Showing posts with label martial arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label martial arts. Show all posts

Friday, August 4, 2017

Wing Chun Blog Sifu Garry - 5 stages of Comabt

Wing Chun Kung Fu Greensborough 5 stages of Combat

When a Novice starts Wing Chun, he/she thinks all wing chun is the same. This is the furthest thing from the truth.
There are many different styles of wing chun kung fu. China has 7 unique families and from the seven emanates many various schools teaching their expression of what they perceive as logical common sense wing chun self defense.
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  • Gulao Wing Chun
  • Chan Wah Shun Wing Chun
  • Yun Kah Shan Wing Chun
  • Snake Style Wing Chun
  • Cheng Bo Wing Chun
  • Yip Man Wing Chun
  • Leung Ting Wing Chun
  • Wong Shun Leung Wing Chun
  • Traditional Wing Chun
  • Leung Bik Wing Chun
  • Shaolin Jee Shin Wing Chun
  • And many more!
Shaolin Jee Shin Wing Chun stems from the Leung Bik Yip Man System

Shaolin Jee Shin Wing Chun 5 stages of Combat

  • Non Contact
  • Contact Stage (at the wrist range)
  • Exchange Range (elbow range)
  • Pursuit
  • Retreat
Most wing chun systems state that they do not have a retreat step. I find this very impractical.
Every combat system has a retreat or back step.
Imagine a 6ft 10 African charging at you with intent to harm you – and you don’t have a retreat step.
Suicide!
Leung Bik system also has a 50/50 stance. We do not lean back on the back leg as a lot of wing chun style do.
Being 50/50 means you are not over committed in any direction and you have interrupt ability, when the unexpected happens. In combat that is always a possibility.
If you lean back you cannot move backwards. If you lean forward you cannot move forwards, therefore you are over committed.
In wing chun we always resume our Opponent is larger, stronger and more powerful, so we do not take anything for granted. Wing Chun doesn’t use brute strength or fight force against force so we have to be aloof, balanced and poised.
In the Leung Bik Wooden Dummy format, a lot of people say we are too far away and not close enough to the Dummy when performing the moves.
Practitioners don not realize that we are using the different ranges when practicing Dummy.
Ranges change all the time during Combat from non contact to punching range to knee and elbow range and then moving back out again when it is necessary.
You should not criticize something you know nothing about as a lot of martial artist do, especially wing chun practitioners. They always think there system is the best.
I have sparred and fought with many wing chun systems around China and Australia and no matter what style, I believe all wing chun is efficient and effective.
Kick Boxers and the like criticize wing chun on youtube and there are some stupid examples of wing chun fighters against kick boxers and the like.
The Leung Bi system is very versatile and adaptive. We have footwork like a Boxer so we are very quick. We do not lean back on the back leg. We can change our Guard to suit the situation and we also protect our outer gates not just our centraline.
I have trained fighters in 22 fights against MuayThai and kick boxers and have won at least 15 fights in the ring. I know what is required to beat those styles of Combat.
It is not that lack of skill in the system, but mainly the lack of fitness level and power that becomes your worst enemy.
A lot of people say traditional martial arts have no place in today’s society. But from the traditional systems comes the newer styles like MMA and the like. MMA means mixed martial arts. MMA stems from a combination of traditional martial arts systems.

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Monday, November 17, 2014

WING CHUN BLOG - CHINA TRIP 2015

ROOTS OF WING CHUN

CHINA TRIP 2015

Oh well, it’s all starting over again. Organising the next “roots of wing chun” china tour.

It takes well over 12 months to organize everything.

Flights, Hotels, Fast Train Travel around China.
Coach hire for Tours from hotels in each Country.
Organize transport and tickets for various venues.
Organize group sightseeing.
Organize group Dinners.
And, arrive home safely.

We will leave Australia in November and arrive in Singapore.
We will visit Kenneth Cheung’s wing chun in Singapore via the local Sifu whom is Wesley Lim. Singapore has many places of interest for the Tourist.
After 3 days in Singapore, we will catch a flight to Taipei, which is the capital of Taiwan.
Hopefully, we will be lucky enough to visit Lo Man Kam wing chun in Taipei.
Lo Man Kam is the nephew of the late Grand Master Yip Man.

There are many places of interest to see in Taiwan.
After 3 days in Taiwan, we will catch an internal flight to Fuzhou in southern China.
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province.

Our group will visit 2 Shaolin Temples. One in Putian and Fuqing.
There will be some sightseeing, as well, before we catch a fast train to Shanghai.
We will be staying in central Shanghai at the JW Marriot Hotel.

There will be a lot of shopping and sightseeing in Shanghai. Also.
After Shanghai, we will catch another fast train to the Capital of China, Beijing.
While in Beijing, we will visit the Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Great Wall, Hutong, Drum and Bell Tower, Forbidden City and Ming Tombs.

In 2012, the skies around Beijing were a beautiful blue and the air was clean, believe it or not.
This will be the School’s sixth trip to China. In 2012, we started in Beijing and headed south to Henan and northern Shaolin Temple, then flying to Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. We travelled around Guangdong Province for several days and finished our trip in Hong Kong, covering around 3000 kms.

This trip, we will be predominately travelling from Australia, to Singapore, to Taiwan and then along the East Coast from Southern China travelling north to Shanghai and Beijing.
The trip in 2015 will cover around 2000kms around China plus travelling around Taiwan and Singapore.

In the previous trips, we spent all our time in Hong Kong and travelling around Guangdong, visiting wing chun schools and doing demonstrations and Chi sao with the Chinese practitioners.

After the Communists takeover of China in 1949, a lot of martial arts practitioners fled or left China for a life of freedom in other Countries such as Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

The 2015 China trip will concentrate on wing chun kung fu outside of China and predominately, outside of southern China and Hong Kong.




















Tuesday, October 2, 2012

MartialLife.com interview with Sifu Garry Baniecki

Sifu Garry's Blog

Martial Life.com interview with Sifu Garry Baniecki

Several months ago around June 2012, I was approached by Martial Life for an interview about my wing chun experience and especially about the altercation between William Cheung and Emin Bozepe, from 1987.

In my response, I have endeavoured to relate the truth as experienced and perceived by me.
I have the utmost respect and courtesy for William Cheung. I believe he is a Master's Master of Wing Chun Kung Fu and the wing chun community should be very grateful and honoured for Sigong William's contribution over the last 50 years.



The interview revolves around  the current state of wing chun kung fu.

Sifu Garry coaching prowess and involvement with wing chun tournaments and competition.

Competition includes National All Styles touch contact tournament with wing chun forms and weaponry. Full contact fighting, wing chun training methods and fitness conditioning.

My experiences in China and my interpretation on wing chun history and lineages.

My adventures in Heshan county and Gulao Village, the residence of Grand Master Fung Chun.


Sifu Garry has been involved with wing chun kung fu since 1985. Since then, Sifu Garry has committed himself to the Chinese martial arts on a full time basis.

Sifu Garry and his wife, Sifu Linda own and operate two full time wing chun schools, one in Abbotsford and the other in Greensborough, suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

Shaolin Jee Shin Wing Chun Kung Fu Association teaches traditional wing chun kung fu, wing chun wooden dummy, chi sao, wing chun weapons, wing chun forms, medical qigong, shaolin hard qigong and tai chi.