(fighting noises)
- Wing Chun versus Boxing.
Which one is better?
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Well first of all, you see
on YouTube a lot of videos,
'Wing Chun versus Boxing'.
A lot of boxers say that
Wing Chun guys are shit,
and Wing Chun say hey man,
cause boxing got rules,
Wing Chun's got no rules,
if we are you know,
on the street we'll kick your ass.
Number one, it's a stupid
argument. Why is it stupid?
There's no such thing as
a superior martial art,
only a superior martial artist.
You look at most Wing Chun guys,
they usually train part-time,
maybe four hours maybe six hours a week.
And good boxer they might
train 30, 40 hours a week.
So training is, there's a difference.
And also you think about
Boxing versus Wing Chun,
I could tell you, this is
coming from personal experience,
How I trained with Tony Pep,
who was the lightweight Canadian
champion, boxing champion,
He's also fought Floyd
Mayweather many many years ago,
superior phenomenal boxer.
And when I was training with Tony,
and it taught me a lot
of different things,
so I could box too!
And when I was sparring
with my other classmates,
and also with Tony I mean I was,
getting my ass kicked at a time I was,
I had been learning Wing
Chun maybe for a few years,
and I was doing my stuff,
my Wing Chun stuff,
I mean man I got, I got
knocked out a couple times,
I know how hard it hurts.
So number one...
boxing itself it's a
very very dangerous art.
That if you're on the
street against a boxer,
I mean a boxer can throw a punch,
it's a very very dangerous
person, as a martial artist.
Okay so I have a huge respect for boxer.
A lot of Wing Chun guys
'Oh no, this and that,'
well you know what, try to
put on a couple of gloves,
try to spar a boxer and see what happens.
Just test your skill.
On the other hand, with Wing Chun we have
more tools that we could use.
There are different
things that we could do.
So when you are against someone like that,
you gotta be very very careful.
Second thing, boxing itself it's an art
that is designed very much...
specifically dangerous, especially
dangerous for Wing Chun.
Here's why, Shin come in.
You know there's a lot of Wing Chun guys,
when they do stuff like this,
and they are practicing,
well we can block, we can
bong sau, we can tan sau,
but if he's throwing combinations at me,
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Right? This is a lot faster than my eyes.
So if I'm here, slowly,
and I want to react,
to this and this it's very very hard.
It's very hard.
So against the boxer, what you wanna do,
you wanna do what I
call MODIFIED WING CHUN.
You wanna modify it and tweak it a bit,
so it works against the boxer, okay?
That's what we need to do. Third thing.
Now someone ask me,
"Well, Dan what do you do
if you're against Mike Tyson?"
What I would do is number one, I'll run,
(laughs)
Second thing I'll shoot the guy.
I'll shoot the guy, right?
So when it comes to Wing
Chun versus against a boxer,
why would you wanna box with a boxer?
If you know this guy's very
good with, in basketball,
why would you play
basketball against a guy
you know is good at basketball?
So don't box the guy. Don't box a boxer.
That's why boxing when
they against a grappler,
on the ground boxer has no advantage.
Or a boxer against a
kick-boxer has no advantage,
because they have more tools.
So Wing Chun guy, so I'm a
Wing Chun guy, I'm not a boxer.
Thinking of this kind of scenario,
if he has got his two hands up,
I don't just want to trade
punches with the guy,
cause he might hit me, I might hit him.
Then whoever's tougher
whoever's stronger will win.
That's not Kungfu.
Okay?
Second, rule number two, cheat.
You wanna cheat. What I mean by that.
The guy's attacking, usually
a boxer is thinking about,
so Shin when you're
thinking you're a boxer,
what weapons are you thinking about?
You're thinking of your jab,
you're thinking of your cross,
you're thinking of your hook,
and you're thinking of the uppercut.
That's about it.
What he's not thinking is,
he's not thinking someone
would kick his in the shin,
he's not thinking someone
would kick him in the groin,
he's not thinking someone
would jab me in the eye,
he's not thinking about that kinda stuff.
Good, you want this guy
to underestimate you.
Okay? Third thing, you
really don't want him to wait
until he puts his hand
up and then we do...
this kinda stuff. That is not good.
(fighting noises)
Okay, good. Now, you
might seen that on YouTube
someone is punching me as a boxer.
I'm gonna use my elbow against his punch.
