Jason Chambers
Ten years of professional fighting experience
Zero years of stance training?
Jim Fung (and students)
Zero years of professional fighting experience
45 years of Wing Chun Kung Fu training
Explaining the relationship between stance training and effective kicking, Jim Fung writes:
Wing Chun emphasises low kicks because we believe them to be faster, easier to apply and less risky than high kicks. It is most important to keep your balance when kicking, otherwise the opponent may be able to grab your leg, or move in and push you over.
The Wing Chun stance teaches you how to keep your balance. In training, always practice your stance, and do all kicking from the stance. [In application], bend the knees slightly to lower the center of gravity and allow ease of leg movement, apply your internal contraction to hold the upper and lower body together as one unit, and keep the back up straight.
The stance teaches you how to kick without telegraphing…most people find it hard to stop a fast, powerful low kick.
(continued at International Wing Chun Academy website)
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10 responses so far ↓
1 Jack Robertson // Jun 24, 2008
What did stance training have to do with this, exactly?
2 Chris // Jun 24, 2008
Look at 0:28 in both videos, compare the techniques and the outcomes.
3 Jack Robertson // Jun 25, 2008
Well, the technique in the first video is being performed against a guy who is actually trying to get in a hit on Jason, while the technique in the second video is being performed against a student who is there to be a demo dummy and make Grandmaster look impressive. That’s the main difference I see.
4 Bryan // Jun 25, 2008
Stance training has nothing to do with it.
FOOTWORK training, however, is very important.
5 McDojo hater // Jun 28, 2008
Oh PLEASE that Wing Chun video (the second) is mostly crap.
It’s just another example of students being quite obediant toward their master.
There is:
- Learnt obediance after endless hours of practice of training drills where the “defender” (winner) and “attacker” (loser), take turns.
- Confusion between respect and submission
- Concious, voluntary restraint because it is a demo, not sparring nor fight with rules nor free-fight.
- Involuntary restraint provoked by fear of the master’s reaction if you do not let him perform the technique properly. (He may try again much harder, this time injuring you badly)
- Fear of injuring your master
6 Thomas // Jul 3, 2008
While I definitely think Wing Chun is a great art and is very effective, I feel that this is a fairly poor comparison and demonstration of the discipline.
7 Mordecai // Jul 17, 2008
I wonder what’d happen if you’d put Jason Chambers and that kung fu dude face to face in a kicking bout? It’d be sad to see 45 years of stance training run down the drain.
8 Chris // Jul 17, 2008
We’ve already seen Jason Chambers in a kicking bout.
9 Thomas // Jul 20, 2008
I’d say the taekwondo match is similar to pitting a high school basketball star against Kobe Bryant in a one-on-one basketball match. It certainly illustrates the former’s lack of experience in the game, but it’s a rather obvious outcome.
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