Mainstream Wing Chun Punch: Online Comments
https://www.quora.com/Some-people-I-know-say-that-the-reason-why-Wing-Chun-wont-in-real-life-is-because-Wing-Chun-punches-are-too-light-given-how-fast-they-are-Is-this-true
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"I'm going to be honest, I have some experience in Wing Chun though not taught in the traditional manner, and my conclusion has been that Wing Chun punches don't work terribly well at least not as taught.
They tend to have very little support from the shoulders, hips, and feet which are key for generating power. Most Wing Chun punches are taught as being driven from and by the elbow. I actually wonder just how long the common method of Wing Chun punching has been taught within the art.
It's just not a great method of punching. I like the art, and think it has things to offer but I would ditch its method of punching altogether."
https://www.reddit.com/r/martialarts/comments/3socr8/can_someone_explain_how_wing_chun_punching_is/
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"I'm a chinese and have been learning wing Chun for years. The technique is absolutely useless in combat sport and I suggest you to stay away from it if you want to learn real combat sports
Wing Chun has no striking power and punching techniques, it does not make sense, the moves will not work in real combat."
https://www.reddit.com/r/martialarts/comments/tqm7vr/question_about_wing_chun_and_punching_power/
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WING CHUN IS WEIRD
"Not bad, just weird.
Wing Chun is demonstrated all around as a style centered on centerline control, but even the Wing Chun masters are not really able to 'control' their partner's moments through their chi sau and it ends up looking like a slug fest where everyone is trading slaps with each other.
Wing Chun is claimed also to be a 'direct', efficient style without frills or excess movements. But Pak Mei kungfu is more efficient, and styles which are 'excessive' turn out to be quite efficient in application, such as Hung Gar.
Is it just me, or has everyone misunderstood the true nature of Wing Chun?"
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"I love the concept of Wing Chun. Any videos of it working (and not looking like sloppy kickboxing) in the streets or cage?"
"I remember watching a podcast with a wing chun guy who decided to start doing a lot of sparring. I remember him saying it took a while to adapt it and part of the problem was when he started sparring a lot, his attempt to modernize it really just turned into him learning kickboxing instead. Can't remember his name but I remember his sparring didn't look too good, though it was a lot better than most of the traditional martial arts v kickboxing videos you see."
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Paura Dexter:
I was a fan of wingchun until i got victimized of this shit twice
the proble with wingchundemo is the opponent will wait for the master to direct the script, or choreo,.. its not thye same in reality
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Nel Beevers:
I did JKD & Muay Thai years ago and was baffled at how much time the JKD guys spent on this "trapping" skill. When it came to sparring I boxed, then when they would try this I would either back out of range or crash through and clinch! They spend all this time on a skill where the range is closed in a millisecond! It's like teaching a boxer to throw punches at kicking range, useless!
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"And the WC punch really sucks"
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Fermin Garza's comment:
"Bullshido! Absolutely no power behind those Bullshido strikes! What professional fighters use those strikes? None!"
Another comment:
'Tap tap tap. Aggressive pattycake"
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A comment from Mark. Aren't his observations aligned with our disclosure about mainstream Wing Chun? Chunners, are you still in denial?
"Unfortunately neither of these instructors seem to have any real life fighting experience.
He is teaching Wing Chun without proper weight distribution his weight is 50/50 at best no forward energy and leaning back.
Also trying to stop a punch with your fingers is a great way to get your fingers broken You are better served using your forearm as a bridge to parry and deflect.
Regarding chain punches if there is no weight distribution behind it it is little more than a fly landing on you.
And before you criticize my comments I'm a martial art practitioner and instructor with over 50 years experience in Chinese Kung Fu and real life bare knuckle fighting."
Alex Perez:
"Most of what you say is correct but you don't need much force to cave a throat in, but you're correct in that if the structure of the chain punches isn't there the force isn't there, and they definitely didn't have correct structure."
Angelo M Alcazar:
"TBH Wing Chun only works when you and your enemy follows how to coordinate with each other. But in reality , whether in a war or in a self defense , coordination will not follow those rules. Imagine if we are going to fight against your opponent sticking to the rules and techniques of every individual's fighting style on what and how to do offense and defense (based on the rules and roles of your martial art style) then i would believe Wing chun and any related martial arts will become effective. Most fights whether panicking or not , playing dirty tricks is always present for we are talking about surviving , not for having a coordination with against enemy doing fancy moves with each other. So thats why Martial arts with abstract styles are just a bunch of wild fantasy and only exist on dramas and entertainment.
The reason why MMA fighters and Boxers win against those.
Not a bias sonce when i was elementary i practice those. And i rather believe to martial arts where it teaches about hitting a specific parts of the body where you will unable to move and sometimes fall asleep."
Chris Doak:
"The thing with that (in)famous chain attack is that you can’t just open with it, something that even the most over-the-top fiction gets right.
Even the Ip Man movies, which really push to sell the legend, only have him use it when his opponent is already off-balance or vulnerable.
Hell even Street Fighter gets it right - if you open with a supercombo people just dodge it or counter it and you get wrecked, but if you wait til they’re stunned or overextended they take the whole thing."
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A question on Quora: "Why does Wing Chun seem to lose to every other martial art in existence?"
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Inconsistent instruction/training; many lineages with conflicting philosophies/techniques all call themselves wing chun and all claim to be the "true" wing chun. It's hard to find a good teacher and easy to find a bad one who gets off on being called "Sifu."
Many Wing Chun/Tsun schools don't include much, if any, sparring. Most serious martial artists agree that sparring an uncooperative opponent is a vital part of effective training.
Limited/non-existent video evidence of someone using wing chun to successfully defend themselves"
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"Notice that Wing Chun “has” to be mixed with a functional art in order to be effective but the opposite is not true."
From valetudomonk
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