Training Methods

The founders of Wing Chun developed several principles that use intelligence to overcome brute strength, quickly and effectively.  By not opposing brute force, a Wing Chun practitioner uses his opponent's strength to make his techniques more effective.

The principles of Wing Chun are easy to learn and adaptable. Self-defense techniques are neither applied mechanically nor following fixed schemes, but according to the feeling. In a self-defense situation, if one has to think what movement could be the right to use, he will always be to slow. Consequently, the Wing Chun student learns to develop reflexes that trigger the correct technique. At higher levels, an experienced Wing Chun fighter is able to fight blindfolded.  By always staying in physical contact with the opponent, experienced fighters are able to feel the opponent's force and respond to it before the opponent has a chance to launch an effective attack.  Also, because Wing Chun's techniques are compact, the space needed to defend oneself is very small. It is said "if you get your enemy in to a telephone booth, he will have no chance".