Wing Chun is a martial art system, rather than a martial art style. The use of the word style implies the copying a set of movements, whereas the word system implies that there are a set of principles behind the way movements are carried out.

Various martial arts are tournament based and have hundreds of forms that adapt to different types of attacks. When faced with a threatening situation, this only leads to endless possibilities, assumptions and predictions of choosing what form you must use to defend yourself. When being attacked, you just don't have time to think of which form to use. The possibility of being hit by your attacker is dramatically increased as a result.


In Wing Chun there are three basic forms. We do not predict or assume what type of attack we will be up against. There is no luxury of time when faced in a life threatening situation. Wing Chun emphasizes speed, reflex and force - the 3 basic forms train your body to react instantly to any unexpected situations.  When there is no escape or avoidance and an attacker does enter your fighting range, Wing Chun Kung Fu students are taught to strike and deflect simultaneously by using counter attack and forward force striking towards the attacker's centerline. This will put the attacker on the receiving end and the chance of your strike landing and stopping the attacker dramatically increasing.

In Wing Chun we do not fight force with force. If you rely on brute force to defend a strike it will only work when you are stronger than your attacker. Instead you must absorb, redirect and deflect the strike through the use of correct structure, leverage, sensitivity and correct application of force. (Force = Mass x Acceleration). We try and use 100 percent of our body weight to deliver explosive power in a short distance. Eg. One Inch Punch. In contrast to other martial arts, Wing Chun uses
skill rather than brute strength, so a larger and stronger attacker can be dealt with easily.

The five principles of Wing Chun are :-

- Simplicity - techniques are easy to learn and are based on natural body movements

- Directness - Wing Chun travels along the centre line, the shortest distance between you and your opponent

- Economy of Movement - no wasted or flowery movements, emphasis on efficiency in movements to achieve maximum result

- Minimum use of Brute Force - minimal exertion used to achieve maximum power

- Practicality - movements are not showy and are adaptable to all situations

What you will learn from Wing Chun

Through regular Wing Chun training we learn to:-

- maximize mass and acceleration

- maximize power through thought

- not fight force with force (Neutralizing force)

- take the shortest path to strike - Centre-line theory, double function striking and deflecting simultaneously.

- not assume or predict an attackers movement

- use counter strikes

- improve Speed, Reflex and Power