Monday, February 15, 2010
Wing Chun put-downs
I'm fairly certain that most of you have had the experience of others in the martial arts putting down your art or others. I really hate to see that! It is one of my pet peeves! Sifu Dan always talks about this indicating that "all arts have value" and I certainly agree with the statement. I have noticed a few of the people that do this and it really disturbs me. One of the persons who does put down Wing Chun has a blog that is associated with a fairly large organization. I suspect that this person is worried that others will pick Wing Chun over his art. I think that people end up in the art that they find themselves and like. It took me a number years to "find" Wing Chun and I found it somewhat by accident I was just reading "Bruce Lee's Fighting Arts" and he recommended learning Wing Chun before delving into his art of Jeet Kune Do. I felt that it was worth looking into and I did. Boy, am I glad I did! Another person who puts down Wing Chun is very famous and writes an article so has much power in that sense. This person compares his/her art with Wing Chun in a netative way. I certainly do not read this persons works anymore and I am positive that many others also do not read them. I took Karate for many years and learned a great deal in these studies. I became a 2nd level Black Belt in the art so was quite good at it. I do, however, understand that it is different from Wing Chun. One is not necessarily better than the other. All arts are good and the Karate I took helped me a great deal. I still use some of the techniques I learned and would never put that art down. Please post and give some of your own examples.
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