Can you do me a favor, then…I’ve tried to find a school in my area, but have had no luck. Since you’re in that circle, do you think you could find a school in my area? Maybe through one of the associations or something. I’m in the Northern Virginia area, specifically Fairfax. I can go with just about any area inside of Washington, DC, and SOME parts of Maryland, but I’m not willing to travel too far. I’ve already gotta travel 25 miles one way during rush hour traffic to my school, and I’m not willing to go any further than that.
Hey, choosing a martial art is a very personal thing. Just cause wing chun works for you doesn’t mean it’s gonna be the greatest thing ever in Sleemie’s life. Leave the dude alone to make his own choice.
Sleemie,
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian mix of martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music and culture. I’d go into more detail, but there’s countless websites out there with better information than I could bring up right now. If you’re curious do a search.
I know wooha, but he should first explore some of his options, im not trying to push anything on you what are your reasons for take a MA sleemie?ps. I will lock into WC schools in your area.
that was plenty of info, wooha. I just wanted to know basically what it was. Thanx
why am I taking martial arts? a number of reasons, and I can’t really say which one is at the top:
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I took Kung Fu for a couple of years as a kid and the last time I practiced I was probably around 20 or so and I’ve always felt like it was something I yearned to do but just never seemed like the right time or had strong enough motivation. It’s kind of like it got in my soul. I chose Hung Fut because it was the most similar style to what I learned as a kid, the classic, southern shaolin styles.
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I want to have a physically fit lifestyle, and especially as I’m getting older I don’t want my body to start breaking down on me and not have the energy to do things in life, so I figured what better way then with something that I’d been yearning for anyway.
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Self-confidence. Even though most of us will never have to get in to a physical fight in our adult lives, just KNOWING that if I had to that I could take care of my business gives a certain air of self-confidence and security, especially when it comes to the idea of protecting my woman (even though I don’t have one now) and family (have two kids).
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My 6 year old son is taking Karate, and watching him in class reminds me of what i’m missing (although I hate karate) and I figured that when he get’s older and better it would be a thing we can do together, spar and workout together and stuff.
I do like the look of Wing Chun because of the techniques and hand movements…it looks like it’s a lot more practicle in terms of fighting and self defense. It also looks like it’s something that you can apply in a fighting situation a lot sooner than my Hung Fut. Maybe not in a tournament, which I don’t care about, but in real life, which is more important to me. So, although I like my hung fut style, I’m open to checking out a wing chun school to get a better feel for it. Not saying I’ll change, but am open to checking it out.
That pretty much sums it up…
Hung fut would be great for all of those things, but be careful not to have false confidence. I emailed 2 schools in your area and they are not getting through so im not sure whats going on with that. I dont like the lineage that is in your area though I saw a pic of him doing a leg scoop and it was not proper. just one lesson of wing chun will show you some appliable skills.
I know Wing Chun cannot be mastered or perfected throuhg video/books, but can one at least gain some useful knowledge and techniques from the video, particularly someone who already has some experience with Kung Fu.
I seem to remember a good gong fu school on connecticut ave. in kensington, don’t remember the style though.
Yes I would recommend videos though, I have seen only 1 wing chun book its not very good.
Hey guohuen, guess what…
That’s my school. It’s Tai Yim’s Hung Fut School.
any particular videos you can recommend. There’s a lot of stuff out there and I’m sure some of it is crap.
“…though I saw a pic of him doing a leg scoop and it was not proper.”
dragontongue2, I went to the gallery of the website of the School Sleemie currently was. I saw three rows of pictures- five across the first row, five across the second row and four across the third row. The closest thing that might be perceived as a leg sweep was the second row’s first picture–right leg/foot forward, left arm/palm forward.
With the arm out front and the position of the leg…why is it obviously a leg sweep as you’ve said? It seems to me more suggestive of a kick stoper/kick jammer or knocking out a knee or pressing a knee-in or deflecting a kick.
you misunderstood I was talking about the wing chun school.
O.K.
Thank you for pointing that-out.
heres a link wait for the pics to load and scroll down to where you see the one about Bulgaria its on the right. His arm is to low he is in a wrong stance the opponents leg is not high enough due to the low arm he is to close. and is not on gaurd. But this could just be a bad pic. http://cache.enic.cc/ads/adbox5.html never mind wrong link. hold on
I don’t know if this link will work, but I just ordered this video. If the link doesn’t work, the name of the video is “Wing Chun - Science of In-Fighting” and they have reviews, etc. on Amazon.com.
good choice thats my grand master.
cool beans…I haven’t even seen the tape yet, but for the reviews and the price I’m disappointed that he never came out with the follow up tape that was mentioned. If I stick with this tape and follow through with it I’ll have to look for a decent follow up that’s not too expensive.
Thanx…
I guess I’ll use my 16 year old son as a guinea pig, and maybe he can pick up some things along the way.
I wonder if my school will have a problem with my practicing Wing Chun techniques on their wooden dummy. Not so much with me using the dummy, but the fact that it’s not a style taught in the school.
Just beat all their arses if they say some thing to you.