Defeating Wing Chun Chain Punching

How can you defeat a Wing Chun practitioner skilled in rapid fire-chain punches (see Fists on Fire) devastating at close range stand up combat? Check out this video of two cats fighting shared with us by our friend HankWithOneK on Twitter. Look beyond the humor and realize why this is called Wing Chun vs. Jujitsu. There’s a lesson here.

Just as the pouncing cat completely overwhelms the other, a powerful grappler who stays out of the Wing Chun stylists accustomed upright trapping range can suddenly crash through the Wing Chun fighter’s defenses, smother the punches by using his body mass to tackle or take down the puncher. On the ground the grappler reigns supreme.

The key here is not what style is superior. The “my-style-is-better –than-yours attitude” is superficial. But it is important to take your learning beyond intellectually realizing that there are advantages and disadvantages to all styles – including your own – be it Shaolin Kung Fu, Goju, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, MMA or TanDao. Knowing is not enough. Experience the difference.

A Wing Chun stylist who analyzes and experiments with grappling or jujitsu movements can innovate deceptive strategies to knockout the grappler before a takedown can be attempted. So, imagine if the first cat could maneuver into proper range and clawed the face of the other cat. The outcome would be reversed.

Evolving Martial Artists explore and practice with skilled stylists outside their existing style to discover the Way of Movement.

What techniques from other styles take advantage of your style’s greatest strengths? Share with us your thoughts on this. Thanks Hank.

Keep practicing and exploring,