agreed. excellent base street fighting, does not get enough respect. mma has it's place but there are many(and i'm being brief) "partially-passive" contact styles(lol) that should be brought to light a little more.(imo)
@imtheFreshest Even if he wants to kill you, still depends on his approach to it. Anytime a weapon is presented, you should assume that the individual plans to kill you. If you're not assuming that, then yeah, you're probably in deep shit. But to say no martial art can help you, I don't believe. I've been on both sides, a student of martial arts for 21 years.. and I've served in infantry and did a tour in Afghanistan. I've seen class room teaching and real violence. Training helps.
@imtheFreshest Even a gun is not a 100% chance of victory, in fact its far from it. Shooting under pressure is hard even for the most competent person and if you are fatigued its even worse or being battered or stabbed.
@Metacool416 Oh dear brother, I think one of the biggest mistake a man can do in life is putting himself first without true justification, and if a man spends a considerable amount of time telling others that they are wrong and he is right; then you will find a man that consistently runs his life on second guesses -or- fear. Fear of needing to belong, a fear of needing to be heard, and a fear of needing to be seen.
why thank you for that very poetical analogy of me and the errors in my ways Rahim. I realized that I to must also must recognize my mistakes in order to correct them. Thank you very much
@Metacool416 Sense you asked; well I think you did with this remark… “Well I am glad you've mastered your stance, I should've thought twice about asking you that, a well accomplished Sifu like yourself”.. (What a fool I am). I think you want me to put up a clip, so I will in two hr., stay tune my friend.
When I said your foot work was was wrong, remember initially I thought you were in the same lineage as me, so at the time I was addressing your footwork from the standpoint of "our" system, but since you are not from "our" system clearly your foot work is NOT wrong because you are not within our system so therefore I can't really call your footwork wrong just different. Just as my foot work is correct within my system but incorrect or "wrong" within yours. Hope thats clear now.
@Metacool416I really don’t want to fight with you, so please don’t get upset; I haven’t, not one time. Even when you said I was wrong, and that my foot work is no good, I really don’t want to hurt your feelings… If one fights on his toes, then how can one have a center of balance when dealing with forward vector force? Unless he is leaning against something, then one truly doesn’t have a center of gravity, just forceful forward vector force without softness and sensitivity…..
i'd like you to try something(which requires a partner) get into a parallel stance with 50/50 weight distributed evenly on each leg. First, while in this stance ground yourself using your heels as an anchor, ask your partner to stand in front of you and to push you, and then I want you to ground yourself with the ball of your foot(while in the same stance) and ask your partner to push you again, after that i'd like you to tell me what happens...
and since you brought up the application of footwork to everyday life, let me ask you this, if you are facing west and then you wish to face east, do you "pivot" eastward from your western direction? or do you lift your feet off the ground and place it downwards facing the eastern direction?(with the rest of your body following suit).......LOL!!!!
@Metacool416 Sense you haven’t learned wing chun terms or Cantonese and don’t have a camera, no one on this forum will understand what you are talking about. Its two ways that 99% of the ‘Yip Man’s wing chun population does this. They will step first and pivot -or- they will pivot first then step. And then 1% (William Cheung) and two other groups (non-Yip Man) works off the balls of their feet, why is Cheung different than the 99% of the Yip Man wing chun population?
@Metacool416 If one walks up the street like that (toe to heel) he or she will get bad looks and I truly believe that, and you do as well, because it’s not normal like walking heel to toe the way ‘Yip Man’ taught his first top five Hong Kong students.
@Metacool416 My students can push me as hard as they want to while I’m in my stance, and I won’t move not one inch. I can prove this on video clip, I’ve mastered my stance years ago.
By re-channeling energy to the floor, while holding proper structure awareness and using the concept of “chum” sinking energy.
@Metacool416 Remember, you came to me first and said “Your footwork is wrong”. And you let me know that I shouldn’t do my wing chun like the way 99% of the Yip Man population does it, but I should use the footwork like the 1% of the Yip Man population, no thanks I’ll stay with the majority…
@Metacool416 While trying to ground yourself to the floor on the balls of your feet, your upper body will automatically become stiff, losing a lot of sensitivity and cutting your center of gravity in half. It will be all upper body without having the heels on the floor.
I actually first trained in the mainstream lineages, started in Moyat, went to Leung Ting and my last stop was in William Cheung's and have stayed since. The fundamental base principles in all lineages are the same, however the foot work and weight distribution of 50-50 in Williams system makes it more dynamic and flexible, and another reason why I found home in this system was because(personally) it seemed a bit more refined and better synthesized, here is an example---> watch?v=_kD2AdUEm3E
@Metacool416 Try running up the street that way-or- just try walking to the store like that and you will get a lot of weird looks. I think heel to toe is more natural, because that’s how we run and walk in everyday life; I don’t know; maybe it’s just me.
Sounds like you been around. Benny Meng is the student of Grandmaster Garrett Gee (Shoalin Wing Chun), and Benny learned from Moy Yat as well, now he’s doing the same footwork as you are, toe to heel, rather than heel to toe in which seems more natural to me.
@Metacool416 It seems that Grand Master Garret Gee of the “Shaolin Wing Chun System” has the same footwork as Grand Master Cheung’s almost identical. Could you tell me why Master Cheung’s wing chun is so different then all the other Yip Man family system’s out there; I mean, Cheung does it one way and 99% of the original crew of Yip Man does it another way?
@Metacool416 I’m not the best, and even if you can’t show us or explain it, I just don’t have it in me to say that you’re wrong; but I refuse to disregard the foot work that is taught in those forms because someone says it’s the wrong way to do it. Take care,
@Metacool416 I think you could explain things better if you just stay on subject by using the forms as a reference - or – using some wing chun terms/Cantonese; because just saying pick up your foot and placing it in another direction doesn’t help anyone understand what you’re trying to say…
If I would have picked up my foot then it would have been all defensive; because my striking hand wouldn’t have been able to reach him. But with the chum kil and mok jong footwork, it puts me in a better position to hit him back just as quick as he tried to hit me.
