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When is Wing Chun not Wing Chun?

Posted by: Shaun Rawcliffe In: Articles 26 Aug 2017 Comments: 0 Tags: Shaun Rawcliffe, Wing Chun

OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE OBSERVED MANY PEOPLE PRACTISING WING CHUN AND DISCUSSED WING CHUN TRAINING, PRACTICE AND PRINCIPLES. I HAVE OBSERVED THAT THE MORE WE APPEAR TO KNOW, THE LESS CERTAIN WE ARE AS TO WHAT EXACTLY WING CHUN IS AND WHEN WING CHUN IS NOT WING CHUN.

When I started Wing Chun in 1979, it was “oh so simple”; a Demi-god, called Ip Man, fled from Mainland China, settled in Hong Kong, and in 1949, started teaching students through necessity. Over the years, he trained many students, including the late Bruce Lee, who, through his films, brought Wing Chun to the attention of the world.

Gung Lik: One of Wing Chun’s Little “Secrets”

Posted by: Shaun Rawcliffe In: Articles 03 Jan 2014 Comments: 0 Tags: Gung Lik, Shaun Rawcliffe

THE TERM GUNG LIK IS OFTEN USED AND BANDED ABOUT BY MANY WING CHUN PRACTITIONERS, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY GUNG LIK?

Gung Lik is not specifically a martial arts term; it is a generic term, which refers to the energy, skill or achievement that develops and is acquired over a long period of hard work, effort, practice and of course perseverance.

In essence, Gung Lik is the ability to make a complex set of movements or body mechanics look almost effortless! For instance, when you see a top chef chopping up vegetables, they manage to cut the vegetables into equal slices quickly, easily and without cutting themselves—often without even looking!