Advanced Fighting Concepts

This is American street-fighting technology, the way it is supposed to be. We've taken Bruce Lee's traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu and made it our own, modernized it, refined it and above all, Americanized it. We've also integrated original Bare-knuckle boxing concepts into our approach from a time when boxing was hardcore street-fighting along with modern physics and geometry to evolve our practice to a whole new level.
You could call what we do Wing Chun, but you wouldn't fully do it justice. You could call it Jeet Kune Do, but you'd be further off the mark there too. If you just called it "street-fighting" you'd miss the meticulous scientific-based analytical training that goes into our approach. We just call it Wing Chun most of the time, but Advanced Fighting Concepts seems to describe it better. To really understand, you've got to experience it. We are located in San Clemente, CA (Orange County).

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Progressive Wing Chun Training

Written by redrebel on

Wing Chun is an excellent martial art. It's theories are pretty much unparalleled when compared to other martial arts. Bruce Lee used Wing Chun as the backbone of his own personal martial art of which he called Jeet Kune Do.

However, there is a distinct problem with Wing Chun - most Wing Chun schools lack "dynamic realism" in their training. They don't spar. They don't hit. They don't come out of their comfort zone to test their theories. They don't have enough hardcore, uncoorperative resistance training in their curriculum if they have any at all.

Make no mistake, there can be no substitute for realistic sparring. Drills have their value in training but they cannot take the place of sparring like it has for so many Wing Chun schools. Realistic sparring is where the proving ground takes place. Its where you test your abilities and learn to apply Wing Chun's concepts in real time. Its where you gain the mental ability to hit and get hit. Its the defining point between practical Wing Chun training and Wing Chun theory.

Ask yourself, "Can I apply this in real life, in real-time and with real pressure." If you have doubts, step up your Wing Chun training. Spar more. Make your Wing Chun work in real time, with "alive" footwork and against fully resisting opponents.

But how do you bridge the gap between learning the movements and integrating them into sparring in real time and under real pressure? Sometimes called the I-Method, progressive resistance training can offer just the answer to this gap.

However, this must be done with a specific skill (or technique) in mind. You can't try to learn too many things at once. Be specific and stay simple. Acquire a specific skill. Don't complicate things with too many concepts/techniques.

With progressive resistance, your training partner gradually decreasing their cooperation of a specific movement. First your training partner is completely cooperative. Then, little by little, over a 15-20 minute period, your training partner gets progressively more uncooperative until the point that they are completely uncooperative. At this point, you are now performing your new skill in real-time and with real pressure. Do it until you KNOW you've got it and then you're ready to integrate your new skill.

The last step is to spar - realistically. Start from a distance and enter from there. Don't start from chi sao. It isn't where you're going to start in real life. Also be sure to hit. Soft sparring won't do it. Use mouth guards and cups (groin protectors).

Integrating your new skill into your sparring should not be too hard at this point since you've already learned how to apply it in real time and with real pressure. If you're having trouble, go back to progressive resistance training and do it until you have it.

Good luck and happy training!

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