@Metacool416 The first time I moved, there was no time to pick up the foot, unless I wanted to defend and not hit back; by only searching for a defensive position (starting over). But I was always taught “Da” and I try to never block first, but get into an offensive position by step/pivot.
@Metacool416 The pivot in which I’ve done the first time was based off; if I’d mirrored my opponent’s attack had no step if any, because my opponent’s vector points or vertices was dead online to the outside of my lead arm, therefore there was no time to move both feet because soon as he grabbed my arm or hand, he had his offensive position executed, so I had no choice but to pivot.
But the second example was all step and pivot, in which I’ve stated; “this way is the best way to go”.
@Metacool416 Look closely at my feet and you’ll see a slight step before I move - or- pivot, just like in the “mook yong jong”… My center of gravity was never broken; I was taught that you’re only as good as your stance and I truly believe that…
I’m old school wing chun and I will never deviate from what the forms taught me, And it was my Sifu showing me the chum kil & the wooden man that actually taught me that movement years ago.
@Metacool416 There are many different groups of foot work –or- moving stance in the wing chun system: “Sek Mah” (Motion Interception) “Som Got Mah” (Female Triangle) “Tren Mah” (Pivot Step) ect, ect. If you haven’t seen that type of movement, then you might have not done “Chum Kil”, “Wooden Man” or Bil Jee… Because; pivoting and stepping is taught in all three of those forms…
I do know, but maybe mainstream wing chun is not all that mainstream…
Haha good stuff, I always make sure I am comfortable fighting from both stances. A lot of "normal" people have difficulty fighting southpaw; but the best boxers and such can fight from both at any given moment.
Very clear and nicely done good brother have been admmiring your chung for a while now. Its good hope some day to meet in person it would be my great pleasure. Shukran for sharing .
@danny72341 That’s true with his statements as well and I'm sure he was saying the same thing, then you put a real nice twist on it that amplified my thoughts within the same contents of your statement; you’re real good people, just like the 168 who liked this clip and the 16 who liked his statement… That was put together very well…
@sifumg Positioning and timing can deal with speed… In wing chun there is a saying; “he goes fast, you go slow, he goes hard, you go soft; all based strongly on the concepts of jamming, wedging and positioning…
Without THAT true understanding, speed wouldn’t help you at all when standing within two or three feet in front of your opponent that truly knows this… It took me almost 15 years of my 32 years of training to truly understand this concept.
@sifumg It’s ok to disagree...Let’s take the whole ideal and the premise into everyday life.
Timing/Speed: Timing will put you in the right position, while speed will put you in a situation of haste.
Positioning : Positioning by design (combat,) is to be up front or first, in which is usually derived from timing; like the everyday saying, “I was in the right place, at the right time”…
It’s not how fast, but how well one can execute his intension.
@alirahim1 Yes speed is a gift but if you train or study it from a scientific perspective it can be masteredd like anything else in this universe. I was always told by my Sifu that posture is everything.
@sifumg I was taught that posture or structure is the forerunner of positioning that supplements timing which helps educes speed; like the gears in a watch that can produce the right time. If the watch runs too fast, the hands of the watch will never be in the right position and it would be consider broken.
@sifumg Usually why a watch runs too fast (or even slow), is because the gears in the watch are slightly off positioned, meaning that the interdependent concepts or mechanism are not supplementing each other; or too much of anything would put you in a bad or wrong position…
You would want your intension to always fall or hit its mark, kinda like swinging a bat dealing with fast balls and change ups.
Nice........ basic wing chun facing your attacker! I prefer the blind side for attacking but that is not always possible so very good info for those learning...
@C0mm3n i wouldn't shoot anyone on the streets because it could be very dangerous having him fall backwards and hit his head on the asphalt or sidewalk, potentially killing the guy. not everybody has learnt how to curve their back and tuck in neck when falling like martial artists.
Thank you for posting this clip. I do not train in WC but this video is the first time I have seen someone use WC and use angles. All the other videos I have seen of WC the use very lenear attacks. Osu
@kapoof2 there is no such thing as reverse racism...it's just racism.lol I'm not calling you a racist just pointing out the flaw in the statement "reverse racism"..
@radiojustus That statement worked for both of us, just promoting the idea of brotherhood in which is a flaw for most, but your statement is openly welcomed…
Hey can you do me a favor bro? I used to do wing chun but the instuctor never went over fighting just forms and chisau. Can you make a clip showing the correct stance you should use for fighting? My understanding is the stance in forms is a practice stance
i have never taken wing chun myself ( i take taekwondo ) but i have fought against my friend who does it. he orignally started with the practide stance and quickly learned that it does not work. instead he raised his hands more towards his face like a boxer ( but still open hands ), but lower so that he could still see and work his motions properly.
he found that worked alot better when fighting me and my deadly kicks. he could easily deflect my punches with his wing speed.
@appraiserjv I had a guy pull it off (outside attack) and hit me years ago; well, it would work if one chooses to just stand there and let it happen, like they say, “ half the battle is just knowing”…
@alirahim1 the way you speak and teach reminds me so much of my first teacher(basically my eldest dai lo since he wont claim Sifu in any system he's studied) Refreshing to hear Wing Chun explained so well and by your comments here I love the respect you give other arts as well. All good things to you man. *bows*
@Bastion83 Wow, I really thank you very much, the key to all of this is just being honest and only teach or talk about what you truly know, because good people can see right through it (nonsense) just be honest; I thank you again my friend …
@alirahim1 You're most welcome. I havent studied Wing Chun in awhile(got into Northern Shaolin and a bit of Taiji) but I still give it respect and I hate all these posers, mma fanboys etc who have no respect for a system that has such rich history and so much practical use. I wish more out there taught it like you, its a rarity regardless of which martial path you choose. *bows*
@jgreene809 I would say that Thai boxing is a very beginner friendly martial art. It teaches you the basics of punching ( and elbowing) and kicking (and kneeing). The training conditions you to be physically tough. But I also believe its good to learn more than one martial art.
