Nobody to impress, Nothing to prove™
Empty Hand – Stick – Blade – Weapons of Opportunity
We proudly wear the title of “Nobody” at our gym instead and focus on:
Skills for Reality.
We chose, the thistle, a weed to represent us.
A spined, stubborn, impossible-to-kill weed that grows in the cracks of stone walls, on the edges of battlefields, and in the poorest soil, harshest of conditions and thrives. It also represents those who were born fighting because it will draw blood from whomever tries to uproot or harm it.
We teach two styles that are highly pragmatic, extremely efficient and outcome-oriented: the Chinese Knife and Spear Art of Wing Chun Kung Fu and the Filipino Stick and Knife Art of Kali. Both styles work well with one another to develop real world skills both empty handed and with weapons. Both of these styles place great value on longevity of life and peaceful living.
SKILL=CONFIDENCE & PEACE OF MIND
Translated Wing Chun means “Humming a tune in Spring.”
Size and Strength? Not needed.
Wing Chun and Kali were designed to give a smaller person an advantage.
“The art of Wing Chun was developed by a woman, no doubt smaller and not as strong as her male counterparts. The underlying premise of using Wing Chun is that you are fighting a bigger, stronger opponent. Trading kicks and punches is clearly not the ideal strategy.” Paul Vunak, R.A.T. FIGHT, Combat Secrets of the World’s Deadliest Fighters, (pg. 26) The author goes on to use Kali as well in the book.
We don’t need to tell you that we are living in increasingly more dangerous times.
Learn how to defend yourself effortlessly.
REMEMBER: THE GOAL IS TO SURVIVE NOT DOMINATE…
Learn how structure overcomes strength.
BRUCE LEE’S CONNECTION TO WING CHUN
Wing Chun is the only art that Bruce Lee ever formally studied. It is the skills that he learned in Wing Chun that catapulted him to stardom in the martial arts world and movies. Wing Chun formed the core of his Jun Fan/Jeet Kune Do. He stated on several occasions after creating JKD that he would use Wing Chun (NOT Jeet Kune Do) if he were in a fight for his life.
His teacher was Master Yip Man. Bruce introduced Duncan S.H. Leung to Yip Man and Wing Chun as a fighting art because they were childhood friends. Master Yip Man taught Duncan as a closed-door student and formal disciple. Master Leung’s line is continued by Dustan Carroll, who was trained in the same fashion by his teacher, a student of Master Leung.
Our Kali comes to us from Tatang Ilustrisimo to Yuli Romo to Michael Blackgrave to Dustan Carroll.
Everything comes from daily life even the weapons.
Research: MMA and Wing Chun:
An Article From Martialdevelopement.com
Robbie Lawler’s Ruthless Wing Chun
Tags: EliteXC, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), rules, self-defense, Wing Chun
I’ve always known that, sooner or later, the Chinese art of Wing Chun Kuen would be represented in a professional mixed martial arts bout. I just didn’t expect to see it in MMA’s historic prime-time debut.
Robbie Lawler
On May 31, 2008, “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler forever settled any reasonable doubts about Wing Chun’s viability in real combat. And he did it by accident.
Robbie Lawler faced Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith in the inaugural broadcast of CBS’ Saturday Night Fights. During the first two rounds of this title bout, both men fought according to New Jersey’s Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts: no headbutts, biting, groin attacks, or rabbit punches; no hair-pulling or small joint manipulation; no fish-hooking or strikes to the trachea.
For more than ten minutes, Lawler and Smith used their training in boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling and BJJ to soften each other up. Neither fighter held a clear advantage, and so the exchange continued. Then “Ruthless” Lawler stuck his fingers in Smith’s eye.
Referee Dan Miragliotta halted the fight immediately. Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith hoped to continue after a five-minute rest to regain his vision, but the doctor forbid it. The match was called: no contest.
Lawler’s eye poke, unintentional though it was, ended the bout in seconds. There is little doubt in my mind that, if the referee had allowed it, Lawler could have followed up with an uncontested knockout.
Robbie Lawler fingers Scott Smith in round 3
Ring Fighting vs. Real-World Self-Defense
As a professional fighter, Scott Smith followed the match rules, and he was reasonable to assume that Robbie Lawler would do the same. However, it would also be reasonable to assume that, in a five-round fight with fingerless gloves, a stray finger could land in your eye, and to defend against such an accident.
If only such a thing were possible. The eyes are the most sensitive area on the body, and especially difficult to protect. If the opponent can so much as touch your eyes, they can damage them permanently, so the threat demands a conservative game. (The same principle applies, to a lesser degree, to defending the throat and genitals.)
Effective defense of vital areas cannot be an afterthought; it must be integrated into a fighting strategy from the outset, and supported by coherent tactics. The approach must be conservative, but also vicious, in order to eliminate the threat as rapidly as possible.
Does any of this sound familiar? These are the precepts of Wing Chun Kuen, Bruce Lee’s original martial art. Wing Chun starts where MMA ends; it is brutal and direct. Rules, community standards, and basic human decency prevent it from being fully applied in the competitive arena, but as Robbie Lawler reminded us yesterday, the ruthless hands of Wing Chun should not be discounted.
If you are interested in training or have any questions, call 256-679-7839.
What students and professionals say about instruction here:
“You are real and that is what makes everything you teach so valuable. You have made it possible for me to go out without fear. It means so much to me. I was able to stop an attempt to kill me in my sleep with what you taught me. Thank you!”
-Gina
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