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I was just curious - I'm more familiar with the Japanese ranking systems.
One side note: I've seen various wing chun practitioners at very high ranks and they all seem to be wearing a different sash color. If I'm correct, I thought I've seen pictures of William Cheung wearing a red sash.
Also, I've heard that a white sash is the highest rank that one can receive in this system and that master Yip Man was the only one to have ever held this rank. Could someone set me straight on this matter?
Spartan
As far as I know, Wing Chun had no sash system in Yip Man's time. There were si-hing, si-bak, si-je (etc.) and sifu. The ranking systems of today are used for various reasons as stated by Kamon Guy and brocklee. As far as William Cheung's red sash, it doesn't matter as he has his own school of which he is the "Grandmaster". There are many who call themselves "grandmaster", but I didn't think it possible to have more than one grandmaster. I'm not knocking anyone in particular, but I think one who is completely adept in WC and satisfied with his students referring to him as sifu is the real master.
As far as William Cheung's red sash, it doesn't matter as he has his own school of which he is the "Grandmaster". There are many who call themselves "grandmaster", but I didn't think it possible to have more than one grandmaster. I'm not knocking anyone in particular, but I think one who is completely adept in WC and satisfied with his students referring to him as sifu is the real master.
I thought that for a while but then I realised that technically Grandmaster is just another rank.
In Kamon, Sifu Kevin Chan is very humble and has only ever been called a master. He is well above this rank. And how you can see it is that the people who are under him are easily masters themselves.
If you run an organisation where your students have become Masters, you should by definition be a Grandmaster
Another way of thinking is that titles are given. Like the title of Professor.
Sifu has been called a Master by many of his peers including Ip Chun, Geoff Thompson, Gracies, etc and is still very humble about the whole affair. He is happy just to be called Sifu
Many other federations like Cheungs use complete and utter nonsense to fool students into thinking they are some grand organisation.
Cheungs wing chun is okay, don't get me wrong, but his past actions and comments have ripped apart wing chun (in a bad way)
So you all feel William Cheung's story is a big hoax?
How different is William Cheung's system from other systems?
Is it just as or less effective than those other systems?
Spartan
So you all feel William Cheung's story is a big hoax?
How different is William Cheung's system from other systems?
Is it just as or less effective than those other systems?
Spartan
So you all feel William Cheung's story is a big hoax?
How different is William Cheung's system from other systems??
Is it just as or less effective than those other systems?
Spartan
Hold the phone!!!!!!
That is a VT ranking system and one of about a million different ranking systems.
In some WC schools (like Kamon) non-hand forms are taught at the end of the system (when you are actually good enough to do them)
I am not overly impressed by VT - I train with two of their guys in other arts, and their wing chun is poor. They claim to have been doing it for 8 years and are not very good fighters