avgwarrior
White Belt
I have many different books by William Cheung and several other masters and I have also questioned ,in my mind, why his style seems to vary from others. I have actually practiced the forms the way he taught and other variations as well. I am just a beginner with only a few years of martial arts, which I have studied on my own as best I can.What I have evolved into is a variation of my own. I actually started five years ago by trying to apply Bruce Lee's fighting methods and some JKD. Then Wing Chun by various teachers and books. Somewhere along the line, I noticed that everyone had different variations of the same forms. I subconsciously started practicing the forms with my own variations and I sometimes feel like I have reached a plateau. I sometimes wonder which path to follow. I do feel as though I am a hundred times better off in a self defense situation than I was five years ago. However, I am forty-two years old and I feel a little bit at a disadvantage in that respect. I would like to learn more about Wm. Cheung but his books are rather expensive. I just have the first three books on the basic forms. If anyone has any advice, I would appreciate it. I always try to keep an open mind.