Most Important Concept
What do you feel is the most important concept or principle in Wing Chun? This is a tough question but if you could only pick one, which would it be and why?
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Drill towards the center is the most important, I think. Because even if your lose your structure on accident, you can still win by doing that. a real fight is unpredictible, and so is your reaction to it.
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I’m only just starting my Wing Chun training so I have a very limited perspective thus far. From having trained in Wado-Kai karate earlier in life, I’ve found that Wing Chun is most different, and effective, as a result of the focus on the center line (as Josh states, above). The concept of attacking your opponent’s center line with the power of your own center line is one that I find somewhat revolutionary. This method of training is very exciting and involving for me as I feel for the first time ever that I am understanding the movements of my opponent and what I should do in response.
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To me it’s hard to name only one mayor concept in Wing Chun Kung Fu, I more feel like there is a row of important principles that in combination make the uniqueness.
But if I had to pick only one mayor principle, I would come back on the fact that it was a girl who created Wing Chun Kung Fu and she as a “weak” person had to use the power of her opponents in a clever way and lead it back to them to be able to “beat them with their own weapons”.
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Constant forward intent and the three sticks. I think anything follows almost automatically from this concept. Thta`s at least where sifu Jin`s teachings had the greatest benefit for me.
I ow him to understadn that we actually only practice one thing, and allow the opponentto mold it tom our victory.
I am curious what others say though.
Greetings
martin
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Hi all,
just like martin i would say that the concept of the three sticks is very important. especially for people who are not so big and strong it is a very good thing, because they can maximize theier power transmission with the right structure. But also very important for me is the “sensitivity-stuff”. This conzept allows you to “listen” what your opponent will do in the next step and makes it able to react very fast or almost subconsciously.
greetings from Wiesbaden (Germany)
Hassan
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Wing Chun’s concepts of fighting are important. They are what people usually see when they watch a wing chun practitioner fight. But the wing chun internal power is the most devastating weapon. Keeping your state, staying relaxed(not contracting muscle) and using the sub-conscious part of your brain to fight is wing chun’s most important foundation. This we call it 念力, also kung fu. Some people call it “chi”. Siu Nim Tau means little idea. This little idea is that part of your brain that controls your sub-conscious power. Therefore, to practice Siu Nim Tau you must be truely relaxed and balanced to learn how to slowly maintain the state and eventually develop it into a Kung fu(habit) and to be able to use this kind of power to combat.
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Hey,
this is my first posting and i agree with many of the responses, yet my answer would be to protect yourself. Often martial artists will do a technique or action that leaves them open, the number one rule is don’t hurt yourself which gives you the future opportunity to strike. In Wing Chun I like the focus on the centerline and feel that if you stay on that line of thinking you will end up always in good position for action.
thanks all and look forward to additional communication.
Rinja911
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Hi everybody,
I think – “Moving the whole body” is most important.
Not only moving the hands.
Greetings from Bavaria (Germany)
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I think Self Control is the most important concept. If you can control your actions (maintain your structure, 3rd stick like a blade of grass, shoulders off, etc.) then your opponent can’t control you and isn’t that what a fight is all about, the opponent trying to control you?
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Great question, but my answer is “it depends.” The analogy I would use it that of building a house….if the foundation is crappy, then adding a 2nd or 3rd floor will be pointless as they will crumble under pressure (combat). So,
To a beginner, it is proper structure and movement (aligning and moving the 3 sticks).
To an intermediate practitioner it is to understand the “why” behind the movement (what really is Pak Sau and how do you use it in various situations).
To a more advanced practitioner it is sensitivity to your opponent’s movements (listening skills).
To the master it is to be formless using whatever the situation requires and not some pre-conceived technique.
That’s my 2 cents,
Paul
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Step or Turn out of the way ?
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alot of great ideas from everyone, keep them coming! =D
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Although it is not the most important concept, I think a lot of people, both in wing chun and other arts, seem to not have a solid base and proper contol of range. I think that’s why so much is going to the ground these days.
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At the point that I am arrived in Wing chun, I think the 7th woof, ( 7 trame in italian) are an important point of start!! and quite difficult to put on pratic!
giancarlo
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