Thanks for having me!!

I love seeing two men punching each other in their faces and laughing, in my opionion this is one of the real beauties of life

You know it's a good spar when both sides are giggling like schoolchildren on a sugar rush

Glad to see you and Kevin collabing since he couldn’t make USDC!

The more I study martial arts, the more I see the similarities. Osu🙏

Wing Chun has similarities to old school pugilism being bareknuckle in how they strike and where.  Back in the day people didnt strike to the head as much aiming for the body and soft tissue areas.   The same goes for Karate.  Those fights where often battles of attrition where the fights would go on for long brutal periods rather then ending up in quick knockouts.  Because of this style of fighting clinching, trapping, grappling became a requirement that WC specialized in.    The devleopment of gloves changed how we fight.

Interesting point about the punching motion being similar to sword fighting. Old school British pugilism (progenitor of modern boxing) has a lot of footwork from fencing and it was common for fighters to stand with their “strong side” or right hand and leg forward as if they were still holding a sword.

Also, Savate (French kickboxing) directly developed from fencing after the French king outlawed dueling with swords. I’ve heard Savate translated as “foot fencing” and the stance and footwork is directly from rapier fencing.

Bruce Lee’s famous right foot forward stance and lead side kick with that right leg is straight out of Savate.

Essentially, all southern Chinese martial arts originated from the dual-wielding sabre techniques employed by maritime combatants during the Ming and Qing dynasties (14th to 19th centuries). Consequently, these techniques are rather ineffective in hand-to-hand combat situations. Ryukyu-te shares many similarities with southern chinese martial arts, while karate has evolved into a martial art that is more suited to the requirements of modern combat sports.

Super interesting striking at close range.  

Hopefully Kevin is in season 4 of USDC.

Well, Wing Chun may surprise an opponent with quick and invisible punches, though kicks int stomach could make it even more surprising. But it is nice to see that Wing Chun is not an ossified fighting method and its adepts draw conclusions from other martial arts. Good work !

Kevin's lack of range & wing chuns style got Kevin taking face punches. Kevin definitely needs to kick to level the playing field

All martial arts are useful for self defense. Period. If this art for example trains you to effectively punch  from a very close range, it would absolutely come in handy (pun unintended) under certain self-defense scenarios.

New student, old guy. Former L.E.O. I have fought in stairwells, elevators, bathroom, small cluttered apartment bedrooms, and the street. Even in the street it becomes close quarters b/c the cop has to get close and place handcuffs and other restraints. WC would helped me immensely had I known it, or any other M.A. But I held my own for 22yrs.  Learning Siu nim Tao (first form) and reading about Chum kiu and Biu Gee, I see what WC is about. It’s an explosive, speedy and powerful violent response to a sudden violent ambush. It involves eye gauging and poking, groin hits, powerful elbows any angle, neck/ throat strikes and takedowns from front or rear. Rapid short powerful punches and short kicks from all angles.  It’s not for a contest in a ring or cage, although there are many concepts being applied already by those professionals who learn it and add it. I look forward to growing in this and other disciplines. Oh and every encounter I ended up on the ground so learn some BJJ. I had HS wrestling so I was comfortable and during my career some vague sporadic BJJ (guard stuff) was introduced to us. I hope to gravitate to that soon if my body lets me.

I’ve always found wing Chung fascinating. Ideas of grip fighting into striking in that claustrophobic space.

You both have fast hands!

This was my first martial art which I studied . very scientific just like traditional Muaythai and Silat

Not sure whether it was Jesee (Karate Nerd) who said but, loved the analogy of all the martial arts meeting up at mountain top, but starting from different sides

Let me just say that, on average, sure Asian men or East Asian men to be exact in this context don't tend to be very tall or big but that at the same time is also a generalisation. There are also a number of taller and bigger Asian guys around. You need move out of your bubble and take a walk around the world more. Simultaneously, i have seen a number of white people, or Europeans and Americans. They are bigger on average but not all of them are that big. I literally came across a British guy and another European guy shorter and leaner than myself, and another American guy who is as tall as me and yet lighter than me. So yeah. Size varies with regions and individuals of an ethnic group or nation, so on.

Kevin's been hanging out with Jeff Chan too much and adopted that scorpion punch. Ha ha ha ha ha!

5:36 that part about parrying is very interesting. That instead of pushing down where the opponent will still have some form of leverage to come around the parry, you push into the elbow bend instead. Which will make it harder to slip out and counter. Very good stuff kevin!