wing chun/kung fu in street fight

[eadragon21]

Hey everyone-

 

Just wanted to hear on anyone's experience in using their kung fu in a street fight. Or, has anyone sparred with good boxers/kickboxers/grapplers and how did you fair? Any feedback would be great. Thanks

 

Peace

[fangshi]

Better not to fight .

 

If your technique is better , if you train harder , if you are in better condition ( both physically and mentally ) Than you are in a better position to win regardless of style . And yet it is still better not to fight.

[aefibird]

Thankfully I've never had to use any of my MA training in a SD/streetfight situation - and I hope I never will.

 

My Wing Chun club also teaches TKD, Kickboxing, Kali and Tai Chi and we sometimes have 'inter-style' bouts between the various club members, with interesting results.

 

However, I've not participated in any of them yet because I don't feel that my Wing Chun/TCC is sufficiently good enough yet.

[Infrazael]

I've knocked a kickboxer to the ground more than once.

 

Although, it was mostly because he had no guard and all I had to do was throw a cross lol. . . . . no Kung Fu techniques.

[Thaegen]

bad kickboxer

[CQC]

I took up Kung Fu for self-defense, and I have had to use it more than once. I'll just stick to telling a short story which was simply a "hardcore" sparring session with my friend.

 

My friend has been taking TWD for roughly 5 years, so he has a fairly good grasp on techniques etc. We decided it was a good idea to have a friendly sparring match, just for fun. I considered myself a much better fighter prior to the fight, not because my style was better, but because I was just bigger, stronger and much faster and aware than him.

 

We got into it, and it ended up on the ground a few times where I quickly put him in submission holds - and he had no idea whatsoever how to defend on the ground. At the beginning of the battle he'd attempt to execute various styles of kicks, and I'd either move in closer so that he could execute them, or simply dodge and counter.

 

If he would have actually landed a kick to my upper arm or ribs, there's no doubt in my mind he could have broken them.

 

As for other recent fights I've had no problem taking out people that have opposed me. Keep in mind those were situations where there was either no escape or potential weapons involved. Weather or not my street fighting techniques come from Kung Fu or CQC remains to be seen, although the more knowledge of fighting the merrier.

 

Hope this helped!

[DunDunna]

i have used wing chun in a couple of instances.

 

one was in a street fight, i took the guy down and held him for the police.

 

others were against other martial artists. some i won some i lost.

[CadetRay]

I have never encounter a street fight but i sparred. Once i was sparrring three guys they are the same size as i m am. I took them all down using 1 simple move three times.

[Hudson]

I usually spar with my friend, a Muay Thai kickboxer, who really I'm sure could break my bones if I were unskilled, but because of the philosophy in my style, and the way he fights, I've found Kung Fu very usefull. Especially when I use elements he doesn't have, such as jamming and trapping. Being able to move in close to a range where his legs are just annoying and his armss are easy to tie into knots, it's useful.

 

I've also been successful in winning fights against Aikido stylists, Tae Kwon Do stylists, and Karate stylists, but mostly because they always trained for point sparring and I never did. (No knocking point sparring, just saying, my fight doesn't end when I hit someone in the chest)

[pvwingchun]

Hudson

 

There in lies the problem with point sparring or sparring in your training where you do not train with what I will call intent. The old adage "Train like you fight, fight like you train", is very true in this respect. To many people spar without that intent and so when it comes time to utilize what they have learned training takes over and they simply are not prepared mentally and physically to fight. My students know if they don't block they will get hit and it is going to hurt and conversely if they throw a punch and it hits me it better hurt, also we wear no protective equipment which conditions the mind to taking a shot. This isn't to say that we beat the tar out of each other but the intent is there. It is a much smaller step to take in a real life situation than the one where you have trained to essentially hit and step back to one, take the point or two see what happens or how your opponent reacts. Sparring is only effective if it is realistic and and essentially uncontrolled in a controlled environment, for lack of a better way of explaining it. To many folks spar in a controlled setting under controlled conditions and that is not representative of a self defense situation.

 

John