Excellent information. I spend at least 3 years in a Wing Chun school doing exactly what you are warning us about. Thank you very much for this lesson.

I absolutely love this channel and Sifu Jason. I think this is the best most down to earth instruction people can get... people should have to pay for this instruction. There’s no BS here. I send people to this channel every chance I get!

If the first rule of martial arts is, don't be where the punch goes. Then you could effectively say, the biggest mistake in Wing Chun is the same mistake made in every form of martial arts. And that is... being where the punch lands. The second biggest mistake that is made by all forms of martial arts is the thinking. Most people who practice martial arts, will most likely use this or that to fight for sport. Or entertainment. When you realize that your enemy is not attacking you so that they can make you a cake. Then one can assert that the biggest mistake that you can make in any form of martial arts is that, you are not fighting for your life. Because there's a big difference between knocking your enemy down, and letting him get up again. And taking that individual out permanently. It is literally Straight Out of The Art of War. The 700 year old Chinese text on warfare. You fight to win. You fight to live. And you never, ever, let your enemy retreat regroup and come back stronger than before. If you're not fighting for your life. You're exercising. Hand to hand combat is exactly that. Combat. And in combat, we aren't rolling around in our underwear trying to stick our fingers in each other's butt. And if you want to know who the winner is, in a combat situation. It's easy. He's the one still breathing.

I was taught a far less traditional Wing Chun, and they incorporated stuff from other arts like Hsing I and Bagua. The biggest mistake I see in most Wing Chun is fighters would rather spend time trying control the opponent's hands than just get off the line of attack. All of the touch drills are meant for a split second to get the advantage and destroy the opponent.

True!its like in boxing:you dont move like in jumping rope or throw punches as on speed bag;those are drill for specific pourposes.

As Rene Latosa said on a seminar (rephrased): "Patterns are just that: patterns. However you need to explore and weaponize them."

I've been saying this for years. Thanks.

Whole lot of good info on this video. Especially for WC people.

Hands up. Very practical approach as always. Keep up the good work.

All Chunners should be listening to your excellent and practical advice... Cheers Dublin Ireland...

Thanks for this information it help my a lot in training

Great video! I was first surprised when my teacher started my Wing Chun training with western boxing, but then I understood the value. And yes, my finger did a decent job clicking Like button.

Yeah, perfect mindset, I totally agree with the "working/practical" concepts and "good better best" valuation in training thanks!

Great video 👍🏽

It's a energy drill bong lap the techniques are secondary it's the understanding of energy that's why it's called a energy drill my friend I totally agree with what your saying my respects from Sifu to Sifu from across the Water keep Up The great work my respects 🙏😊

I love your logic, and analogies. 'It don't work if it only works in Wing Chun'. So true and so real.

You have people take more of a posture like Bak Mei which is interesting. Personally, where I see people make mistakes the most in Wing Chun is not valuing positioning and footwork, and trying to deflect or block everything instead of getting out of the way, covering, and closing the gap. Also a lot of lack of understanding of biomechanics for power. Doesn't matter much if you hit them if it's mostly just a poke. Just my personal opinion based on my experience.

Excellent advice

Very good explanation!!!

i'm currently learning wingchun, some how what your saying is correct, nice advice, keep on uploading videos

Thank you. Perfect explanation on how to train in todays time and think. 99% of the well known wing chun instructors out there are still training their students training methods that they were taught from ip mans time. They have not evolved to todays time of fighting. In fact they have stopped learning so will find it hard to cope with todays aggressive fighting attacks with their old training drills. Wing chun is a Thinking Persons Art.

Good points. Tactical Reality is what I call it. Many confrontations don’t conform to any one style and a street fighter has 3 to 5 techniques that allow them the advantage in a street fight and ultimately a KO or at least a TKO. A feign jab with a quick cross will normally take someone out unless they have plenty of time sparring for example. I like this guy’s (Sifu’s) methodology.

Taking it up would be at the top of the list 😁

Interesting. Thanks from Texas.

Wing chun works best when: You are very close- you are constantly moving forward- your hands and arms are hardened/conditioned - you surprise the attacker.

The thing I hate about your channel is it doesn't have enough subs

"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face." Mike Tyson

Thanks from Texas

absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. -- Bruce Lee

That re washing thing hit home hard. You are right, I took no chances and hit like.

The biggest mistake is static defense, non-resisting opponents, static footwork, and more than one punch per one punch of the opponent. You get at most two punches. Wear headgear and 4 oz. gloves and let them hit back.

Amen brother I am Sifu Julian Sawyer so many have never been in a real fight I teach combat strategy of Wing Chun creating reaction fighting on the blind side and other important fighting stradegie

Thank you..ply expand on this I took 3 months in Chicago. And now years later I am our west in Re no looking for a Wing Chun School but this is the second time I heard what you are explaining. The closest place is Sacramento Cali 2 hours away ,but this issue needs to be address in depth before I continue. Thank you so much 👍!!

