Are They Scared???

[onthechin]

A lot of it has to do with putting the head gear and gloves on that are required by the rules of the competition..how can you use a style that relies on having sensitivity and such distinct hand positions when you wear gloves? Everytime you get people wearing gloves you'll get people doing like the guy in the 3rd? video did - WC guard and then straight into kickboxing with a bit of judo thrown in. They're not doing the wrong thing, they're doing the only thing they can in the circumstances.

 

[KamonGuy2]

Training in other styles, it sometimes gives you the opportunity to 'smuggle' wing chun techniques into sparring, and I dont mean doing a 'No Retreat, No Surrender moment (where the guy does a Bruce Lee impression against a karate guy)...

The trouble is that generally asking a practitioner from another style if you can try wing chun out against them, may sound like a challenge etc. You have to try and find like minded guys (usually on forums like this) or by training in other styles. A lot of my training partners have no problem with experimentation etc, and Ive often been asked advice from people in things like BJJ or karate about using elements of chun in their game