[QUOTE=nunchuckguy;1161294]After studying Wing Chun for a few years and looking at countless full contact “Wing Chun” fights, I am sorry to say I am quite disappointed with the modern time Wing Chun.
Have we already lost some of the most important elements of Wing Chun training of the past, when Wing Chun was a combative system effective for real fights?
Does Wing Chun only look good in drills and Chi Sao? What should Wing Chun look like in real fights?
We always hear stories of legendary Wing Chun masters like Ip Man, Wong Shun Leung, Duncan Leung and how they easily defeated various kinds of martial arts sifus. But if among millions of Wing Chun pilgrims around the world, only a handful of people really are able to fight properly with Wing Chun. What are the common and deep rooted misunderstandings that are hindering all of us?[/QUOTE]
This is a good question, VT in use can be as simple as a punching a guy in the head. Many guys have asked me to show them ‘how would I do something ?’ using VT, so I just punch them [controlled] in the face, whatever they do to stop me is my VT as I continue.
So what does VT look like in a fight ? it looks like a guy hitting and attacking a person.
What should VT be able to accomplish with that ‘punch’ is from hard training, hitting heavy bags, wall bags, kick bags. Learning what a solid punch does to your stance, balance, etc…
While sparring prepares you for RANDOM events, unlike drills, and chi-sao prepares us for random events, with little time to think and execute, or freeze and hesitate. Hitting a heavy bag gives us a ‘heavy punch’.
Sparring in a gym with resisting partners gives you clarity when facing a real situation outside. You gain a sense of vulnerability in an opponents guard, as they approach to you, ie hands down allows a direct open shot to face with this ‘punch’.
In a real situation you dont have the luxury of ‘corrections’, like a drill, you are going for a focused delivery and you might not have another chance. Distances and timing become crucial with small steps to manage your OWN timing, distance and issue force as you did on the heavy bags 100% with the same ‘punch’.
Hitting 100% on bags gives the punch ‘weight’ you feel a resisting object receive your force.
Drilling corrects errors, over swing if you miss, recovery of errors as you make them, stances, thoughtlessly. A lot of ‘fights’ only last as long as the one punch…ime anyway.
So if you work on a heavy bag, shadow box it, shove it so it swings back and forth at you. Learn to let it come and time your ‘punch’ accordingly, use angling to avoid its swing and momentum, as it tries to make a line of force at you. Its limited but 100% striking is essential.
Kicking a long MT bag is also a good idea, try to swing it and kick it so it stops dead as you kick it, learn to hit a MOVING bag, so it wont knock you backwards. When you kick a guy in a fight , he will ‘catch air’ because he isnt a MT bag attached to the ceiling. 
A lot of VT is in the mind and how we approach combat, strategically and dynamically. So you wont see ‘it’, but ‘it’ is there , if you have put in the time and effort. Like an iceberg, what will do the damage is unseen beneath the surface. Heavy bag work pad striking, etc…
Kung fu is a skill attained through HARD WORK, not something you get by showing up and rolling arms a little and then do a form.
When you drill you need to be focusing on the details 100% always. If you slide and let yourself execute at 75% , in the street or gym you will erode like the banks of a dry river bed during a flash flood…gone !
I would [and still do] run 2-3 miles daily and take a wall bag with a bungee cord and strap it to a tree in a park, and do 500 punches with breaks for whatever, then another 500, and so on…set yourself a goal of ‘impact’ training.