@alirahim1 same here, different linage though, yip man, wong shun leung, wan kam leung, im from the north of ireland and we dont have a big selection so i was very lucky to find a good wing chun teacher!!
It is usually the very advanced practitioners like you who thrive off of the basics and principles. It's easy to forget the simple things and get caught up in trying to do too much. The beauty of the CMA lies within the principles and beginning basics.
@dekal1 No, that’s not the point, the point is to learn the basic, and without a doubt; refine them as much as one can… Don’t forget or throw anything away…
@alirahim1 Bruce lee "learn the technique, perfect the technique, forget the technique". what he meant was subconscious integration, but is relevant to your reply and helps understanding how should one go about the basics.
@guachingman The only reason why I speak of refining the basics’ is because one learns or pick up many different concepts and techniques, and things can get very confusing when under pressure; to the point that one reacts like a deer in the head lights. But with a strong fundamental base, one will always have one too three techniques that will work 85 to 95 percent of the time… take care
“Wing Chun” as I see it, is a “science” in its purest form. There are many mathematical concepts that a lot of people talk about, and some even demonstrate, fighting lines, structure and timing. I can go on and on, some don’t have a clue on what they are doing are full of mathematical concepts, some do have an understanding or ideal, but only on a small level.
@alirahim1 heres how i see it, no need to get into the in depths science, the basic level is this, every move you make be it a bong sau, tan sau, wu sau, w/e your actually forming multiple zones of "triangles" and anything that come into those zones instantly become counter reflexed by be it a chain punch or a lap sao strike or w/e.
how you use those techniques on the arms determines how the "triangles" intercept.
@HomasterX What you just describe to a nut shell in dealing with multiple triangles and shapes is what mathematicians call the ‘Steiner Point’, please run a Google. I’m sorry, but nothing works in an instant when dealing with wing chun.
@HomasterX This is what I’m talking about, no offense to you; but most of the wing chun public refuse to use their brains to the fullest, to prime themselves to develop their most basic concepts to a higher understanding, then and only then; will something work in an instant (maybe), depends on how much one ponders….
If one just choose to do it (wing chun) and not pounder the body mechanics in which should go hand and hand, how would one develop a strong sense of application (real time), if one hasn’t develop his or her structure through proper body mechanics; in which is enhanced through mathematic, then one will have to force ones wing chun to work….
I can go on and on, some don’t have a clue on what they are doing are full of mathematical concepts, some do have an understanding or ideal, but only on a small level. When the problem or equation is put on paper and shown, most frown upon its very existence, when our everyday life or movements are based on natural body mechanics, which is full of many mathematical concepts. .
Such as: transipracal and resipracal energies, leverage, levers, multiple vectors (in a way that it makes the body move naturally), fulcrums and many more concepts that’s dealing with the natural movement of the body. Most throw away wing chun through trial and error. When they do that, they have no ideal that they’re literally tossing wing chun right out of the window…
If they can literally toss their wing chun out of the window, it will be much easier for them to lose the ideal of being natural, or to understand their natural abilities through everyday body mechanics, or through their very own wing chun structures and to get the most out of it, without deviating from the true concepts and principles of wing chun (mostly sensitivity and softness).
Everyone talks about softness but when demonstrated, there is more force than softness. By doing that (trial and error), means that you never had or gave yourself a true start in the wing chun system, by coming in the door eliminating things is always counterproductive to true understanding (your own wing chun system, as taught to you)…
One fighting range: I was taught that wing chun does not have long range or short range style of fighting, although we recognize them and understand what most perceive them to be, but yet we don’t practice those deal. In the system I do there is only one range of fighting, which is only two triangles merging together in the heat of combat…
Why play their game? I was always taught to let him come to me and then meet him halfway (unless your opponent is within arms reach), which will take the chase or the long-range right out of the fight, hence only one range of fighting…
The question is; are you a headhunter or one that truly searches and literally sink the bridge upon contact (chum kil: for what it really is; by name) or is there any deviation (don’t sink or search for bridge contact) and why? I ask this because; I see many other systems that do not take over the fighting line as one of the first tool of entry, dealing with combat, that the chum kil system dictates (sinking or searching for bridge contact).
@TheMotogavlas84 its hip turning with the shifting of your feet, like he said "pivoting" but this motion increases the range of his punches into the opponents solar-plexus/face/throat. adds like 3-10 inches, wing chun
Hey there. I've got one question. I'm doin Wing Tsun (yes, Leung Ting wt ^^) for about 5 years in Germany. One of the first things i've learned is to have 100% of your body weight on the backmost leg to make it very hard for a grappler to get you. "Never fight against the force and strength of your opponent. Always accommodate it and attack his weakness" is one of the first Wing Tsun Strategys. I don't wanna say " bla that's wrong bla" I only want to know which advantage you see in that stance.
My answers to your question far as advantages are, being able to reroute energy from the hands to the floor with softness; by jamming, wedging and slicing, but not taking... but using that energy you receive and guided to the floor when striking…
But the most important thing of all is; mobility as the wooden man dictates, always have the better position before striking, that way you can have a greater chance defensively “Da”….. All of the wing chun forms are done on two legs, all six of them, just try and do the wooden man on one foot…
The wooden man teaches and dictates body unity between the upper and lower body (legs, arms, feet, hands), the feet must follow the hands through body unity… Ones wing chun is only as good as ones stance..
