wingof them were drunk and involved in quite a
Chun system operates on the subconscious levels.fierce fight in the dark and confined area in the
I've had the honor to study mybar. Guess who won? The movie star did.
Wing Chun skills under the discipleship of Sifu.Simply because when both of them were so
Wong, shun-leung whose name you can verydrunk that they couldn't really think logically and
easily look up from the Blackbelt magazine, whothat's when the advantage of the Wing Chun
was one of the few true masters of the artsystem came in.When one is a competent Wing
of Wing Chun, and did many a session ofChun martial artist, one can be blind-folded and still
translation for him as he had many students whowin the
flewfight. That's how powerful the system is. Are
from all over the world to come to Hong Kongyou interested to become one of these gentle
just to learn from him.One of the basic andand yet powerful person?Besides being a
important principles of Wing Chun can be revealednaturopathic physican, Dr. Kang-pang Chan is a
via a simplepersonal trainer certified by the International
mathematical formula: "Between 2 points theSports Sciences Association (ISSA) as well as a
shortest distance is a straight line."certified instructor in Yiquan - an advanced form
Imagine that, all the fancy moves seen in manyof holistic Chinese martial art that utilises precise
other martial art systems would have you movebodymind coordination as the real source of
in big circular movements, or a big arc, so as topower.He practised Wing Chun under the
generate enough force to hit your target.And yetdiscipleship of Sifu. Wong, shun-leung for a long
the basic form of movement in Wing Chun is totime before jumping to Yiquan.
station yourself squarely with the