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To be honest , I feel that anyone who studies Wing Chun for long enough, as well as Western Boxing can learn to throw devistating short range punches, even from inches away. It's all body mechanics and being able to utilize unitary body movement. As for the technique being a "demo" tech only, I disagree, Let's say your at your last resort, someone's about to assult you , you point at his face, (which is inches away) while saying "back off", instead of recoiling your hand, you twist your hips and shoulders pull your index finger in and punch thru your target. This may not work against a skilled opponant, because to extend a limb is to give a target but it could happen.This is just my opinion.

I have the Tao, as well as about 20 other books by or about Bruce or "JKD". I highly recommend anyone who studies martial arts to read as much as they can. As for the Tao itself, It is a very good tool, but in no way was it meant to "teach" someone Jeet kune Do.

Nothing but time and training , practice in "real time', for your fear to be overcome you must first have complete faith in your skill and ability.

LOL, You guys are right about "Chinese Boxing", hence my name, for some reason i assumed kle1n was talking about Western boxing. As far as striking in Wing Chun, Kirves explained it well, but we also use elbows, Thrusting Fingers, forearm strikes, low level kicking, and much more.

Ah, forgot to comment on "grappling". Wing Chun teaches excelent "trapping "skills, but as far as rolling around on the ground looking for a submission, no, it uses a "Style within a Style" called Chin Na , many Chinese and Japanese styles use it as well. It's a more focused on smaller joint manipulation then larger like in Brazilian Jujitsu. But this is just the way i was taught , it always depends in the teacher.

First Wing Chun has no boxing in it.Your probably thinking of JKD. Wing Chun Kung Fu does teach the traditional use of various weapons such as the staff and butterfly swords though. Wing Chun Kung Fu is thought by many to be the most devestating martial art for close quarters combat. The style itself has over 300 individual movements, give or take depending on the instructor. It is broke down into three forms, Sil Lum Tao, Chum Kil , and Bil Jee. This is the style that made the "Wooden Dummy" famous, as well as being Bruce Lee's core art, the same art that was used to create Jeet Kune Do . As far as footwork, WC uses angles, as well as direct footwork, but your your goal is to remain "rooted" yet mobile and in balance. And that's just summed up, there is so much more .

Thankx for the input.

I have found myself in a rough spot, my Sifu recently passed away in a freak accident in Nov. 02. I was one of his lead students in our JKD studies, and his jr. instuctor in our Wing Chun class. To some this may be of little importance , but I was never in any hurry to have my progression in the styles documented. This has proven to be a major set back due to my goal being to teach. My Sifu and I were very close friends, I thought I would have more time under him, we planned to open a school in my area and everything. Bottom line , I need to find someone to certify me as an instuctor, with out proof no one will give you the time of day. Most people would like you to study under them for a long period of time before they will certify you. I don't have the time to spend another 18 years going over the same stuff I have already have. I have heard Paul Vunak offers a Instuctorship Candidate course. Any POSITIVE feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I study Kai Sai Wing Chun, along with various styles that stess grappling, as well as dynamic kicking , it's always a good idea to expand your abilities, but i agree that one must learn carefully. Mixing techs from other sytems can some time prove unreliable. My advice is to try something that resembles your current art of Kung Fu. It has been my experience that a "Teacher " will not teach, "just kicks", and he/she might not like the idea of mixing techs. Therefore your now having to learn the whole forms of TKD or whatever. I don't want to use the word "confusing" but that's what it was, i wanted, or rather my muscle memory had me doing my Wing Chun, my stance, my footwork , everything was now being questioned. All I can say is if TKD is what you want to incorperate into your system then learn from someone who has done it succesfully (WC+TKD). But for the record, Northern and Southern Styles of Kung Fu both teach powerfull kicks that WC does not, also because the styles are so closely related, the other techs you will learn will suit your current style.

In my experience, with or without the clinch, the knees get the job done. The clinch is mainly a defensive tech. Knees and elbows follow cuz thats the range your at. But in a street fight, while BOTH of his hands are clinched around your neck you just have to go to his eyes or groin with your two free hands, hopefully you beat the knee.

Wing Chun is my core art, and i can say that one will never fully understand JKD without first studing WC, from what I know, Bruce did not learn all of WC, and this was the catalyst to his evolution as a person and a fighter, he strove for knowlege, with the best possible attitude, "use what ever works". The Nucleus is everything Bruce taught up to his death, well most of it , JKD concepts, and principles, are utilized to progress from where Bruce left off. Who's to say how he would fight now, all we can do is Recognize and Refine our own self. Also Jun Fan Gung Fu is very different then JKD, in JFGF, you see more of Bruces' chinese martial art influence, JKD was the next phase, Bruce cut down on trapping and some of the classical movements, and started using more movements from fencing and boxing, footwork was strongly studied upon, kicks changed, he changed. As far as " Mastering Wing Chun in 5 yrs, hmm, I personally think it is not possible to "Master" anything. It Masters you.

Hello, I study JKD as well as a few other CMA's and JMA's.

Absorb everything you can, the techs you think you will never use will be be more usefull than you think.

I study JKD, as well as many other arts.