[QUOTE=JPinAZ;1013834]haha, of course WCK for you doesn’t have these things. Because for one, you don’t fight or even spar with your wing chun, you only talk. If you did actually spar, you might understand wck isn’t only about ‘just flow’ - it doesn’t work that way. How’d that work for you in your encounter with Chi Sim? 
And for you, WCK doesn’t have these things because WCK for you is a hodge podge mixture of snake, crane, ermei, and whatever tai chi you’ve been reading about lately while you’re hooked up to your EKG machine.
And it’s clear you don’t have the first idea what Bai Jong or facing is even about. The first concept we learn in WC is Center Line. How can this even work in relation to your opponent without facing? So I’m guessing you’ll be telling us you don’t have CL theory in your wing chun either… :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Hendrik uses a lot of flowery language and training techniques. He is very internally focused at times, but I think that if you get to the heart of what he is saying you can find a lot of common ground. For example, concerning a bai jong or lack there of in Hendrik’s case: Here is what happens when you start training a young fighter. You teach them an on-guard position. In my system we start teaching front body WC. After a few years we start teaching them side-body WC. Here they begin to learn about how varying degrees of being sideways affect their effectiveness with various techniques and how to use alternative hand postures to facilitate different strategies. A young fighter starts to learn but is usually stuck in that basic Bai Jong mold. Older fighters, 15+ years of experience rotate through bai jongs or shells making them hard to figure out. At that point, it could be said that these fighters have no on-guard correct? The best example of this currently is Anderson Silva. If you watch him fight he switches between MT and TKD shells and uses subtle variations within those arts to embarrass opponents. With Anderson’s mental flexibility in the ring he could extend his career well past his physical prime.
I have no idea as to whether or not Hendrik is a great fighter but I can say with a degree of certainty that his understanding of WC is at a very high-level. His views should not be dismissed out of hand. Also, if you pay close attention, he will give you glimpses in to things that we should be striving for as we transition from a young to middle-aged to elder martial artists. That way you don’t turn into bitter 50+ year old message board trolls like some on this forum 
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I am not saying that I agree with everything that Hendrik says. For example, he doesn’t buy into the notion of strategy. I believe that it is a necessary part of teaching a young fighter and getting them optimally prepared for situations where we can no something about their opponent. Strategy is a huge part of sport application. However, he has a point when it comes to street fighting, where you kind of just have to react because you don’t have a tape to study on a mugger. Although, I believe there are some consistent truths about street fights that can be exploited.
Consider this though too. I have had probably 7-10 street fights and probably another 10-15 physical altercations. Out of all of that, I have spent about 5 seconds in a martial arts stance not counting the time when I subdued one guy and warded off his buddy by displaying my “stance.” In a street altercation, you just can’t tip your hand to the opponent. Jumping into a stance is they kind of thing that gets people shot. My instructor tells this story of a MAist who was arguing with a street fighter. The MAist jumps into a stance to kick the street fighter pulls a knife and sticks it in the MAists ankle. In a street fight, a bai jong is typically an after thought that is only considered after an opponent weathers your initial attack.
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