Issue No. 32 Table of Contents

Wing Chun Illustrated Issue #32 Cover

"Always excellently done, always thought-provoking, always interesting content, very well balanced, and always presented with grace and respect for all. I wish that all our Wing Chun brothers and sisters were as mindful in their day-to-day interactions with each other."

LARRY BUTLER

United States

The simple and profound truth about Wing Chun Illustrated is that it delivers! In a world where bias is omnipresent, hagiography widespread, and superficiality the norm, Wing Chun Illustrated truly does provide a forum for many perspectives and approaches, always with depth and content—meaning that it’s impossible to pick up an issue without gaining new, worthwhile insight into our beloved art. Truly, if one is serious about understanding Wing Chun, regardless of spelling tradition, Wing Chun Illustrated is de rigueur. Consequently, never settle for “just” present and future issues, but do get the full package, including all the back issues!

CHRISTIAN A. STEWART-FERRER

Denmark

This is an impressive magazine and I am set back with each issue by its quality of appearance and content. Clearly, this has the potential to overshadow many other national martial arts publications. Stay the course and always protect the line. Excellent job. As always, thanks and continued success.

MOSES McCLENDON

United States

I have purchased Wing Chun Illustrated in printed format and I have to say that it is simply the highest quality magazine I have ever owned! Beyond the quality paper and printing techniques utilised, the articles themselves are thorough and true to the Wing Chun system. I really appreciate owning a piece of history and I look forward to future issues!

JAMES BUMPAS

United States

I have looked forward to this magazine for months and was not at all disappointed. The articles are well written, nonbiased, and most importantly very informative. This is the first magazine that I have ever read from cover to cover. I’m encouraging all of my Wing Chun brothers and students to subscribe. I’m very much looking forward to the next issue!

WIZE SHABAZZ

United States

I have been practising Wing Chun for the best part of 30 years. In my time, I have read a huge amount of material on the art; however, I can honestly say that your magazine is by a long, long way the finest collection of articles I have come across. The fact that all views (and you and I both know there are so many) on the art of Wing Chun are made readily available in one place, without prejudice, is really inspirational and will hopefully serve as a guiding light and a template for dialogue within the art itself.

CHRIS HARVEY

United Kingdom

Cover Feature

EVANGELOS VASILAKIS
The Essence of In-fighting
By Kleber Battaglia
Sifu Evangelos Vasilakis is not your average martial arts teacher with little or no real-world fighting experience. He brings to his Wing Chun a combination of carefully honed technical skill, street smarts, and a life or death mentality. Not only does he understand the concepts of fighting, but also how to use them in life or death situations. He has proved his skills in multiple hand-to-hand combat situations and runs an elite bodyguard programme to protect VIPs, from celebrities to government officials. Sifu Evangelos is one of the top students of Grandmaster Gary Lam and is the Head Instructor in Greece and the instructors’ trainer of Gary Lam Wing Chun in Europe.

Columns

SECOND NATURE
Keep the Lesson, Discard the Useless
By Wayne Belonoha
Chi Sau is a microcosm for life that can teach you how to discard those attitudes holding you back from learning. By practising these skills during your Gung Fu training, you will become a better fighter and a better person.

MOON POINTING FINGER
Wong Shun Leung: Wing Chun’s Unsung Hero
By David Peterson
Wong Shun Leung will no longer be Wing Chun’s unsung hero. Thanks to the new feature-length documentary Wong Shun Leung: The King of Talking Hands, people will sing his praises for decades to come.

KEEPING IT SIMPLE
Why did you start Wing Chun?
By Shaun Rawcliffe
Is it important for an instructor to know a student’s motivation, goals, and aims for training Wing Chun?

THE INNER CIRCLE
Dr. Leung Jan: Man, Myth, Legend (Part 2)
By Jim Roselando Jr.
We dive deeper into the mysteries and facts about the late “King of Wing Chun”, examining the Leung family, numerous photos, and a translation from the controversial family tree of Dr. Leung Jan.

THE STRAIGHT LEAD
The Art of Deception
By Jason Korol
Bruce Lee used to say that to know “how” means knowing “when” and “why”. Many of us focus almost exclusively on the execution of technique, but never on the tactical applications. This is dangerous. In Jeet Kune Do, the art of faking is as important as the technique itself.

Features

LEE ZAN KEONG
Breaking with Tradition
By Zhang Tianyu
Sifu Lee started learning Gulao Wing Chun when he was around 10 years old. Over 40 years after he started learning the art, he is a professional Gulao Wing Chun teacher, with a reputation that has spread far outside of China.

DIG DEEPER!
Getting to the Essence of Wing Chun
By Aaron Cantrell
If you want to master and really appreciate Wing Chun fully, investigate what the creators of this art are trying to tell you, instead of looking to others for answers.

FRANCO REGALZI
Finding the Truth Within Yourself
By Kleber Battaglia
Franco Regalzi started his Wing Chun training in 1987, under the guidance of Sifu Nino Bernardo. Nowadays, he is successfully passing on his vision of Wing Chun through his European Wing Chun Association, which he founded in 2012 with Sifu Lucas Castrounis.

HO KAM MING WING CHUN
The Art of Intercepting and Control
By Kiet Pham
Before you can hit your opponent, you must be at his doorstep and find a way to “sneak” into his “house.” For this, you need to shorten the distance, establish contact, and control him at the first touch. In Ho Kam Ming Wing Chun, this concept is called Jip Sau, the Intercepting and Controlling Hand in entry fighting.

MASTERING THE WING CHUN MIND
By Murat Kaplan
Wing Chun principles require more than just quoting some meaningful words of wisdom, known from Wing Chun’s Kuen Kuit. Sifu Kaplan re-examines this issue by using two of the most essential principles of Wing Chun.

Departments

BODY STRUCTURE
Are we doing Wing Chun?
By Dr. Robert Chu
In a 1972 interview, Ip Man described Wing Chun as the “Stick to the Body, Short Strike, narrow stance method”, suggesting the “body is like rattan”, striking like “carefully hammering a nail”, but since then, we can wonder, are we doing Wing Chun?

THE INQUISITIVE HAND
Age, Experience and Evolution
By Alan Gibson
In this issue, Sifu Gibson looks at “how” and “why” our Wing Chun practice and coaching evolves as we get older.

BUILT UPON FUNCTION
Functional Testing
By Mark Hobbs
Sifu Hobbs challenges how we practise Wing Chun and calls for ruthless honesty through “Functional Testing” as the only way to build reliable expertise.

Reviews

IN PRINT
Lafayette Harris reviews the following books: The Fighter’s Mind: Inside The Mental Game by Sam Sheridan and Willow in the Wind: Wing Chun’s Soft Approach by Donald Mak.

SCREEN FIGHTING
David Peterson reviews the following movies: The Young Master, A Tale of Three Cities, and Three.

SCREEN EDUCATIONAL
Dwight Hennings reviews the following educational DVDs: Clive Potter: Wooden Dummy Seminar and Leo Imamura: Seminar December 2015.