WT and sparring

[dippedappe]

Do a WT school have to have sparrings to be good?

My WT school do not have sparring. Atleast not that I know of. They focus on techniques and how to use them in a combat. Does this mean that the school is crap?

[giang_hu]

Many wing chun drills are partner drills that are just as effective to train in combat situations as sparring is. In fact, these two-person drills have an advantage over sparring in that your sifu can point out your mistakes and correct them and at the same time you get the feel of combat. In wing chun, a two-person cheung choi (the chain punch) drill starts off at the beginning levels with contact mainly closer to the wrists. More advanced cheung choi involved the practitioners to be closer together and the contact is closer to the elbows on the forearms (in other words, if your cheung choi is bad, you WILL get hit!).