Here are two problem with that.
Number one problem I wanna
say, Shin's got no glove, okay?
As he's punching, if I miss, look.
I only got this much target
and his fist is like this big.
If I miss this, if I miss this,
if I miss this, I get knocked out.
And this is a very
defensive position cause,
he throws a punch again I do this,
and he throws another punch and I do this,
and I'm still getting hit, right?
The best defense is a good offense.
The best defense is good offense.
Let's hit with the glove
on again, you'll see.
Very very dangerous and,
if you've ever been hit
on elbow, like elbow you hit something,
you bang on something
you feel that 'oh shit!'
you felt that you're numb
for like ten, twenty seconds
that's what I'm talking about.
This certain structure,
certain bones here,
it's actually, it hurts a lot,
if you hit certain part here,
or here, this part as
well, that's a problem!
And a good boxer the problem is,
here okay, Shin I wanna do a jab,
and then do a hook to the body, watch.
See, right there, that's to my kidney.
That does not feel good.
Faster one more time.
See right there?
My eyes cannot possibly be faster
than this even if I am right there.
Then how could it work, okay?
Now Shin I want you do
that same combination,
doesn't matter what combination, watch.
(mumbles)
Where's the jab? Where's the hook?
Best defense is a good offense.
I'm not gonna wait for the
guy to do punch, punch,
I block and I do my tan
sau, screw that shit.
Pre-em I sense something is
going, I'm going finger jab.
When his body weight is going backwards,
he is not going forward,
he is not attacking me.
All his weapons suddenly,
in that split of a second, it's gone.
And from here, right,
then I can do my stuff.
Right? I can do my stuff to the throat,
which I don't wanna hit
on the chest, solar plex.
This kinda stuff right,
from here. Right, from here.
Or he tries to do the attack,
okay do the jab again.
From, see how he flinch?
See how he flinch, right?
That to me, reaction,
these are your tools!
So I'm not gonna box with a boxer,
when I sense something I'm going in.
Right? I'm going in, I'm going in,
I'm finishing off the
fight. I'm not blocking.
I'm not avoiding, I'm not
ducking, I'm going in.
Or he comes in and says "Hey
I don't want any trouble."
Just leave it at that,
you just leave it at that.
So, Wing Chun versus Boxing,
when you're practicing
some of these moves,
we need that, we need the Tan Sau,
we need the Bong Sau,
we need all that stuff.
All those things people
don't understand Wing Chun,
Wing Chun's an attack art,
it's a principle-based art.
This stuff, he throws a
punch, it's a last resort.
When I'm walking,
someone try to ambush me,
Holy shit!
If it's like this,
you're not gonna do this.
This is an attack, it's always an attack.
When something moves, let me show you.
Give you a timing, give me move.
(clap)
It's an attack. Try again.
(clap)
It's an attack, it's an
attack. It's always attack.
From hitting, we find a truth.
From hitting, we know what is happening.
You see, Shin when I hit
you through the finger-jab,
which is a pat, how did you feel?
Where you thinking or attacking me,
what was going through your mind?
- My eyes hurt.
- Your eyes hurt, okay.
Now were you thinking about
what about my right hook?
What about my cross?
- No.
- No. That moment, blank.
- Yes.
- That's what I'm talking about.
That's how you, defend,
I don't care if it's,
if the jab is this way, I don't
care if a jab is this way,
I don't care if a jab
this way, I don't care.
I only want, it's this. My
natural defense mechanism.
I'm gonna do this, if his
hand is up, I'm gonna do this.
Right? When you have this going on,
up and down, up and
down, it's like a machine
(imitates bullet noises)
Put him in a defense,
then you win a fight.
That's what I'm talking about.
Wing Chun versus Boxing, and I tell you,
I love boxing, boxing is cool.
Practice it. Learn how to hit hard.
A lot of Wing Chun guys cannot hit hard.
That's all good, forget about the art.
Forget about is it Wing Chun better,
is Boxing better, I know
I get a lot of comments.
You guys fighting, arguing,
no Wing Chun is good
or Dan is correct, no Boxer's awesome.
Fuck that shit. Forget that shit.
Learn the best things from different art,
adapt it, practice it, try it, experiment.
That's what Bruce Lee talks about, right?
Experiment and see for
yourself, does that make sense?
If it doesn't throw it away,
if it does, keep using it.
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