Wing Chun or Wing Tsun?

[bartjam]

Wong Fei Hung? I suspect there's more legend than reality in the stories about this lad....

http://www.kungfucinema.com/articles/2001-04-08-01.htm

[47MartialMan]

I had seen it spelled Ving Tsun.

BTW-isnt there a Wing Chun museum in Ohio?

[TheJong]

Ving Tsun is the way Yip Man spelled it, so if you see it spelled that way you know it's his lineage.

[47MartialMan]

Have you heard about the museum in Ohio?

[Memnoch1207]

WT WC AND VT are all lineage from Yip Man.

WT (Wing Tsun (Leung Ting)) was a private student of Yip Man and created the WT (IWTA) branch.

The most noticable difference I have seen between the different variations is Wing Tsun has more manuverable foot work. Wing Chun foot work tends to be an equal balance of weight on both legs. Wing Tsun focuses on forward pressure (but not body weight) on the front leg (the one closest to your opponent) and body weight on your back leg for better balance and response time when having to move quickly.

[TheJong]

The Ving Tsun Museum in Ohio was founded by Moy Yat stundent Benny Meng. He now teaches another lineage of Wing Chun.

[TheJong]

The Ving Tsun I study teaches you to shift your weight between legs. You can not move fast if the weight is equal.

[47MartialMan]

Yeah, bit it has a closely knitted lineage-what is yours?

[TheJong]

Mine? Moy Yat.

[47MartialMan]

Mine? Moy Yat.

Any links?

[TheJong]

Yeah, go here http://www.moyyat.com/origins.html they have good links to other schools

[Hardball]

Wing Chun= Sil lim tao, chum kil, bil jee, chi sao, wooden dummy. I think it's a great system for CROSS TRAINING. My .02 worth!!

[Toudiyama[NL]]

The Ving Tsun I study teaches you to shift your weight between legs. You can not move fast if the weight is equal.

You cannot move period
walking is cont. shiftinng your weight
Even if your weight isn't distributed balanced, you still have to shift it to move
Only way to move without shifting it fom left to right is jumping

[Tom Yum]

I think it's a great system for CROSS TRAINING. My .02 worth!!

ya want change?...jj

agreed. any style isn't bad to experiment with, take what you can actually use and go with it.

[Hardball]

ya want change?...jj

agreed. any style isn't bad to experiment with, take what you can actually use and go with it.

What about the butterfly swords and the dragon pole? Both wing chun staples.