Originally Posted by Red Rum

All I would say is that you are training at the wrong Kamon classes for this. The classes I train at train light sparring, heavy sparring, padwork (under pressure) and more.

I have trained and train at Muay Thai, boxing, BJJ and karate clubs and have to say that sparring under pressure is okay, but isn't really suitable for a streetfight. It doesn't mean that they don't work, only that if you spar with a person, 70% of the time, they will have sparred as well or at least know how to throw a punch from distance...

In wing chun we shut the person down and fight them on our terms. It takes time to practice this but it does work.
Grixti - I strongly suggest you attend the Archway demo that is coming up. Ask Sifu these questions and he will give you an honest and fair answer in person.

My other point is that people who join wing chun as beginners do not want to be drilled into intensive padwork or spar. If people want to go fight in the UFc then yeah they can train like that. I do that on a semi professional basis and train every day (even with work, hence the 'semi'). People who are past the age of 30 can't really handle that kind of training on a regular basis
That is why they have MMA gyms. If you went into a martial arts school and they started hitting you (even with gloves) and pushing you around, you wouldn't come back
You learn an art first, and then train it intensively

Originally Posted by Tom Yum

Ghost, you are like rogue from x-men but with a willy.
*drools*