Dallas WingTsun / Iron Palm
is an
official branch
of the International
WingTsun™
Association led by Grandmaster Leung Ting, former
student of the late Grandmaster Yip Man.
WT is the
registered trademark of Professor Leung Ting and the
IWTA. Only schools that are part of the IWTA may use the
Wing Tsun (WT) spelling. Don't be fooled by imitators
using alternate "WT" type spellings.
WingTsun™
is passive in defense and advocates attack only in
response to an opponent's attack. The underlying
principles of the martial art are the same as its
underlying philosophy. Wing Tsun seeks to provide
balance.
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a Wingtsun seminar.
There are four fighting principles of WT:
Fighting Principles
Go forward (問路尋橋手先行)
Advance immediately in order to establish contact
with the limbs (allowing for Chi Sao reflexes
to take over) or — even better — to strike first.
This counter intuitive reaction will often surprise
the attacker, and moves the fight into a close
distance in which tactile reflexes will dominate
over visual reactions, where the Wing Tsun
practitioner is likely to have an advantage.
Stick to the opponent (手黐手,無訂(地方)走)
If you are unable to strike and disable your
opponent, but instead make contact with some part of
his body (other than his face, throat, etc.), stick
to it. Often this will be an opponent's arm; if you
maintain constant contact with his arms, how can he
launch an attack at you without your knowing? This
applies for the time only when the opponent is
blocking your shortest way of attack. Once there is
opportunity, you give up sticking, and go in with
your attack (flow).
Yield to a greater force (用巧勁，避拙力-即借力）
Since one cannot expect to be stronger than every
potential attacker, one must train in such a way as
to be able to win even against a stronger opponent.
Chi Sao teaches the reflexes necessary to
react to an opponent's attacks. When an attack is
simply stronger than yours, your trained reflexes
will tell your body to move out of the way of the
attack and find another angle for attack.
Follow through (迫步追形)
As an extension of the first principle, if an
opponent retreats, a WingTsun practitioner's
immediate response is to continue moving forward,
not allowing the opponent to recover and have an
opportunity to reconsider his strategy of attack.
Many styles that rely on visual cues prefer to step
back and wait and time their attacks, as commonly
seen in sport and tournament fighting.