Sifu Rahim may seem on the surface unconventional but the truth is, he's a master in every sense of the word. Both in life and esp in fighting. Cheers.
agreed. excellent base street fighting, does not get enough respect. mma has it's place but there are many(and i'm being brief) "partially-passive" contact styles(lol) that should be brought to light a little more.(imo)
ravynramon 1 day ago
Nice....a good legit lesson. The guy knows his shit
SoundgardenMan 2 days ago
Man I wish I could train with those guys! :)
MrPomeroyWatson 3 days ago
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lol the ghetto expert who noone has ever heard of squaring off against a hospital patient
jeepdude770 1 week ago
so what he got gun (dat ok ill wait!!) in my katt williams voice
lol
1djkenny 1 week ago
@1djkenny
if he got a gun he got it for a reason. if he wants to kill you, no problem. no matrial art in the world can help you then. ;)
but if he just points on you and wants to rob you, its another story.
imtheFreshest 1 week ago
@imtheFreshest Even if he wants to kill you, still depends on his approach to it. Anytime a weapon is presented, you should assume that the individual plans to kill you. If you're not assuming that, then yeah, you're probably in deep shit. But to say no martial art can help you, I don't believe. I've been on both sides, a student of martial arts for 21 years.. and I've served in infantry and did a tour in Afghanistan. I've seen class room teaching and real violence. Training helps.
SilatPlayer81 1 week ago
@imtheFreshest Even a gun is not a 100% chance of victory, in fact its far from it. Shooting under pressure is hard even for the most competent person and if you are fatigued its even worse or being battered or stabbed.
Warpath2198 1 day ago
0:57 epic ^^
BreizhNinja 2 weeks ago
hmmmm good ;)
wingchun1993 4 weeks ago
thanks for the straight talk. appreciate it...
mcul2112 2 months ago 3
'im not gonna stand here in motion wid dis KAT, im gonna switch it up, that way he'll NEVER have a chance to get to my outside!'
Love the street sound effects and the vocals!!! BLAM
ASKAGONYUNCLE 2 months ago
hes from mental hospital
6stringcobra 2 months ago
@6stringcobra You should know; he’s the one that sized you for your custom straight jacket (pink)…. ; )
alirahim1 2 months ago 14
@alirahim1 Cool videos man RESPECT to you Brother. -P-E-A-C-3-
DJ2RUD3 1 day ago
I like this dude
fourstar719 2 months ago
Good video.
firemedicpgh 3 months ago
respect from greece nice advice..
Niforakos 3 months ago
@Metacool416 Oh dear brother, I think one of the biggest mistake a man can do in life is putting himself first without true justification, and if a man spends a considerable amount of time telling others that they are wrong and he is right; then you will find a man that consistently runs his life on second guesses -or- fear. Fear of needing to belong, a fear of needing to be heard, and a fear of needing to be seen.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@alirahim1
why thank you for that very poetical analogy of me and the errors in my ways Rahim. I realized that I to must also must recognize my mistakes in order to correct them. Thank you very much
Asylum Malakim
Metacool416 4 months ago
@Metacool416 May peace be and stay with you also, dear brother... : )
alirahim1 4 months ago
@alirahim1
thank you once again
Metacool416 4 months ago
oh shit. i didn't expect that big guy to move that quick. lol
KoolAiddroolaid 4 months ago
@Metacool416 Sense you asked; well I think you did with this remark… “Well I am glad you've mastered your stance, I should've thought twice about asking you that, a well accomplished Sifu like yourself”.. (What a fool I am). I think you want me to put up a clip, so I will in two hr., stay tune my friend.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@alirahim1
When I said your foot work was was wrong, remember initially I thought you were in the same lineage as me, so at the time I was addressing your footwork from the standpoint of "our" system, but since you are not from "our" system clearly your foot work is NOT wrong because you are not within our system so therefore I can't really call your footwork wrong just different. Just as my foot work is correct within my system but incorrect or "wrong" within yours. Hope thats clear now.
Metacool416 4 months ago
@Metacool416 Why come you won’t answer this question: Why is Cheung different than the 99% of the Yip Man wing chun population?
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416I really don’t want to fight with you, so please don’t get upset; I haven’t, not one time. Even when you said I was wrong, and that my foot work is no good, I really don’t want to hurt your feelings… If one fights on his toes, then how can one have a center of balance when dealing with forward vector force? Unless he is leaning against something, then one truly doesn’t have a center of gravity, just forceful forward vector force without softness and sensitivity…..
alirahim1 4 months ago
i'd like you to try something(which requires a partner) get into a parallel stance with 50/50 weight distributed evenly on each leg. First, while in this stance ground yourself using your heels as an anchor, ask your partner to stand in front of you and to push you, and then I want you to ground yourself with the ball of your foot(while in the same stance) and ask your partner to push you again, after that i'd like you to tell me what happens...
Metacool416 4 months ago
and since you brought up the application of footwork to everyday life, let me ask you this, if you are facing west and then you wish to face east, do you "pivot" eastward from your western direction? or do you lift your feet off the ground and place it downwards facing the eastern direction?(with the rest of your body following suit).......LOL!!!!
Metacool416 4 months ago
@Metacool416 Sense you haven’t learned wing chun terms or Cantonese and don’t have a camera, no one on this forum will understand what you are talking about. Its two ways that 99% of the ‘Yip Man’s wing chun population does this. They will step first and pivot -or- they will pivot first then step. And then 1% (William Cheung) and two other groups (non-Yip Man) works off the balls of their feet, why is Cheung different than the 99% of the Yip Man wing chun population?
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 If one walks up the street like that (toe to heel) he or she will get bad looks and I truly believe that, and you do as well, because it’s not normal like walking heel to toe the way ‘Yip Man’ taught his first top five Hong Kong students.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 My students can push me as hard as they want to while I’m in my stance, and I won’t move not one inch. I can prove this on video clip, I’ve mastered my stance years ago.
