r/WingChun

I trained Practical Wing Chun for about 7 years. I wanted to see if it would work in fighting, so I joined an MMA gym and tried it out in sparring.

I’ve also been doing kickboxing for about 3 years now, and training in another art has shown me Wing Chun’s strengths and weaknesses. No martial art is perfect, so I think trying different things is worth it.

Most of the Wing Chun I actually used in MMA sparring was biu jee. People always ask if that’s even possible with gloves on. Of course you have to adapt it. The structure and sensitivity also helped a lot in grappling exchanges.

Now that I’m older and MMA has left me with a bunch of injuries, Wing Chun is what I’ll keep training for the long haul. I train on my own and visit my teacher once or twice a year.

I used it mostly in the clinch. How have you all used Wing Chun in sparring or fighting? I’d love to hear what worked for you.

Hello everyone, in internal martial arts, they have something that is called opening and closing of joints,where you stretch your joints without straining them while keeping them in anatomically correct positioning in order to generate power and strengthen the structure. Think for ex yiquan.

Does wing Chun have anything similar to this, I heard that you practice popping the joints forward when striking but don't exactly know if this is true.

Thanks in advance.