Not taking full hits Here is another flaw of Chi Sao, although it could be alleviated if the school also made the students spar. What is the lesson to be learned here?
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Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Wing Chun is designed for realistic self-defense. Meaning, the art works best with the element of surprise. In self-defense, there is no time to circle, prepare and attack. The number one goal of Wing Chun is to shut the fight down as quickly as possible. This is why in a true self-defense situation, the outcome is almost always determined within the first vital moments.
Because of this, Wing Chun practitioners, for the most part, work on staying true to the purpose of the art. They are designed to completely incapacitate someone trying to attack you.
However, as MMA has grown to become so popular and more and more people are choosing the mixed martial arts approach, it was only a matter of time before we would see Wing Chun techniques inside the cage. As MMA continues to evolve, fighters are looking for ways to get an edge on their competition.
What many MMA fighters looked past previously, they are now looking outside the box of mainstream combat sports into other arts such as Wing Chun. One of the most well-known fighters who use Wing Chun is Tony Ferguson. He really appreciates working on the Wing Chun wooden dummy.
So much so, that he takes it with him to training camps to help him get ready for fights. His application of Wing Chun concepts can be seen in his use of constant forward pressure. He has used Wing Chun trapping moves in close and Wing Chun kicks in several of his matches.
Anderson Silva also trains on the Wing Chun wooden dummy to practice his trapping and close-quarters moves. See more at Anderson Silva Wing Chun. The idea of MMA is to have a competitive, but safe fight within a sporting arena.
Wing Chun however had much more bloody origins and was based around survival in a self defense scenario. Basically, the two are very different and what may be fair on the streets, is deemed unacceptable and illegal in the cage.
Eye gouging is taught in Wing Chun and is also a highly effective tool whilst fighting. Of course, this should not be used in every fight as it has serious consequences such as prison. Not only this but it can easily blind the opponent and damage them for life. Because of this, it is banned from MMA and fighters are well-drilled on its legal status. In fact, MMA takes eye-safety very seriously. Even accidental eye pokes in MMA can lead to points being deducted and they are highly frowned upon.
In some cases, even the MMA gloves are designed to stop fingers straightening out with eye safety in mind. Apparently, getting poked in the eye can cause a severe distortion in terms of distance. Obviously, when fighting distance-management is a big deal so even after getting one eye poke, your vision can change massively. Remember, this is just eye pokes too…eye gouging is seen as far worse. This ties in nicely to the third weakness of Wing Chun — its lack of ground game!
Wing Chun is a striking art. But for MMA, where many of the fights go to the ground, this is a big problem. If you plan on using solely Wing Chun in MMA competition, the likely outcome is a quick takedown and finish via ground and pound, or submission. This puts you in the sweet spot to get taken down by a fighter with strong wrestling or Jiu Jitsu skills.
In fact, in this short fight, you can see examples of all the disadvantages I mentioned above. Concia is immediately vulnerable in grappling range, is unable to defend the takedown, and has no answer for the ground game of his opponent.
Considering the disadvantages highlighted above, it might seem crazy to consider that Wing Chun is too dangerous for MMA. And this is not coming from the uneducated. Well, Wing Chun techniques are designed to viciously incapacitate an attacker — not score points in a sport competition. Wing Chun kicks however aim to tear through tendons and ligaments — usually in the knees and ankles. And basically all MMA rulesets allows them. This is a textbook example of the defend-attack principle and hand-trapping technique of Wing Chun.
Of course, other martial arts like Muay Thai use close elbow strikes too, and the distinction between styles is not always clear. At the very least, this shows that Wing Chun striking has a role in an effective MMA striking offensive.
Tony is known for his unorthodox, fluid striking and constant forward pressure.
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