Sifu Allan Lee on Wing Chun Training Methods and Procedures
News, January 31st, 2008
Thanks to marcus_pasram for the heads up:
Wing Chun NYC ~ A Brief Discussion of the Training Methods and Procedures of Wing Chun Kung Fu
It is now almost 60 years since SiFu Yip Man 葉問宗師 established and initiated the art of Wing Chun Kung Fu in Hong Kong 香港, and we should appreciate and honor his lifetime of research and perseverance to maintain and preserve this secret Art of fighting. He arduously managed his unknown schools in a tumultuous period on this small island and fortune will not let down a man who does his best to hand down his comprehensive knowledge to his disciples. Under the cultivation of SiFu Yip Man, many outstanding students gained fame through diligent training and successful application of Wing Chun in numerous contests. As a result, the Wing Chun style became famous in Hong Kong. His descendants have since taught this art on all continents including Bruce Lee 李小龍 who single-handedly influenced and changed the way martial arts films were made. Bruce Lee’s fighting movies such as “Fists of Fury” 精武門, “Return of the Dragon” 猛龍過江, and “Enter the Dragon” 龍爭虎鬥, to name a few, continue to capture audiences to this day with his stunning fighting techniques and choreography. These extraordinary fight sequences are a magnificent demonstration of an explosive fighting art that can be traced back to the unique style of Wing Chun. In the years since, Wing Chun has become one of the most popular styles of Martial Arts in the world.
”Who I am is not important. The most important thing is what I teach you. If it works then it counts.”
”Don’t believe what I tell you, use your common sense to learn, try it, use it, and find out for yourself.”
”Be more open minded, accept the ideas of others that you come across, analyze them and attempt to apply them to find out whether they are true. Do not blindly believe what I say and always use your common sense to learn”.
Just some small gems from the article. Quotations directly from Ip Man are quite rare to the eye, and do make sense to most!