Wing Chun has been the subject of criticism among different martial artists across the globe. They say most Wing Chun masters are hesitant when it comes to testing their skills with a resisting force in front of a camera for the world to see how effective they are.
There are many martial arts studios across the globe. But not all of them are genuine in what they teach. Most of them charge a small fee to get them running the facility efficiently.
When I started practicing martial arts, I was first introduced to Karate classes because they were (and still are) the most popular in my area.
I encountered a white-haired old man who was supposed to be my master. He was skilled in what he did and trained his students.
On the walls of the studio was a big poster portraying him breaking a board with a flying split kick. However, with the wisdom of age, I have come to realize that such a poster was probably made up at a local portrait studio, although the man strutted like he was skillful in fighting even an unlimited number of attackers. Never did I see him teaching or demonstrating the split kick I saw on his poster.
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This reminds me of the fact that only an extremely thin number of Wing Chun fighters know the real version of the martial art. This is probably between 15 and 20 people at most -- all belong to the Chinese origin.
The rest of the people who practice Wing Chun know the fake version of the art. This fake version was designed by a master of Wing Chun some few decades before the world was introduced to Ip Man. The reason why he created the fake version was to fool a man whom he believed was spying on him as he trained his sons the real thing.
It is safe to assume that Ip Man was responsible for teaching 99% of Wing Chun students the fake version of the art. On the other hand, he discretely taught the true version to a very limited number of people who in turn taught it to one or two guys at a time. That's the reason I say true Wing Chun fighters are numbered between 15-20 people at most.
Also, this makes me conclude that the rest of the Wing Chun masters we know around the world are only fakes. Reason being; they were taught the fake thing which was passed from one generation to the other.
Most Wing Chun masters practice and teach it ignorantly. A good number of them don't trust their skills or ability either, and are therefore teaching it for pure profit.
I know this might lead to asking who are the real Wing Chun masters in the world
Today, the real version of the art is only known and practiced by the minority (like I mentioned above). The real version is taught without charging a single cent, plus whoever is being taught is always kept a secret. You can never distinguish a true Wing Chun fighter from a fake one by observation only.
The fighting god sales tactic
It's a fact that just about anyone with some martial arts background can set up a studio, advertise himself as the best Wing Chun master and get a handful of students to teach. He might even set up a blog dedicated to Wing Chun and he will smile all the way to the bank, trust me.
This works best when they proclaim to be some sort of a fighting god -- the reason why MMA is on the rise these days.
If you've been around for some time, you probably know which fighting styles are effective and which ones aren't.
Some instructors charge up to $300 a month. That's because students are being trained by a real professional MMA fighter, and there's also a good chance that they will watch this coach in competitions. What this means is that students will know upfront how much of a professional fighter they are paying for. But if students don't trust what they've learned, they could get into a fight to see how this goes.
Very few people are able to claim Wing Chun as their main discipline while backing it with a championship belt. This is the reason some people have labeled Wing Chun as an impractical art of fighting.
But for the simple fact that Wing Chun is associated with Bruce Lee, some practitioners and martial arts fans will go crazy on the mention of those two words -- Wing and Chun, even if they will never encounter a real Wing Chun fighter. You should therefore ask yourself questions when a fighter in this discipline is never willing to participate in Chi Sau drills.
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