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Wing Chun was designed to satisfy two primary objectives (in bold), through the use of a number of principles (in italics). To apply these principles, there are a number of requirements that the practioner must satisfy (underlined).
  • Economise Time – The faster person wins.
    • Reduce time needed while attacking
      • Follow the straight line – the shortest path between two points
      • Simultaneous Attack and Defense – twice the speed
        • Attack down the Central line
          • Requires Ambidexterity
    • Reduce time needed while guarding
      • Guard the Centerline, where most weaknesses are
        • Keep your hands out in front of you and force your opponents to take the outside
        • Keep your elbows in and use the concept of the four gates
    • Reduce reaction time
      • Watch lead elbow and back knee
      • Establishing bridge and relying on contact reflexes
    • Reduce time needed to initiate your move and recovery time afterwards
      • Flow of movements – end of one movement is the start of another
      • Short Movements – short power (tricep force) vs. long power
        • Closest distance for fighting
      • Relaxed Movements – allows more rapid movements
        • Use force only when necessary
          • Tighten fist only at the end
  • Economise Effort – Conserve your energy as much as possible. The less energy you use, the harder it is for the energy to be turned back on yourself.
    • Reduce effort needed to execute individual movements
      • Follow the path of least resistance – jammed hands move away, free hands move forward.
        • Requires Sensitivity
        • Requires Interruptibility
        • Requires Ambidexterity
      • Make full use of available energy
        • Make use of your body’s momentum
          • Synchronise the punch with the step
      • Make use of the opponent’s energy
      • Do not use more energy than necessary
        • Requires Control
    • Reduce effort needed to finish the whole fight
      • End fight as quickly as possible
        • Attack the most crucial areas (Effectiveness)
          • Go straight for the head, ribs, eyes, shin,
      • Deal irreversible damage
        • Arm breaks, knee breaks and eye jabs
      • Do not use unnecessary movement
        • Gyeuk Moh Hoy Fat – The kick never misses
      • Obtain positional advantage
        • Take the outside
        • Cramp taller people while keeping shorter people at bay
        • Wing Chun blocks – use the body to create simple machines like the inclined plane, axes and levers to conserve energy instead of relying on generating momentum
          • Require Accuracy and Timing


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markmacleod What the principles mean to me 0 Jul 31 2007, 9:14 PM EDT by markmacleod
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Over the time I have trained in Wing Chun I have come to think of it as simply this: A method to remove chance from a striking match. I have come to resent the popular mma adage: a puncher's chance. On the other hand, I know this saying is well founded. When you put two amateur strikers in a ring together, both of them clash together like a couple of stags. Predetermined combos flying, the winner is usually decided by the stronger, faster, more athletic, or more determined opponent. If you watch fights with great champion strikers (styles aside), the win is much less often decided by that chance contact between a fist and chin - which is why these guys are champions. I think the founders of Wing Chun wanted to systemize a way to reduce or remove chance from a fight (ie take combos out of the equation). After they had a goal, the principles then followed naturally - most significantly economy of movement and interruptability. Its easy to reject a lot of this stuff as dogma when you first start, but after several years in training I've come to realize many of the above principles on my own as truth.
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