By re-channeling energy to the floor, while holding proper structure awareness and using the concept of “chum” sinking energy.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 Remember, you came to me first and said “Your footwork is wrong”. And you let me know that I shouldn’t do my wing chun like the way 99% of the Yip Man population does it, but I should use the footwork like the 1% of the Yip Man population, no thanks I’ll stay with the majority…
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 While trying to ground yourself to the floor on the balls of your feet, your upper body will automatically become stiff, losing a lot of sensitivity and cutting your center of gravity in half. It will be all upper body without having the heels on the floor.
alirahim1 4 months ago
I actually first trained in the mainstream lineages, started in Moyat, went to Leung Ting and my last stop was in William Cheung's and have stayed since. The fundamental base principles in all lineages are the same, however the foot work and weight distribution of 50-50 in Williams system makes it more dynamic and flexible, and another reason why I found home in this system was because(personally) it seemed a bit more refined and better synthesized, here is an example---> watch?v=_kD2AdUEm3E
Metacool416 4 months ago
@Metacool416 Try running up the street that way-or- just try walking to the store like that and you will get a lot of weird looks. I think heel to toe is more natural, because that’s how we run and walk in everyday life; I don’t know; maybe it’s just me.
alirahim1 4 months ago
Sounds like you been around. Benny Meng is the student of Grandmaster Garrett Gee (Shoalin Wing Chun), and Benny learned from Moy Yat as well, now he’s doing the same footwork as you are, toe to heel, rather than heel to toe in which seems more natural to me.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 It seems that Grand Master Garret Gee of the “Shaolin Wing Chun System” has the same footwork as Grand Master Cheung’s almost identical. Could you tell me why Master Cheung’s wing chun is so different then all the other Yip Man family system’s out there; I mean, Cheung does it one way and 99% of the original crew of Yip Man does it another way?
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 I’m not the best, and even if you can’t show us or explain it, I just don’t have it in me to say that you’re wrong; but I refuse to disregard the foot work that is taught in those forms because someone says it’s the wrong way to do it. Take care,
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 I think you could explain things better if you just stay on subject by using the forms as a reference - or – using some wing chun terms/Cantonese; because just saying pick up your foot and placing it in another direction doesn’t help anyone understand what you’re trying to say…
alirahim1 4 months ago
If I would have picked up my foot then it would have been all defensive; because my striking hand wouldn’t have been able to reach him. But with the chum kil and mok jong footwork, it puts me in a better position to hit him back just as quick as he tried to hit me.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 The first time I moved, there was no time to pick up the foot, unless I wanted to defend and not hit back; by only searching for a defensive position (starting over). But I was always taught “Da” and I try to never block first, but get into an offensive position by step/pivot.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 The pivot in which I’ve done the first time was based off; if I’d mirrored my opponent’s attack had no step if any, because my opponent’s vector points or vertices was dead online to the outside of my lead arm, therefore there was no time to move both feet because soon as he grabbed my arm or hand, he had his offensive position executed, so I had no choice but to pivot.
But the second example was all step and pivot, in which I’ve stated; “this way is the best way to go”.
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 Look closely at my feet and you’ll see a slight step before I move - or- pivot, just like in the “mook yong jong”… My center of gravity was never broken; I was taught that you’re only as good as your stance and I truly believe that…
I’m old school wing chun and I will never deviate from what the forms taught me, And it was my Sifu showing me the chum kil & the wooden man that actually taught me that movement years ago.
Take Care
alirahim1 4 months ago
@Metacool416 There are many different groups of foot work –or- moving stance in the wing chun system: “Sek Mah” (Motion Interception) “Som Got Mah” (Female Triangle) “Tren Mah” (Pivot Step) ect, ect. If you haven’t seen that type of movement, then you might have not done “Chum Kil”, “Wooden Man” or Bil Jee… Because; pivoting and stepping is taught in all three of those forms…
I do know, but maybe mainstream wing chun is not all that mainstream…
Take Care, my friend…
alirahim1 4 months ago
@alirahim1 I lke people that know what their talking about.
Gerardo67682 4 months ago
nice video thanks for posting _/|\_
samuraichuck87 4 months ago
i love that you guys are in normal cloths it makes it way more entertaining
patrickwise06 4 months ago
Haha good stuff, I always make sure I am comfortable fighting from both stances. A lot of "normal" people have difficulty fighting southpaw; but the best boxers and such can fight from both at any given moment.
FinalFan0 5 months ago
i love how wc is international . loved your video
Pandabearmadness 5 months ago
Very clear and nicely done good brother have been admmiring your chung for a while now. Its good hope some day to meet in person it would be my great pleasure. Shukran for sharing .
abu1957 5 months ago
@danny72341 That’s true with his statements as well and I'm sure he was saying the same thing, then you put a real nice twist on it that amplified my thoughts within the same contents of your statement; you’re real good people, just like the 168 who liked this clip and the 16 who liked his statement… That was put together very well…
alirahim1 5 months ago
@alirahim1 thank you
danny72341 5 months ago
good vid
sexyboriquaman22 5 months ago
@LeungTingWT 6 series. Could be, 6.30, 6,45, 6,50 or M6 :)
ibarissever 5 months ago
@madzane94 Oh yeah, and a very good one.
alirahim1 5 months ago
AEEOOOOH!!
luchador1764 5 months ago
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IT ALL BOIOLS DOWN TO SPEED NO MATTER HOW VAST YOUR KNOWLEDGE. GOO DOB. KEEP IT UP!!!
sifumg 5 months ago
IT ALL BOIOLS DOWN TO SPEED NO MATTER HOW VAST YOUR KNOWLEDGE. GOO DOB. KEEP IT UP!!!
sifumg 5 months ago
@sifumg Positioning and timing can deal with speed… In wing chun there is a saying; “he goes fast, you go slow, he goes hard, you go soft; all based strongly on the concepts of jamming, wedging and positioning…
Without THAT true understanding, speed wouldn’t help you at all when standing within two or three feet in front of your opponent that truly knows this… It took me almost 15 years of my 32 years of training to truly understand this concept.
