MizuRyu

hahaha. I think you pretty much summed it up for me!

wing chun style.. jam it up w/ a turning step + tan... punch to the chin as hard as possible

Seems like a quality school to me. Mr. Leung seems to have a very impressive repetoire and seems as though he's striving for a more traditional approach. He's part of the Yip Ching lineage, same as our school, and if it's anything like mine, expect a LOT of hard work!

I'm a philsophy and jogging nutcase! I play guitar and drums and occasionally enjoy a few hours on my Xbox or SNES.. lol

I've only been taking Wing Chun for a little under a year, and through that time of very dedicated study I can say that it is VERY effective.. if applied correctly and appropriatly. The real problem I notice w/ WC practitioners on a general level is their lack of aggression. Wing Chun is an art meant to be used very aggressively... luckily our school emphasizes that very harshly. If you wait to react to hits, you're doing nothing but chasing hands.. which is gonna burn you... bad. Every Tuesday in my basement I have mixed Tang Soo Do, Karate, Wing Chun, and Boxing practitioners don full sparring gear and mouthguards and apply their knowledge... we're also cross training and learning to adapt to scenarios. The first 2 weeks I did it I was having trouble with WC because I was making the NUMBER ONE mistake of most of it's users. I was chasing hands. Against the boxer that was a huge problem. After a while though, I got smart and just plowed into them, chain punch and turning step, throw some elbows in, when a hand would try and get to my face, I'd cross it or lap it. It worked very very well. One of the advantages of Wing Chun is bridging quickly to set up for a take down. It's a striker's way of applying drops and throws effectively, at least for me. One of the things that I noticed with boxers is the side stepping. But, there's a drill that WC does where you mirror a turning step. It teaches you to stay on center and control it no matter which direction the center is moving. If these sort of concepts are aggressively and openly applied they are very useful.

I have an exercise that I LOVE... you can do it anywhere and it's easy. All you have to do is keep your hands near your hips.. in your peripheral vision, and throw something from one hand to the other w/o focusing on it. Focus on a point ahead and try and track the thing you're throwing with your peripheral vision and catch it. Throw it at high arc low speed, low arc high speed... etc. Be sure to throw things of different weights and air resistances... anything you can find really. My favorite items are a little stress ball I carry around, my keys, pencils, and balls of paper.

the real trick to weight loss is not giving your body enough fuel to run off of. My buddy went from over 200 lbs to 140 over the summer through eating one meal a day and running his brains out. Just be active as much as possible. I don't personally like treadmills at all because the backwards motion allows your glutes and quads to be lazy... the real money is in outdoor running or a high resistance exercise bike in my opinion.

It really depends on the degree. If they are insulting myself or people I know, I ignore them. I believe that words in that context are a pathetic attempt at feeling big. If I feel uncomfortable or like it could very well escalate, I will get in my Wing Chun 'talking' stance, hand on the chin. If they are talking WHILE initiating physical contact (screaming and pushing, etc), I'll go to lock the wrist or step back and guide them to the floor, or just step back in general. Sometimes... if it's not worth it at all, I'll just walk away while they're talking. It's funny I see this topic because not too long ago I had to deal with something of the like. He was getting in my face and I basically told him I didn't want to be the person responsible for keeping his childish temper in check, so I'd allow the school, who is more qualified, to put him in time out. Cooled him down haha.

I've been bodybuilding for a while now and through all of my efforts have noticed that a larger neck comes with a larger frame in general, so be warned, you can work the heck out of it but it won't get much bigger w/o a powerful core, however it can get stronger, though the size limits to what degree. Bridges are absolutely excellent, shrugs and 'neck curls' are great too. A neck curl is just hanging your head over your bed, holding a weight to it on top, and 'curling' your head up. Do it in all directions. Fold up a hand towel and place it between the head and weight also. Bridges are just arching your back while supporting your weight with either the top of your head or your hands and your feet while flexing the muscles in your trunk. A proper bridge has very little to do with how 'extreme' the arch of your back is, and more to do with your form and how you flex at the apex. Just shoot for keeping your back somewhat comfortable while keeping your head and feet firmly planted on the ground. As with any exercise program, keep to it 3 times a week and eat a whole lotta protein. For something like the neck, I'd say medium weight, 10 reps one set, 8 or 10 the other.

Welcome to the forums! I did for a while, it's an excellent style. I wish I would've stuck with it though, I switched to Ving Tsun due to money issues

Next time my buddy Josh starts trashing MAs in real life scenarios, i'm sending him this lol.

does it seem shifted upwards? you could have ruptured your bursa, which i did a while back, takes over a year to heal. like Aodhan said... see a doctor.

we have a little Chin Na in Wing Chun, but I'd like to learn the art in it's entirety. My friend's dad offered to teach me for a small fee a month, he also teaches a different lineage of Wing Chun and 7 Star Praying Mantis.

Thanks. I have the opportunity to take it and I think I will, seems well worth the money. I'm not so sharp outside of striking and I figure it'll help round me out a bit.

I usually bring my feet into the situation, front kicks and the like to the hips and upper abdomen to help close it up, then try and trap their arms and take them to the ground.

welcome to the boards Chris

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lol it is. I got corrected for picking my foot up off the ground. not as much the drag of moving... it's the pivot of the turning punch and whatnot.

what is it and would it work well w/ wing chun?

TSD: fake low with a right legged ap chagi (front kick), punch to the head. Or go for the abdomen w/ a left front, then a turning back kick w/ the right.

I'd really love to find a school but have had NO luck! there used to be one in Bay City but it closed a few years back. help!!!

For all that I love about Wing Chun.. the footwork is NOT on the list. I don't like how you drag your foot on the ground.. if you're in a yard and have running shoes on... the turning step and zig zag steps KILL your knees. I know this cuz I near ruined my knee the other night doing a turning punch. Am I just doing this wrong or what?

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Being aggressive is probably the biggest problem (on both ends of the scale) I notice when I throw 'sparring parties'. I basically invite all of my fellow MA buddies or aquaintances to spar in my basement as a way of applying our practice in a street fight scenario. Well, last night a buddy of mine full on KNEED another kid in the face, busted his lip wide open.. as in in HALF. Have you had any insane aggression moments in sparring?