Wing Chun

Wing Chun martial arts kung fu self defense

though China has produced masses of kung fu patterns, the kung fu films segment makes a speciality of of the greater vital: wing chun, and Shaolin kung fu. In a lovely 5-DVD set, William Cheung, Bruce Lee’s training partner and heir of traditional wing chun from the famend Ip guy, famous his know-how of 3 paperwork, reflex training, chi sao (sticking hand) talents, wood-dummy drills, butterfly-sword and pole forms, combating strategies, grappling, weapon defense and an introduction to dim mak (loss of life contact). In a 2d collection of videos, William Cheung stocks, through re-enactment, how he used wing chun to shield himself in real-existence street fights. persevering with with the wing chun spirit, Eric Oram, senior instructor under William Cheung, suggests wing chun’s pak sao blocks in opposition to jabs, defense towards jabs and rear hooks, attacks against the weapon arm and takedown counters. The Shaolin kung fu entry takes the form of sets of different DVDs in which Steve DeMasco, author of An American’s adventure to the Shaolin Temple, demonstrates Shaolin’s empty-hand self-defense techniques in road situations and teaches authentic Shaolin chuan fa.