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Here is a link to video clips from the movie: http://www.wing-chun.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=239-ip-man-trailer-bio&catid=36-giatacomments&Itemid=58/

http://www.ipman-movie.com/ It is supposed to be really good. Does anyone know when it will be released on DVD or if it's going to make the rounds here in the States anytime soon?

Multiple so called "trapping" is necessary to learn the contact reflexes necessary in Wing Chun. However, in a real situation there will not be any fancy multiple traps. The fight should be over in a matter of seconds.

Yip Man and Leung Sheung> Leung Ting> Keith Kernspecht> Emin Boztepe> Me

On the contrary, I think that the JKD school could teach you "the real deal" when it comes to trapping, but it just won't be as complex a system as it is in Wing Chun. It will still serve you well. Wing Chun is not complex...it all depends on who you learn from and how much patience you have. It can be learned in a relatively short period of time if you have a good sifu. Bad Sifu's stretch it out and make it more complex than it has to be.

I've never really done chi sao just heard of it, which is probally my problem. Yes that is the problem. The only way to learn is to train hard at it for a few years. If you don't have the patience for it then you might as well forget it. If you only want to learn a few trapping moves then go to a Jeet Kune Do school. They will show you techniques but not the real deal.

How long have you been training in chi sao? It takes many months of training to even begin to get competent at it. It is definately not something that can be learned correctly with just a few lessons.

Wing Tsun Kuen by Leung Ting Dynamic Wing Tsun by Leung Ting Wing Chun by James Lee and Bruce Lee

That's why I train in a martial art that does not require me to be stronger, faster, younger. A martial art that actually enables you to get better with age and not worse. A martial art that helps my health and body and not messes it up. It's called Wing Chun.

Some of them look like finger strikes but they are really throat strikes with the edges of the forearm. They are slashing thrusts to the neck with the intention of hitting the jugular vein and carotid artery and the windpipe.

They were both clearly not professional fighters so it just goes to prove that Wing Chun is effective for the common person that trains in it against somebody coming to attack. Clearly in the street you might not encounter somebody with the so called kickboxers arsenal.

Depends on who is teaching them and how much time you spend discussing and practicing the techniques. I've heard that seminars with Dan Inosanto are a waste for beginners because he goes so fast. He tries to cover so much that you only get to spend 5 or 10 minutes on a technique before he moves on to something else. I've attended Wing Tsun seminars with Emin Boztepe and those are fun and you learn a lot. Regardless of whether you are a beginner or not.

I've never heard of Mantis having chi sao like training but I could be wrong. I don't think that the styles would jive much in regards to energy drills like chi sao. I know southern Mantis adopts a similar stance but that's as close as it gets. Eventhough some techniques might look similar, I think the energy is different.

While this is something a hardcore fighter might do, I would not recommend it. Why would anyone want to intentionally want to do this to their own limbs? It just doesn't make sense to me. Learn a more intelligent martial art that does not require this kind of conditioning that could cause problems for you in the long run.

Warriors II is pretty good IMHO. It shows a lot of WC training. It's supposed to be a fictional story of Leung Jan when he was older. quote="HG"]Are the last two any good? I've never heard of them. Prodigal Son is one of my favorite fight films.