Who has the right to say what is and what is ’ nt Wing Chun ?
[QUOTE=Grumblegeezer;1238838]Certain individuals continue to post over and over again about what is and what isn’t Wing Chun. It get’s pretty tiresome. What gives them, or anybody else, the right to say if my kung fu is WCK or not? Really! I mean if someone does crappy WCK diluted with other styles… OK say that. But as long as it has some connection to WCK, what you call your art is your own darned business.
When I started training WC in the late 70s, all WC was Ip man WC (as far as any of us knew). So, if we saw something that wasn’t of Ip Man lineage maybe we would have said it wasn’t real WC. Well now we know better. There are many lineages and even within lineages, so many variations.
Now of course, not all are WC systems equally effective. And separate from that issue, not all are equally “pure”. Some blend in other systems …pak mei, spm, 18 lo han, long fist, grappling and so forth. If they blend in too much outside stuff, maybe in the interest of accuracy they really should call themselves by another name, like Bruce Lee’s JKD. But that’s their business.
Honestly, the way some here carry on about WC “DNA” it almost reminds me of a racial purity thing! Purebred or mutt, I’ll take what works. Like I said if you think your WC is better (Hi Kevin!) good for you. If you adapt your WC for sport fighting in the ring, OK. That’s your right. And however it turns out, if you still call it WC, I may critique it, but you can call it WC/WT/VT or whatever the heck you want.
–Any thoughts?[/QUOTE] grumblegeezer , I know what you mean , and I really don ’ t blame you about what you wrote on your topic post . Well , when people say it ’ s wing chun when it ’ s really not ? It does get confusing does ’ nt it ? So people really need to do their own research on the different versions and lineages of wing chun , and what other system of kung fu look like . Well people make things confusing , so that ’ s why people get confused about what is WC and what is not ? Wing Chun and other styles of kung fu , is right now all over the internet and you tube , so really no excuse to really know what other system of kung fu look like example Hung Gar , Choy li fut , and the list of kung fu styles can go on and on .
And if people going to mix in WC with other styles of kung fu , then they should call it mix chinese kung fu or combination kung fu , or whatever you yourself want to call it . Even the first form in Hung Yi WC is similar to sil lum tao in the Ip Man wing chun lineage , but still it looks different . But the way they apply the techniques is similar to Ip Man wing chun lineage , but it ’ s just my own opinion .
And that ’ s what really is going on right now .