by LeedsWingChun | Oct 22, 2024 | Blog, Martial Arts Leeds
Wing Chun is one of the best self defence martial art for beginners to learn. Wing Chun is known to have been developed by a woman for smaller people against bigger people. It uses redirection and deflection against an attack and so can be effective against a stronger...
by LeedsWingChun | Oct 3, 2024 | Blog, Martial Arts Leeds, Private Self Defence
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by LeedsWingChun | Sep 22, 2024 | Blog, Martial Arts Leeds
Basic Wing Chun begins with learning some simply fundamentals such as stance and hand positions. Initially you will usually learn the basic stance Yee Gee Kim Yeun Mar – the Character 2 adduction stance. You’ll get some “testing” on your...
by LeedsWingChun | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog, Martial Arts Leeds
There’s a lot of talk around “authentic Wing Chun” and “pure” Wing Chun. But what does this really mean? Wing Chun dates back hundreds of years and over time it has surely changed from teacher to student. Ip Man was known to teach his...
by LeedsWingChun | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog, Martial Arts Leeds
The term “advanced Wing Chun” typically refers to the later forms in the system, although advanced also means basics mastered. My Sifu used to say there’s no such thing as advanced techniques in Wing Chun, just better use of basics. In the beginning...
by LeedsWingChun | Sep 11, 2024 | Blog, Martial Arts Leeds
Jeet Kune Do literally translates as “the way of the intercepting fist” and is a fighting art and philosophy created by the late Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee was a student of multiple martial arts including Wing Chun, Taekwondo, Kali, JuJitsu, boxing, fencing and...