Take care,
alirahim1 5 months ago 8
@alirahim1 The concepts are right Yet I disagree......Speed is life. What lineage are you?
sifumg 5 months ago
@sifumg It’s ok to disagree...Let’s take the whole ideal and the premise into everyday life.
Timing/Speed: Timing will put you in the right position, while speed will put you in a situation of haste.
Positioning : Positioning by design (combat,) is to be up front or first, in which is usually derived from timing; like the everyday saying, “I was in the right place, at the right time”…
It’s not how fast, but how well one can execute his intension.
alirahim1 5 months ago
@alirahim1 Tis true I agree, but the first one there wins....lol.
sifumg 5 months ago
@sifumg Not if he’s in the wrong position and shoots his torpedo off, too early...
alirahim1 5 months ago
@sifumg Speed is a bonus or a gift, because there are many fighters that have knock out opponents faster than themselves…
alirahim1 5 months ago
@alirahim1 Yes speed is a gift but if you train or study it from a scientific perspective it can be masteredd like anything else in this universe. I was always told by my Sifu that posture is everything.
sifumg 5 months ago
@sifumg I was taught that posture or structure is the forerunner of positioning that supplements timing which helps educes speed; like the gears in a watch that can produce the right time. If the watch runs too fast, the hands of the watch will never be in the right position and it would be consider broken.
alirahim1 5 months ago
@sifumg Usually why a watch runs too fast (or even slow), is because the gears in the watch are slightly off positioned, meaning that the interdependent concepts or mechanism are not supplementing each other; or too much of anything would put you in a bad or wrong position…
You would want your intension to always fall or hit its mark, kinda like swinging a bat dealing with fast balls and change ups.
alirahim1 5 months ago
@alirahim1 Real talk thanks for droppin the knowledge
B0ker 3 months ago
@alirahim1 Thanks
rockloverdude 3 months ago
@alirahim1 so what if he goes soft and slow. u do the opposite there too?
9kiko90 2 months ago
@9kiko90 You’re 100% right….
alirahim1 2 months ago
Nice........ basic wing chun facing your attacker! I prefer the blind side for attacking but that is not always possible so very good info for those learning...
stonedstew 5 months ago
good stuff, i use some of the angles in boxing
dennisrayso 5 months ago
@saintdestroy seeing the beauty of a race instead of looking at the ugly side of things
kapoof2 5 months ago
0:57... All you need to know about fighting. "BOOM!!!"
Fatality!!....
NinjaSushi2 5 months ago
hey brother , you just came on the right missing word ( don;t mirror your opponent )
never mirror your opponent .. i liked that so much .. plus >> you're hell fast :)
sadanjd 5 months ago
I HAVE 9 FRIENDS AND EACH OF THEM KILL AT FIRST HIT ;)
HONDACOMPAQ 6 months ago
NICE VIDEO!!! THANKS FOR POSTING!!
frontlines101 6 months ago
Just shoot em, it's easier faster...plus you have 99% less chance of getting your pretty face marked up.
Though saying that, your 90% more likely to get arrested.
so my maths works out to be: you have 50% chance of getting bummed in jail!
Damn, I need to learn some kung-fu!
C0mm3n 6 months ago 16
@C0mm3n LMAO
alirahim1 5 months ago
@C0mm3n i wouldn't shoot anyone on the streets because it could be very dangerous having him fall backwards and hit his head on the asphalt or sidewalk, potentially killing the guy. not everybody has learnt how to curve their back and tuck in neck when falling like martial artists.
DonMega187 5 months ago
nice job
SifuRod 6 months ago
I never thought of approaching any fight that way. I don't practice Wing Chun but that is very insightful.
Thank you, sir.
citruspinman 6 months ago
This is some very enlightening insight. Thank you. I just realized thats also the counter to william cheung's wing chun blind side combat.
fooyin 6 months ago
30 70. 70 on your back leg. 30 on your front leg
santinocolunga 6 months ago
Does Wing Chun allow the use of the flying spinning dagger fist?
jamieclarkful 6 months ago
@alirahim1 haha keep up with the good respones
nolife45 6 months ago
One question, who did you learn from? I've seen some of your videos and your technique and knowledge is far better than a lot that I have seen.
puffie300 6 months ago
valuable lesson. Very generous with the knowledge. Thank you
mapexdrummer2 6 months ago
Bravo buddy! Ive been studying WC ever since IP man came out. very impressed how you use the angles to your advantage.
killemall2001 6 months ago
:56 best moment
thkunmin 6 months ago
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Velasca 7 months ago
good shit...the only thing that make sense is this vid....period
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x1geostigma 7 months ago
Sir
Thank you for posting this clip. I do not train in WC but this video is the first time I have seen someone use WC and use angles. All the other videos I have seen of WC the use very lenear attacks. Osu
1banryukyu 8 months ago
a little reverse racism here, but black people make some of the best martial artists
kapoof2 8 months ago 22
@kapoof2 That’s funny; I’ve always felt the same about Steven Sagle and Jeff Speakman…
alirahim1 8 months ago 4
@alirahim1 wow a perfect weapon fan as well ? ;) Speakman's hands are scary very true. Have a great one sir.
