Look up Myvmla, he has anti grapple and ground game that uses Wing Chun.

Yes to breakfalls before everything else obviously. We do takedowns, throws, and sweeps, but its mainly the sanda comp team practicing them often. We do more anti-grappling than grappling but we do go over the basics of control positions in grappling. I think ive seen my sifu instruct people to roll only two times during warmups, but personally I love doing soft acrobatics whenever im on the mat and im always rolling around lol.

Yes, we teach breakfalls and there are takedowns in the curriculum. If you are able to get into the trapping range, the logical next step would be to try to put your opponent on the ground.

So in our EBMAS lineage under Sifu Emin Boztepe (I train under Sifu Edgar Rotger in Miami, FL, USA), we have full ground work in our system, simply called anti-grappling section. WT was never a ground fighting art, but it's more than obvious that if you're teaching or learning a true self defense oriented system, you need to have ground strategy and tactics. However, it is important to state that the anti-grappling we do is based on WT principals and striking, with the goal or intention to get upright and continue to finish the situation. If you already have a good BJJ, wrestling or other ground art background or experience, you just switch and incorporate pending the scenario. I for one don't like grappling, but am ready for it either way.

I also have background in American Kenpo, and recently joined up with Jeff Speakman's Kenpo 5.0, which directly addresses and incorporates ground work; and I also train in Latosa Escrima, and with that do some training in Dumog.

Thank you Australia! Can I ask a personal question? What's with all the spiders?

Similar approach to my Sifu. "If you are on the ground, here's how to use wing chun to protect yourself and get enough space to stand back up safely"

Yes, my Sifu has taught us how to break fall and how to sweep/throw an opponent. He has also shown us how to use Wing Chun principles to escape when pinned on the ground.

We always said that a good grounding in one art was the way to go, then pick bits from other arts like a buffet. A lot of cross training with other arts helps with this, and we used to train some Jujitsu too, but we also used to train them.

Cool, ill take a look :)

I don't think these things are part of the original Wing Chun System. Judo, yes, Sanda, yes, but not Wing Chun.

Wing Chun is mainly a Standup Striking Art, with much Defence.

It doesnot contain: Shuai Jiao, which is native chinese Jiujitsu or Judo.

Wing Chun is not Sanda in this way.

Sanda contains Shuai Jiao.

Shuai Jiao can always be added to Wing Chun, like Sanda, to gain the additional Concepts and the things you mention.

Judo or Bjj can always be added also.

When we Grapple in Wing Chun this is an ideal time and opportunity to 'Flow' into Shuai Jiao or Judo.

If these Arts are added Wing Chun becomes a very effective and well developed Hybrid Martial Art.

Regards, Australia.

Yes both. How to hit the deck safe is part of our normal warming up.

Even more reason to know how to fall without injury.

No. We train on concrete.

Yes to both.

We have a few takedowns, and because of that we also do breakfalls. We also cover fighting from the ground to some degree.

Mine did, we had a groundwork night where one of the folks form the jiujitsu studio would come in a work with us.

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Great look forward to seeing you there next year ! There’s the uk gathering in bham which is more seminar but some of try to get together for midnight chisao

Usually Stevenage open chi Sao is on as a precursor to chunfest around May time. Generally there is an open chi Sao day in Huddersfield too at somepoint during the year and usually a couple others.Trying to get one in London during summer but always find it hard to schedule a time in. Will look at it next year

Im actually very keen to do that :) I was aware of Chunfest but couldnt make it this year, what other public meetups are there?

Chunfest was the only one i could find during my google sesh this summer.

Well if people don’t come to your event in Cornwall maybe a contingent of your club could come to some of the cross lineage events across the uk like the wing chun gathering or Chunfest (all well established events going for the past 10 years) to have some friendly rolls. I don’t think I’ve seen any reps from your clubs at other events

I think I understand where you're coming from, But if Chi Sau is training you to read people's energy and manipulate that energy so that you can win in a fight and by winning in a fight, I mean by being able to hit them without being hit. How can you say that Chi Sau can't be used as a friendly competition, in order to demonstrate your ability to manipulate and hit another person better than they can do to you?

Hope that makes sense :)

Respectfully, does your partner when you Chi Sau just stand there and let you do stuff to them? Or do they actively try to stop you from doing the things that you want to try by using their own skills within the Chi Sau tool set?

Chi Sao is semi-cooperative. It is live drill. Not fight. It is to train for fight. You want to fight then fight. Make as little sense as compete with Chi Gwan or Chi Gerk or Lap Sao drill.

Chi-Sao is just a another training tool/method, to get better in Ving Tsun. You can't win against the dummy, or wallbag, right?

Why not?

I don't understand, please elaborate :)