zuti car
Blue Belt
Knowing history is important , but not the most important . There is one more thing , what we call history in wing chun is not actually that . There isn't any valid historical research which could give us some solid answers about origin and people involved in wing chun development . From scientific point of view wing chun history is nothing more than a rumor , something that cannot be proved at the moment . I do not have problem with that but obviously some people do , even more , when I suggest that there is no enough evidence to prove some things , people feel personally offended and they respond accordingly .What I cannot understand is the reason for such a behavior , like I am attacking their family members or even gods . If someone has religious feelings toward wing chun ancestors then he should be clear about it , I would never offend other people's fate in any way , but if that is not case , why not accept the truth as it is with all the evidence we have or do not have ?Why personal attacks for simple statement of the facts ?I agree what's important is what can be demonstrated to be effective,however lineage tell you something more about your art. like where it came from and it's development. an exm would be if I was a painter, I would study all the old masters going back as far as possible to see how it developed with each generation and what each generation contributed. So that way I would have an education and could talk to anyone about painting instead of just being able to paint well. You would know your place and what contribution you made to the art. Look at lineage that way and it has more meaning. Just knowing how to hit someone or beat them up is not very impressive..Any thug can do that.