Bastion83 6 months ago
@kapoof2 there is no such thing as reverse racism...it's just racism.lol I'm not calling you a racist just pointing out the flaw in the statement "reverse racism"..
radiojustus 5 months ago
@radiojustus anti racism?
kapoof2 5 months ago
@radiojustus That statement worked for both of us, just promoting the idea of brotherhood in which is a flaw for most, but your statement is openly welcomed…
alirahim1 5 months ago
@kapoof2 they add flavor..... and beat to it....i would totally study from this cat
mighty690am 5 months ago
Is that guy in scrubs? Couldn't they just move the truck out of the way?
negait 8 months ago 2
Hey can you do me a favor bro? I used to do wing chun but the instuctor never went over fighting just forms and chisau. Can you make a clip showing the correct stance you should use for fighting? My understanding is the stance in forms is a practice stance
jaffar1808 8 months ago
@jaffar1808
i have never taken wing chun myself ( i take taekwondo ) but i have fought against my friend who does it. he orignally started with the practide stance and quickly learned that it does not work. instead he raised his hands more towards his face like a boxer ( but still open hands ), but lower so that he could still see and work his motions properly.
he found that worked alot better when fighting me and my deadly kicks. he could easily deflect my punches with his wing speed.
urbanassassin26 7 months ago 2
I thought Wing Chun teaches 50% on each foot, favoring neither.
gaminginpublic 8 months ago
@gaminginpublic 50/50 or 60/40 % and if one look clearly, its truly there...
alirahim1 8 months ago
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lilillbill 8 months ago
Good! ToP! nice!
KampfkunstAndre 8 months ago
Thats 1 sexy 6's bmw u got there ;)
TheSmokezalot 9 months ago
Not a bad clip but actually the concepts can be used for all types of styles not just wing chun
jaffar1808 9 months ago
@jaffar1808 You're 100% right...
alirahim1 8 months ago
Wing chun was invented by a women its actually very intelligent, men think of using brute force wile women use there head.
GoHardMG 9 months ago
@GoHardMG Very stupid comment.
fizzybrasil 9 months ago
@GoHardMG "men think of using brute force wile women use there head." thats what he said ;)
adoboFosho 8 months ago
good stuff. very well thought out
appraiserjv 10 months ago
@appraiserjv I had a guy pull it off (outside attack) and hit me years ago; well, it would work if one chooses to just stand there and let it happen, like they say, “ half the battle is just knowing”…
alirahim1 10 months ago
@alirahim1 the way you speak and teach reminds me so much of my first teacher(basically my eldest dai lo since he wont claim Sifu in any system he's studied) Refreshing to hear Wing Chun explained so well and by your comments here I love the respect you give other arts as well. All good things to you man. *bows*
Bastion83 8 months ago
@Bastion83 Wow, I really thank you very much, the key to all of this is just being honest and only teach or talk about what you truly know, because good people can see right through it (nonsense) just be honest; I thank you again my friend …
alirahim1 8 months ago
@alirahim1 You're most welcome. I havent studied Wing Chun in awhile(got into Northern Shaolin and a bit of Taiji) but I still give it respect and I hate all these posers, mma fanboys etc who have no respect for a system that has such rich history and so much practical use. I wish more out there taught it like you, its a rarity regardless of which martial path you choose. *bows*
Bastion83 8 months ago
Thai boxing is where its at
jgreene809 10 months ago
@jgreene809 You've got that right, I love that system of fighting..
alirahim1 10 months ago
@jgreene809 I would say that Thai boxing is a very beginner friendly martial art. It teaches you the basics of punching ( and elbowing) and kicking (and kneeing). The training conditions you to be physically tough. But I also believe its good to learn more than one martial art.
taomajick 9 months ago
@jgreene809 thats right bro!
palkia38 8 months ago
thts kool. i do traditional wingchun. my master is Buddy wuu, his is master ho kam ming, and his is grand master yip man.
ates0285 10 months ago
alirahim1, ive probably not noticed, but what type of wing chun do you do?
eamon37 10 months ago
@eamon37 Hong Kong Wing Chun; Lineage: Yip Man, Leung Sheung and Woo Fai Ching....
alirahim1 10 months ago
@alirahim1 same here, different linage though, yip man, wong shun leung, wan kam leung, im from the north of ireland and we dont have a big selection so i was very lucky to find a good wing chun teacher!!
eamon37 10 months ago
It is usually the very advanced practitioners like you who thrive off of the basics and principles. It's easy to forget the simple things and get caught up in trying to do too much. The beauty of the CMA lies within the principles and beginning basics.
dekal1 11 months ago
@dekal1 No, that’s not the point, the point is to learn the basic, and without a doubt; refine them as much as one can… Don’t forget or throw anything away…
alirahim1 11 months ago 4
@alirahim1 That sounds better. I practice Chen style TaiJi Quan. What's your opinion on that fighting style?
dekal1 11 months ago
@alirahim1 Bruce lee "learn the technique, perfect the technique, forget the technique". what he meant was subconscious integration, but is relevant to your reply and helps understanding how should one go about the basics.
guachingman 10 months ago 2
@guachingman The only reason why I speak of refining the basics’ is because one learns or pick up many different concepts and techniques, and things can get very confusing when under pressure; to the point that one reacts like a deer in the head lights. But with a strong fundamental base, one will always have one too three techniques that will work 85 to 95 percent of the time… take care
alirahim1 10 months ago
jeez.... scary guy to fight haha
StarRonKid 11 months ago
first thing first...respect to martial ART!
NinjaDudes47 11 months ago
“Wing Chun” as I see it, is a “science” in its purest form. There are many mathematical concepts that a lot of people talk about, and some even demonstrate, fighting lines, structure and timing. I can go on and on, some don’t have a clue on what they are doing are full of mathematical concepts, some do have an understanding or ideal, but only on a small level.
alirahim1 11 months ago
@alirahim1 heres how i see it, no need to get into the in depths science, the basic level is this, every move you make be it a bong sau, tan sau, wu sau, w/e your actually forming multiple zones of "triangles" and anything that come into those zones instantly become counter reflexed by be it a chain punch or a lap sao strike or w/e.
how you use those techniques on the arms determines how the "triangles" intercept.