Amen!!!!!

Ha..love that Pierre Burton is right at the end. A great Canadian. He had an amazing interview with Bruce Lee when he was in Hong Kong. I think it was shortly before his death. Very revealing interview if you have never seen it.

It's like a basketball player doing layup or free throw drills. He's not going to do a layup if there's a center there blocking his way or try to shoot a free throw style shot if there's someone guarding him.

Please explain more on this.

"JAMMING TECHNIQUES" looking forward to that lession... : )

A lot of that lack of reality can easily be remedied by sparring regularly. Lightly, of course. Most people don't learn much by being beaten on.

excellent.Like Karate, Wing Chun needs to be adjusted.Likewise Akido.Combat and fighting has changed so much over the years.Excellent video.

I totally agree, that's why I stopped paying my Sifu $100 a month.

I don't know why some people are criticising you. Wing chun is not my thing but your idea is solid. Even if you are not 100% correct, it's prettty clear you are on the right path. Time will tell, and even if there is something missing I am pretty sure you will find it.

Jason, Does your website have examples of JKD fight tactics or training drills that would support the fight tactics of your style? Curious about how to transition from tools to combat application. Thanks!

I forget to press like and it played on infinite loop.

Dude, no link to your website. I'm too lazy to type in the characters.

5:01 Yeah you CAN use a bong sau against it LOL. At least you can with the wing chun i've learned. I've pressure tested and sparred against some of my frriends (most of whom box), and i personally in my own experience found that Bong sau and Tan Sau actually work great against a straight punch. You turn with the bong to redirect it and step in to counter, and you can use Tan Sau to get into the outside gate. It's honestly not that hard. But your method works too :)

biggest mistake would be not choosing boxing instead

I typed out this huge comment of my opinions, questions, etc. but then I realized nobody really wants to read all that so I’m just gonna make it short and sweet. I’m not a wing Chun practitioner so please inform me on what your meaning, are you saying that the drills you mentioned such as chi sau are basically pointless? Great video as always

Ps that Man Sau guard is terrible I never use it isn't practical at all maybe against other WCK but we spar with many different systems if you don't leave your comfort Zone you never grow that's why training in a pressurised environment is Key to increase your skill set my respects great film 🙏😊

Wing chun is already complete and combat applicable.

You sell the hit first shirt?

Have u practiced wing chun?

Would you as a wing chun martial artist invite a martial artist with equal experirience in a stand up sparring match and post it? The old way is a better way to see what works and what not does.

Why on earth would you a drill in a martial art/combat sport that is not fight transferable???

To gain muscle memory u need years of practice

I feel the best thing a Wing Chun practitioner could do is do some training with people who have other martial arts backgrounds. The varied the better. You don't have to use what other fighters use, but you do need to know what they can do in order to be ready for it. A comment on that right overhand/cross you were talking about. I happened upon a very old championship boxing match from the early days of modern boxing. I can't remember the names, but the new champion used that punch to face plant the old. It was beautiful. I found it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrt0fLuVysydook.html

Hi Sifu Jason, I’ve been watching your channel recently and must say I really like it, I think your content is great and really original. It’s helped someone like me, who has never practised, develop a deeper appreciation for the wing chun system. *ALSO*, I would really love to know you’re opinion on Roberto Duran. He’s a great boxer and a notorious infighter. I think there’s a lot of cross over between the techniques used in wing chun and the techniques he uses when fighting on the inside. This is became especially apparent to me after watching your wing chun applications series. If you’re not familiar with him, may you please check out this 6 minute video on his infighting: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7GWoqWdzdiniqs.html

Wing chun can be efective if the opponent just silent like a wood..

My guess is no....wing chun is also about counter strikes and striking at the exact moment the attacker throws the 👊.

Even these blocks you are showing as a " better " way to deflect/block/stop that looping type straightish jab/hook...will not work in reality. Imagine a strong, powerful guy throwing one of those like a Mike Tyson would. The punch will blast right through that arm block your student is doing on you in this video. You would get clocked in the face and that might be it for you. If you are going to use such a chun-sao type arm block, the way to make it more functional is to pivot 90 degrees and block into the guy's INNER forearm at that 90 degree angle. So your body will be facing his inner forearm straight on. And when you pivot and block, you simultaneously throw your punch to his nose with your other hand. Now, another excellent defense against such a punch is a boxing head movement notably a slip or very slight bob to left OR right....doesn't matter because the punch is aiming for center...your face...so a slight bob to the left OR right, will cause the punch to miss. As you bob or slip, you are also launching an attacking punch to his now opened gate. Anyhow, good luck. FYI.

Respectfully Sifu. You have the right opinion of the art. You are missing the point of the art. You finding to many faults instead seeing the lethality of it.

