WC Leg Strike Commitment

[Nicholas82555]

WCnners are specialists and very good to say the least with their hands but I do notice in the majority of the cases kicks are used as a distraction leading to hand strikes.

A well-rounded WCnner I believe would do better if one of those probing/distractive kicks was delivered with commitment to do damage. Wouldn't that be a surprise) Like a boxer who throws a few probing jabs and then the probing jab becomes a stinger.

To jam is good but you would always want to send a message that this leg is much more than a probing and jamming device.

 

[seasoned]

I was always taught, and teach as well, that the hands and feet work so closely in unison, that it is like having (4) hands. While the feet attack low, their counter part handles the high targets. Soft hands hard feet, soft feet hard hands. Keep their mind guessing while you take the attack to their whole body. :asian:

 

[mook jong man]

I don't know what sort of Wing Chun you are watching , but in my lineage there is no probing or distraction kicks .

I suppose getting a full power low heel kick to the shin or medium heel kick to the groin would prove to be a distraction , but that is not its primary function.

Kicks can also be used in conjunction with striking and hand trapping , but the primary function of them is to bridge the gap and cause damage in the process.

Moving in with your full body weight while executing an appropriate kick for that particular range is not only efficient , but also serves the function of guarding you from attack as you traverse the distance between you and an opponent.

When the opponent is only a step away then a bridging the gap technique using a kick is not needed , the distance is so minimal that the Wing Chun man can step in explosively and attack .

Because Wing Chun striking is non telegraphic , once in at this close range the opponent will find it difficult to react fast enough to counter and will be too busy trying to defend against the onslaught of strikes and hand trapping.

 

[yak sao]

If the way is free go forward....if we can punch we punch, if we can kick we kick.

I personally would not want to get hit by a WT/WC/VT kick.
We use kicking shields in our class and we have a couple of rather large guys in our group. They are routinely knocked back into the wall by the kicks.

 

[Nicholas82555]

I like conversing with u already There's 2 schools that I got to visit over the last 2 years both of them are approx. 60 miles north of me. The Leung Ting and Kenneth Chung systems. Since I'm an avid reader with plenty of WC books and videos. I will be starting my commitment in a few weeks. Got to make sure the hooptie is road worthy) Otherwise, I'm ready to go.

 

[Nicholas82555]

Props to all of u. I'm going to save this to my favorites for future reference.

 

[dungeonworks]

The Ip Ching lineage I used to train usually threw one or two hand techniques in unison with the leg strike, all with commitment and intent. Most people will see and react to one but not the other one or two hand strikes....and they were good at doing it that way. In JKD, we do similar striking techniques on the Jun Fan side of JKD, which can be argued to be modified Wing Chun. For example, bil jee to the eyes in unison with a low line kick with a straight blast (or boxing combo such as cross hook cross) follow up while advancing further forward, or working into a round kick to the outside/inside of the lead leg then getting off angle for another attack to the centerline. Hope that makes sense.

 

[KamonGuy2]

To echo what Mook Jong Man said - kicks are destructive in wing chun!!

In fairness, when a person is at long range, it is difficult to pull off a good kick in wing chun. You can do it if you train it, but it is a lot of effort and a risky tactic. I prefer kicking when Im up close.

I took up some kicking arts like karate and MT which are far more effective at that sparring distance (ie ring distance). When you are up close, stamping kicks can be greatly effective.

I know people are going to come on here and protest that you can use WC kicks at ANY range, but trust me when I say that Ive been to alot of schools that claimed this and when I offered them to show me practically, they struggled.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I am not a Wing Chun guy, I trained it briefly and I watched Wing Chun class of a different Sifu last week but in my limited experience I have to agree with both mook jong man and Kamon Guy

 

[blindsage]

I'm not sure why you're here criticizing methods in a system that you haven't even started training yet. Start actually training and learning from actual experience why things are done the way they are done. Right now you're not even an armchair quarterback.