I watched a video with Paul Vunak. In this video he was showing all kinds of arm deflections, gunting and
so on. When he demonstrated these techniques everything looked practical and fool proof. But this was
all static. His partner was standing in front of him and punching.
And then later he simulated a real fight which was not static. They both put on protection equipment and then
they were both moving quickly like in boxing or mua thai.
Now the thing which I noticed was that during this short simulation I could not see ANY of the fancy techniques
which he showed before! None of this stuff even seemed applicable. Then what is this good for in the first place!?
Why learn all these deflections if none of them can be used in a real fight where everything is non-static?
`This really bothers me.
These deflections which he showed would probably work well in a static situation like for example if the attacker just stands there and throws a punch or if you're being attacked in an elevator.
But when it's more like a real fight and the attacker has lots of space and dances around you and throws many fast punches then these deflections simply don't seem to work.
What's your take on this? Do you also notice this?
I even read at a website of a wing chun school that only VERY little of the techniques which you learn in wing chun can actually be applied in a real fight!
Then why spend hours upon hours perfecting techniques which are useless in a fight?!
so on. When he demonstrated these techniques everything looked practical and fool proof. But this was
all static. His partner was standing in front of him and punching.
And then later he simulated a real fight which was not static. They both put on protection equipment and then
they were both moving quickly like in boxing or mua thai.
Now the thing which I noticed was that during this short simulation I could not see ANY of the fancy techniques
which he showed before! None of this stuff even seemed applicable. Then what is this good for in the first place!?
Why learn all these deflections if none of them can be used in a real fight where everything is non-static?
`This really bothers me.
These deflections which he showed would probably work well in a static situation like for example if the attacker just stands there and throws a punch or if you're being attacked in an elevator.
But when it's more like a real fight and the attacker has lots of space and dances around you and throws many fast punches then these deflections simply don't seem to work.
What's your take on this? Do you also notice this?
I even read at a website of a wing chun school that only VERY little of the techniques which you learn in wing chun can actually be applied in a real fight!
Then why spend hours upon hours perfecting techniques which are useless in a fight?!