DataB4 wrote:
Lace-Bane, do you still practice martial arts?
I realize I didn't get the chance to comment on Wing Chun as you described it, quite a while ago in this thread. You mentioned that practitioners have been known to execute the moves blindfolded. Of course, I find that especially interesting because I'm blind. Simultaneously attacking and defending is obviously a great idea also. It seems like so much of martial arts is focused on form rather than practicality, as people have to learn all these techniques and movements to progress.
yes, though it’s hard to explain. much of what’s being practiced of wing chun is from observing techniques and forms in film, and matching them with method books... so there is much hesitation to call what’s being practiced wing chun until an instructor can confirm that it is wing chun.
there is a studio in southern california with a reputable lineage(there’s nothing else closer), but it’s too far away for the time being without going to school(higher cost of living, and don’t drive), yet to go to school for finding work there, would make it much more difficult if not impossible to find work abroad... and there are places intended to be experienced, and disciplines to learn from those places, that aren’t here in the united states. have little idea what to go to school for at this point in ignorance.
the problem with wing chun, is not the art, but this form... being 6’2”, and athletic, the art’s validity for practical use of all will likely continue to be disbelieved on levels similar to questionable arts like aikido. it’d be ideal if more women would begin taking interest in promoting the art, but most appear to be men.
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