You don’t realise understand the core concepts of Wing Chun my friend, hence the confusion.

true but only part of the story.

biggest mistake is they learn wing chun in the first place

None of these problems are because the teacher doesn’t know or the student doesn’t get it. Its our society even in America. The government has conditioned people to think they are safe and protected by the government. Imagine if murder was legal. How would you train in your school? Like you do know or like your life depended on it?

Wing chun is a concept art, until the concepts are able to be understood it is almost worthless. If the concepts can be understood then they have to be applied, this once again is very hard. So out of 1000 people who actually learn 'proper' wing chun maybe only one of those people will be able to defend themselves against trained fighters, and that is also if they are a fighter inside. Wing chun is the hardest martial art to learn and the hardest to apply as a system. I like Wing Chun though.

By the looks of it u have only seen wing chun in the movies

biggest mistake WC fighters make is practicing WC

Sifu Victor Gutierrez have been doing that for years. But he does much better than this.

IMHO If the Wing Chun foundation concepts are not fully understood by the student, then everything becomes looking like imitations and the student suffers the consequences. Therfore don't try to imitate Wing Wing Chun, rather become Wing Chun.

Wing chun not good for street fight !? 🤔

Ok, so I just went to your website and noticed you don't offer any ground game? Isn't that a huge hole in your curriculum?

The biggest mistake is that they do Wing Chun.

The biggest mistake is not learning Kenpo instead

The biggest mistake that Wing Chun fighters make is “accepting challenge matches against MMA fighters”. 😆

The most astute and relevant presentation on parrying real life punch attacks on youtube. Watch this and wake up and smell the coffee the rest of you so called martial artists. No point teaching or learning something that won't work. Thanks once again Sifu.

I like WC. It's Excellent exercise for me. But I don't ever use any of its techniques in a actual fight. WC is just not effective. Maybe against someone who just stands there waiting to get hit. I rely on Boxing for stand up and if the fight goes to the ground (which about 80% of fights do) I rely on my BJJ and wrestling. Ain't nothing more satisfying than maneuvering some fool around into position and either make them scream like a bitch with an armbar or two or ground and pound their face in.

The big mistake Wing Chun people make is that they don't trust their own system. If u afraid to get hit you will get hit. Wing Chun fight ting style is walking like a robot. It is boring and simple. If u a duck, u should walk like a duck. Wing Chun don't block. It is too slow too block. A boxer boxes when step into a gym. All he does is boxing. He punch a hundred times, a thousand times. Therefore his skill is more efficient than most Wing Chun pratictioners. Wing Chun focus on forms and especially Chi Sao. Is he using his Chi Sao in figting? When the fight starts; his stance is great...then he starts blocking, which is against Wing Chun concept. Then he a starts moving his head a way from the punch. His stance changes to a boxer or a kick boxer. He or start to move his hands up or down like a Tai Chi practictioner; looks cool and fancy. On top of that he starts to shuffle like a boxer. If u are a duck why don't u walk like a duck? U are a duck; but u try to fly like a butterfy. Wham in the face; he lost his stance, his belief in the system. I am not a Wing Chun practictioner, but I started to adopt the tecnique into my fighting style due to my old age. Wing Chun is a Good combat system if you practice it right and belief in the system. Chi Sao looks cool but it does not do u any good in real combat. Jame Sin Clair is one great Wing chun pratictioner in a UK. Center line, blocking is too slow, intercepting or hitting while blocking is some of the great concepts of Wing Chun. If u want wing chun into real combat, then ask, "What does a boxer do in the gym?" Sorry for my bad English. Hope this help some new comer who plan to try Wing Chun. Any style is good if u master its tools and concepts.

WING CHUN , IS NOT A PERFECT ( MARTIAL ART ) .!!!!!! . DEPENDS ON THE TEACHER .? . THAT WHY , ( BRUCE LEE ) , CREATED HIS OWN MARTIAL ARTS , OF JKD .!!!!!! . AND HAS BECOME , VERY AFFECTIVE , DEFENDING ON THE TEACHER .? . STUDY : THE SYTEM U THINK 🤔 U ARE INTERESTING IN .? . 🙏🏾📚📖📚🙏🏾.....BEFORE , JOINING 😂👍.!!!!!! .

Until you spar with a resisting opponent you have not prepared for a fight. Until wing chun starts training like a combat sport: boxing, muay thai, wrestling, bjj etc. it will be relegated to the world of theory. A guy boxing for a year will beat any wing chun guy who's done nothing but do drills and forms for 10 years.

Wing Chun is a mistake if you try it in real fight

The biggest mistake Win Chun fighters make is wasting there time, money and effort learning such a useless martial art .

If you are learning any martial arts and not sparring then you are not really learning for real life situations and that's the problem. A lot of people learn martial arts with never ever actually fighting. Wing Chun for instance has a lot of base principles that make a lot of sense and are simple and efficient but a lot of martial times fighting is never really part of the learning process and learning to fight and fighting are completely different. It's like how you go to school and then get a job and realize that you actually know nothing 😂