HomasterX 11 months ago
@HomasterX What you just describe to a nut shell in dealing with multiple triangles and shapes is what mathematicians call the ‘Steiner Point’, please run a Google. I’m sorry, but nothing works in an instant when dealing with wing chun.
alirahim1 11 months ago
@HomasterX This is what I’m talking about, no offense to you; but most of the wing chun public refuse to use their brains to the fullest, to prime themselves to develop their most basic concepts to a higher understanding, then and only then; will something work in an instant (maybe), depends on how much one ponders….
alirahim1 11 months ago
@HomasterX
If one just choose to do it (wing chun) and not pounder the body mechanics in which should go hand and hand, how would one develop a strong sense of application (real time), if one hasn’t develop his or her structure through proper body mechanics; in which is enhanced through mathematic, then one will have to force ones wing chun to work….
alirahim1 11 months ago
I can go on and on, some don’t have a clue on what they are doing are full of mathematical concepts, some do have an understanding or ideal, but only on a small level. When the problem or equation is put on paper and shown, most frown upon its very existence, when our everyday life or movements are based on natural body mechanics, which is full of many mathematical concepts. .
alirahim1 11 months ago
Such as: transipracal and resipracal energies, leverage, levers, multiple vectors (in a way that it makes the body move naturally), fulcrums and many more concepts that’s dealing with the natural movement of the body. Most throw away wing chun through trial and error. When they do that, they have no ideal that they’re literally tossing wing chun right out of the window…
alirahim1 11 months ago
If they can literally toss their wing chun out of the window, it will be much easier for them to lose the ideal of being natural, or to understand their natural abilities through everyday body mechanics, or through their very own wing chun structures and to get the most out of it, without deviating from the true concepts and principles of wing chun (mostly sensitivity and softness).
alirahim1 11 months ago
Everyone talks about softness but when demonstrated, there is more force than softness. By doing that (trial and error), means that you never had or gave yourself a true start in the wing chun system, by coming in the door eliminating things is always counterproductive to true understanding (your own wing chun system, as taught to you)…
alirahim1 11 months ago
One fighting range: I was taught that wing chun does not have long range or short range style of fighting, although we recognize them and understand what most perceive them to be, but yet we don’t practice those deal. In the system I do there is only one range of fighting, which is only two triangles merging together in the heat of combat…
alirahim1 11 months ago
Why play their game? I was always taught to let him come to me and then meet him halfway (unless your opponent is within arms reach), which will take the chase or the long-range right out of the fight, hence only one range of fighting…
alirahim1 11 months ago
The question is; are you a headhunter or one that truly searches and literally sink the bridge upon contact (chum kil: for what it really is; by name) or is there any deviation (don’t sink or search for bridge contact) and why? I ask this because; I see many other systems that do not take over the fighting line as one of the first tool of entry, dealing with combat, that the chum kil system dictates (sinking or searching for bridge contact).
alirahim1 11 months ago
I live in Louisville, Kentucky. Do you have a martial arts school here in town?? If so please contact me.
jdmdaily 11 months ago
make em wong
lao752 1 year ago
really smart stuff i will use this in my boxing
dennisrayso 1 year ago
Loving the Wing Chun OGs :D
intirayami 1 year ago
ah yess the beauty and logicality of Traditional Wing Chun
Metacool416 1 year ago
So everything is in the leg. You adjust your feet with you opponents, right?
TheMotogavlas84 1 year ago
@TheMotogavlas84 its hip turning with the shifting of your feet, like he said "pivoting" but this motion increases the range of his punches into the opponents solar-plexus/face/throat. adds like 3-10 inches, wing chun
krycer123 1 year ago
nice explanation
DiegoINSOMNIA 1 year ago
Hey there. I've got one question. I'm doin Wing Tsun (yes, Leung Ting wt ^^) for about 5 years in Germany. One of the first things i've learned is to have 100% of your body weight on the backmost leg to make it very hard for a grappler to get you. "Never fight against the force and strength of your opponent. Always accommodate it and attack his weakness" is one of the first Wing Tsun Strategys. I don't wanna say " bla that's wrong bla" I only want to know which advantage you see in that stance.
ichbinblond 1 year ago
My answers to your question far as advantages are, being able to reroute energy from the hands to the floor with softness; by jamming, wedging and slicing, but not taking... but using that energy you receive and guided to the floor when striking…
alirahim1 1 year ago
But the most important thing of all is; mobility as the wooden man dictates, always have the better position before striking, that way you can have a greater chance defensively “Da”….. All of the wing chun forms are done on two legs, all six of them, just try and do the wooden man on one foot…
alirahim1 1 year ago
The wooden man teaches and dictates body unity between the upper and lower body (legs, arms, feet, hands), the feet must follow the hands through body unity… Ones wing chun is only as good as ones stance..
alirahim1 1 year ago
Buenos videos teacher, you always learn something from your channel, I invite you to visit me, best regards I invite you to visit my channel
alejandrocastr 1 year ago
Sifu Rahim may seem on the surface unconventional but the truth is, he's a master in every sense of the word. Both in life and esp in fighting. Cheers.
chrplunk 1 year ago
Hello MrSilverfox,
LOL,,,LOL,,, :) He is a doctor here in Louisville and in fact, he just came from the hospital before the taking of this chip
alirahim1 1 year ago
@alirahim1 you mean nurse
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
Shouldn't he be in the hospital?
MrSilverfox333 1 year ago
i realy like it ,!!
uzamaki32 1 year ago
this dude is kool, dus he have other videos?
stevenstephens 1 year ago
Siifu Ali knows his craft. You would do well to listen and learn. If you don't believe then come work out and I would wager that you learn his truth.
wingchun2k10 1 year ago
kung fu wit house shoes
keythe856 2 years ago
Love this clip Sifu. Thank you.
Danny
always97 2 years ago
yes very true...