About Wing Chun

Wing Chun Kung Fu is a combat martial art. Wing Chun Kung Fu is simply the most efficient way for one person to control their physical environment. It is a combat martial art, and was developed as such.

Wing Chun was developed around 400 years ago when a small group of Kung Fu Masters of similar political belief got together to trade secrets because they were losing a war. In those times it took 20-30 years to become proficient in Kung Fu and when training combatants for fighting a war, this is simply too long. The masters decided to develop an art that was simple and efficient to learn taking approximately 7 years as opposed to 20 to master. The art was also to be designed specifically to deal with other martial artists, experts in hand-to-hand combat. It is even MORE devastating when used on the untrained. Wing Chun is an effective system for smaller fighters, women, and smaller men to defeat larger opponents. It was based on conceptual ideas, not memorized techniques. Thus, the advantage of greater muscular size and strength, while helpful, do not indicate sure a path to victory.

The art was to be conceptually based not technique based. What does that mean? It means you learn a few key concepts that cover many situations and therefore you don’t need to memorize one or more techniques for every possible variation in positioning or energy in a fight.

For example when Dr. Mullen learned Karate, long before his introduction to Wing Chun, he learned at least 25 techniques to get out of a grab. In Wing Chun, we have one, and it is guaranteed to work every time.

Wing Chun is primarily based on hand usage. While there are kicks in the system, they never go above the waist. There are reasons for this; scientific, physiological reasons. We would be happy to discuss them.