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Originally Posted by fenwick99
I would agree that ANY wing chun is better than most styles of karate, tae kwon do, or kung-fu. Wing chun has sometimes proven ineffective
when a 250-lb man attacks a 120-lb. woman.
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That is a bold statement. I teach and practice wing chun religiously, but I would never go so far as to say that it is better than most other styles. As I have said before. You can have a great karate practitioner destroy a wing chun student no problem.
A lot of it depends on environment - if you are sparring and you get a good karate kick to the face, game over.
I enjoy wing chun, because as a big guy it gives me good hand speed, good structure and a good base. But wing chun lacks fitness training (ie you get more of a workout in 10 minutes of BJJ sparring than several lessons of wing chun). It lacks long distance training (ie it is often limited to close range)
I don't agree with martial art bashing - no martial art is poor (it always gives you something). There might be various flaws within a martial art (ie close range fighting in karate, long range fighting in wing chun, etc), but that is why I train in other arts as well.
Thai Bri - I agree that it is better to get one or two powerful hits in than two thousand soft hits. But good wing chun schools emphasise this
Fudgewick or whatever your name is - I couldn't take you seriously after you mentioned Leung Ting