Why is wing chun the best martial art

Wing Chun is a very effective and focus driven Martial art. What makes Wing Chun exceptionally different from other martial arts, like karate, Krav maga, taekwondo, etc, is the principles of our physical and mental movements. Wing Chun focuses on the structure we all have but must cultivate to be grounded and immovable.

When practicing our martial art students start recognizing how effortless, yet powerful they are in simple movements. With our precise movements, we are able to defend ourselves with minimal strain and powerful attacks. This martial arts is not just effective in fighting but it also improves mental health.

Wing Chun has a set of standards that we must cultivate in ourselves while sparing and practicing our martial art, they are called the Universal principles. The First principle is relaxation, being able to keep your mind and body calm in fast and stressful situations.

The next principle is forward energy, in life if we stop our forward intent we start to falling back and mess up on what we previously knew so well. In order to rise as the victor, we must have consistent energy heading towards our goal. When sparing we are constantly asking the question what is my goal? Or where am I heading too? While sparring with our opponent we are listening to their movements, then change position and attacking accordingly.

Our goal while sparring is to not struggle and give you opponents bad energy that can be used to manipulate and break someone stricter. Unlike many martial arts, Wing Chun focuses on the simplicity of small powerful movements. While sparing with an individual the goal is to take them down in a fast and efficient way. A good practitioner of Wing Chun has the ability to not engage with bad energy strained and forced movements they just find the simplest path to their goal and they take it.

The last universal principles is lower your center of gravity, the lower you are to the ground the stronger your stance and positions will be. Wing Chun Gung Fu is a powerful deterrent for conflict between individuals. While practicing Wing Chun we are trying to harmonize the external and internal movements, not by being reactive but active at all times.

At the Dragon institute, we are constantly striving to become better in Wing Chun. Wing Chun works very well in real life, when we defend ourselves against an attacker there are no rules and no limitations to the movement and attacks we can do.

Some restrictions Wing Chun may have in a Compton might be eye-gouging, crotch and throat hits. Learning to immobilize an opponent in this way can be very useful in MMA, especially when fighting for grips and as a way to effectively cut off the hooking hand.

Wing Chun can help to make your movement more direct and efficient. This is done by using the motion of attack to your advantage. Even when your offense fails, rather than withdrawing your attacks Wing Chun encourages you to keep fluid and use the motion to create a follow-up offensive.

As Wing Chun uses circular interpretations in punching and kicking, the direction can also be altered during the movement. This keeps your opponent guessing and gives you a highly flexible and unpredictable style.

When this punching technique is used alongside constant forward pressure, the barrage of attacks keeps your opponent too defensively minded to launch their own offensive. Wing Chun is not without its flaws, though. Of course, this is a huge drawback in a sanctioned competition. Or a long kickboxer who is able to keep you at his range? This ties in nicely to the third weakness of Wing Chun — its lack of ground game! Wing Chun is a striking art. But for MMA, where many of the fights go to the ground, this is a big problem.

If you plan on using solely Wing Chun in MMA competition, the likely outcome is a quick takedown and finish via ground and pound, or submission. This puts you in the sweet spot to get taken down by a fighter with strong wrestling or Jiu Jitsu skills. In fact, in this short fight, you can see examples of all the disadvantages I mentioned above.

Concia is immediately vulnerable in grappling range, is unable to defend the takedown, and has no answer for the ground game of his opponent. Considering the disadvantages highlighted above, it might seem crazy to consider that Wing Chun is too dangerous for MMA.

And this is not coming from the uneducated. Well, Wing Chun techniques are designed to viciously incapacitate an attacker — not score points in a sport competition.

Wing Chun kicks however aim to tear through tendons and ligaments — usually in the knees and ankles. And basically all MMA rulesets allows them. In spite of this, traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu is known as one of the most effective martial arts in the world.

These systems block first and then attack. Wing Chun emphasizes self-defense, focusing on methods that allow a deflection and an attack in the same movement.

The system is based on human biomechanics rather than animal movements, using primarily straight line, fast, direct strikes and sophisticated simultaneous blocking and striking techniques, redirecting the force of an opponent rather than attempting to meet a possibly greater force directly. The way the system produces efficient fighters in a relatively short amount of time is by sticking to several core concepts and by paying strict attention to positioning.

Much training time is spent cultivating sensitivity or contact reflexes. The student practices guarding various zones about the body and deals with whatever happens to be contacted or touched in that zone. This allows for a minimum of technique with a maximum of application, and for the use of an automatic or subconscious response.

It is not traditional in that it is not limited by the unwritten laws of men who have long since lost sight of what really works on the street. It picks up seamlessly where Wing Chun is deficient; or better said where some teachers are deficient, without discarding any of its concepts, unlocking its most powerful attributes. Armando Sainz' expanded yet sleek form of Wing Chun gives the practitioner a fully capable martial art that functions in all fighting situations and fighting ranges; standing or on the ground.

It is a scientific method designed to work effectively for the individual practitioner without any need for preconceived maneuvers in any given self-defense scenario. This unabridged martial art is a diversified and streamlined self-defense that works in the real world.