Portland, Oregon area

[Raging Squirrel]

For traditional Shaolin training in the Portland area, look here:

 

https://www.shaolintemple.org

[wing chun kuen man]

I just want to say that some Wing Chun styles DO cover grappling. It all depends on which lineages the instructors/sifus belong to. In my school of traditional Wing Chun, (mainland China lineage), we are taught grappling, in the later stages of the Chum Kiu level.

 

And yes, Wing Chun is a complete system (not perfect, just complete), and is a very effective self defense system.

 

Wing Chun Kuen Man

[Drunken_Apprentice]

Which lineages teach grappling? There's a guy around here who was taught by Jiu Wan and they appear to focus primarily on standup techniques, though my exposure to it was some class observation and a few questions.

 

I hear about "anti grappling" programs, but I'm not sure what that covers.

 

How does WC handle the ground game from your experience?

[wing chun kuen man]

Drunken_Apprentice,

 

To my knowledge at least some mainland chinese lineages teach ground fighting. The ground fighting in Wing Chun takes mainly the style´s stand-up principles and concepts and adapts it to the ground.

 

When on the ground, striking techniques and Chin-na techniques can be used effectively to overwhelm/defeat the opponent.

 

Note: Even on the ground using the wing chun principles one can deliver powerful punchs.

 

WC ground fighting is only taught in the later stages of the Chum Kiu level. I am still new to it but have a good understanding of the concepts involved.

 

I would suggest that the next time you check out a class ask the teacher if ground fighting is covered in the system´s curriculum and if so is it Wing Chun ground fighting or is it "adopted" ground fighting techniques from perhaps BJJ.

 

If you are looking to train Wing Chun then I would advise that you find a school that teaches all aspects of wing chun without having had to "import" techniques from other systems to complete their system.

 

Wing Chun Kuen Man

[Gary]

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[Zhong Gau]

Chuang Tzu Ni of seattle has a Chinese student who has a guang do in portland. they also have another in the northern cali-so ore area. not sure what they're called, though.