Well said Lester,

Thank you.

For anyone else curious of this thought, you must ask yourself one question…

Why are you learning Wing Chun?

If you are learning to fight, then you may have already lost.
I say this because firstly, you will miss out on all that Wing Chun has to offer, and secondly because, training with anger or fighting in your eyes, will only make you…[Read more]

Hi Saba,

I did confirm your Facebook request, then noticed you had cancelled your membership to the site, stating it was too expensive, therefore, as you have left, I guess you will not read this anyway.

As a side note:
I do find it strange that people want sirloin steak for the price of corned beef.

Anyway, while I’m on this:
I gave myself a…[Read more]

Hi Saba,

I did confirm your Facebook request, then noticed you had cancelled your membership to the site, stating it was too expensive, therefore, as you have left, I guess you will not read this anyway.

As a side note:
I do find it strange that people want sirloin steak for the price of corned beef.

Anyway, while I’m on this:
I gave myself a…[Read more]

You’re very kind.

Thank you.

Oh dear,

Midday GMT is 6.00am CST, are you ok for that once each month??

I’m up at that time but not sure who else is? Still it is summertime so that’s something at least.

Maybe for May we could make it an hour later, let’s see how it goes.

Fingers crossed we can train to gather next week.

Sifu

(Oh and thank you for the info regarding class times)

Hi Charles,

Thank you for your patience.

It shouldn’t say Thursdays anywhere (at least not any more?) but if you remember where you saw that, I will certainly redress it.

Classes are on a Saturday but not always on the first, last week was the Easter break in the UK so a national holiday, same in the US, so this month’s livestream class will be…[Read more]

Hi Gang,

Sorry for the delay, I wanted to keep away from the forum for a little while to see what developed.

I just had a little read through this blog to remind me of what was said, and I do think there may be a few crossed wires.

This answer went on far too long so I decided to form it into a blog instead.

Pop over and take a look:

There…[Read more]

Hi James,
Is this Jimmy???

Anyway, sorry for the delay, I wanted to keep away from the forum for a little while to see what developed.

It is true there are some videos in the wrong place atm as we’re sorting a few things out, however, sometimes videos are repeated on purpose, this being due to their importance, either on their own merit and the…[Read more]

Hi Benjamin and thank you for your kind answer.

It is indeed a good thing to wish to learn more, after all, the better you understand how a move works, the better you will make it work for you.

At the same time however, Wing Chun is design to work in harmony with your body’s natural reactions, and for this reason, on occasion, we do need to just…[Read more]

And……. relax. 🙂

I thank you for your passionate response Colin, and for such kind words, but it’s ok my friend, I’ve got this one.

You have been very kind (and direct) here Colin, however, it can sometimes, take some students longer to create open-mindedness than others, this is all I think we are seeing, so let’s all try to be…[Read more]

Hey Ben, here we are again.

When I teach a class, it is not there to have give the answers, everything is open to interpretation is it not.

Regarding three dimensions, the blocks, or shapes, or drills given, where simply to give an idea to get you started, and to be honest, that whole first major paragraph got me lost.
You must learn to take…[Read more]

Like in Dan Chi Sau, we need to realise that this is a drill, so when you are lapped, you Bong, great, job done.

Now for more details…

For your PARTNER (not opponent), once the contact from the punch is met with a Bong, the exercise is finished, we have completed the micro-focussed element we were looking at, so now we can repeat this on the…[Read more]

Hi Ben,

Please allow me to address your points.

‘I’m struggling to move backwards with this half step as majority of weight is on a single leg.’

Well, this is exactly what I mean when I say, if you lift this back foot then you fall, utilising the fall is the acceleration to gain for the speedy retreat, and I might add, the lack of t…[Read more]

Hi Ben,

Let me address these in order.

‘The increase of weight on the back foot is demanding an increase of effort to move’

If this is referring to Biu Mar then how are you stepping?
To go forward all we need to do is push off from the back leg, if this is to go backwards, then there is a strong chance you are shifting the weight forwards in…[Read more]

Much better!

But still a couple of points,

1- Lift your chin, this helps you relax and builds confidence.

2- Most important now, is to focus on switching off immediately after the impact.

Keep up the good work.

Sifu

To support your Wing Chun…

Do more Wing Chun. 🙂

Sifu

Thought you’d be at class today?

Praise? Yes, I guess so. or as I call it, positive and encouraging feedback, something I believe credit where credit is due.
I did not say he was right, the punches were not (yet), but there were many solid qualities that should be recognised, embraced, and utilised.

Regarding pressure etc.
We need to learn to…[Read more]

Here’s the video link Kaylan,

Also look at how and where, my knuckles are landing.

Thank you.

Hello again Kalyan,

I watched your video and there are a few very simple thing we can do to make this work for you, the main thing being ‘If it is not comfortable, it is not right’, so let’s get you there.

As for an earlier comment from Benjamin: ‘To recheck whats being learned, you’ll need a knowledgeable partner’, this is not correct, what y…[Read more]