2 Reasons Why Techniques Can Fail - Wing Chun, Kung Fu Report - Adam Chan 

Only those who've really been involved in Real life combat/fights Will grasp this idea I teach my students the same things. Good job

So smart. What a great instructor

I already had very high respect for this channel and it skyrocketed with this video.

Amen Adam. I've developed a lot of attributes from learning techniques and practicing them, particularly T'ai-Chi. I have not been in a fight as an adult, but I have used my attributes many many times in daily life to good effect. One time I saved a guy's ass in a bar and he barely even knew that I did it. He was a taller older guy, overweight and he'd had a few...he was taking pictures of the band that was playing and he was actually looking through the viewfinder not at the little screen so his SA was very low...I watched him with a careful eye and when I saw him stumble, I began to slip off my stool...as he began to fall, I moved a little faster...when I saw that he had zero control and was holding tight to that camera, I moved even faster...by the time I got to him he was nearly horizontal and falling towards a maze of chair legs and sharp table edges. I got to him and immediately glued my center to his and using my legs righted him and sent him back on his way. In the 5 seconds or so that this took, I used situational awareness, agility, speed, and speed adjustment, leg strength, distance management, coordination, physics and timing...all things I learned from TC forms and drills and yet nothing I did resembled in the slightest any movement or posture from the form. I was very happy that my body put together the right combination of attributes to save this guy and all of us really because he was heading for a broken wrist at the least and that would have brought everyone's enjoyment of the music to a screeching halt. Keep up the great work! GB

This teacher is honest and down to earth.

I work on footwork the most , I already know I can defend myself , i have had too many times over my lifetime i used to pride myself on the damage I could take and keep coming , which defeats the whole purpose of my training lol now abit wiser I know I can hit hard ,fast and accurately , getting slashed really changed my whole philosophy on martial arts and self defense avoid at all costs been to prison several times because of street fighting , so in the present moment I avoid fighting in the street, although I have had a few incidents where I let ego control fortunate for me I didn't end in prison again , btw I've been free now for 10 years which is the longest stretch of my life , thru treatment I have changed alot of stuff , and still try too be my best self , be safe and train hard everyone

Dead on as usual brother! One of the major reasons i always recommend your videos to my students! Its nice to have someone else say the same things with different explanations! Thank you keep up the great work!

this is a great video. well done and well said

Very insightful 🤓 and direct. 🙏🏼 Thank you.

Oh, man! This is great! You're my new favorite! Great video, great philosophy!

This is a great video, Thanksss My Friend 🙏🏼

Soooo true, Adam Sifu....when the attributes are there, nothing really matters. Height, weight, power, speed, accuracy and timing....no one can really argue with physics. What's faster, hits first, what's heavier delivers harder impact, what's taller usually controls distance better and so on. Thank you so much for your amazing contributions. I love WC but have never practiced before. I do a bit of Karate and getting ready for my shodan. But when i get that, I'll step down and try WC. I owe that to myself. Meanwhile, I'll stick to listening to your lessons and paying attention to what you teach. Xièxiè, Sifu. David

This has got to be the best video I've ever seen you make plain simple to the point realism

Even though the point of view is from Wing Chun, this will help me better understand my Bajiquan techniques and forms practices

Right on the money bro thanks for the message 🙏

This is the most realistic explanation of fighting I have seen on RU-vid

Adam, great advice!!! This is spot on stuff. Have you heard of Jeff Thompson or Peter Consterdine? They echo pretty much exactly what you’re saying about real self defense not being a consensual fight. And in terms of the attribute development, Iain Abernethy has got some great stuff on that from a Karate prospective, again, echoing what you said here. Thanks for all the insightful Wing Chun tips! I hope to train with you one day.

I like the way you explained things.

This is why i spend so much time in the gym lifting weights. Strength has helped me soooo much in fights. Attributes. Why do warrior monks spend more time training strength and conditioning than techniques? Attributes. This is a truth no martial arts instructor will say. Thats why i love this channel.

Master Chan and sifu Chris. Great lessons. Good laughs. Great philosophy. Amen brother.

All points taken,.. I will co-sign-sign this😄. Thanks for the input.

Nice Video.

Aaaaannnndd if you are getting older you tend to loose a bit of your attributes then you can go to refine your technique

Great context! I consistently speak to others about the attributes. Yes techniques are functional but how effective the techniques are falls on attributes, in other words how it's executed in a fight. Precision, speed, timing, balance etc. That is what will make the difference. Again great important video!

Great explanation and I agree with the attributes. My Shifu emphasizes the same thing. Thank you sir.

Lot of Richard dimitri senshido there. Concepts applied very well

hell yeah man ont the point. im training wing chun too and boxing and nobody on the street stands there with guard position only in training or duels karate vs wing chun ect. but on street there is suprising attack or discussion and then attack. I think the best is to learn few techniques but from different positions, angles and speed.

Excellent, Master! Now I understand! Techniques don't matter if you don't the skills, or as you said so aptly, attributes, then it doesn't matter if you know the techniques, they won't be successful!

Do a video on wooden dummy training and more butterfly knifes training

One of my old teachers (a Pentjak Silat player) always says the "purpose of drills is to build skills and attributes." He also emphasized principles over techniques. That being said, the only thing I would add to your very fine lesson (attributes and context) is the importance of teaching principles behind the techniques. Good stuff, SiFu Chan, as always. Thank you for sharing!

Well said

Further I see distancing sensitivity and strength etc also as technique

In my experience techniques are most important when it comes to grappling scenarios. If you're caught in a choke or headlock you need technique to escape. Attributes such as distance, footwork, bone density and timing are crucial for striking success.

So true. "I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times". Bruce Lee

Are there ways to train timing and sensetivity solo?

I didn't have training partner and equipments what can I do?

Hello sifu adam. Im from the philippines & i like your teachings in wingchun at kung report. I always watch your teachings at youtube. Sifu adam can you go & teach a little slower so that we could catch-up of your teachings because you always go lightning speed thats why sometimes we can't catch-up in your teachings. Better go a little slower so we could see & could catch -up in your teachings. Thank you sifu adam. God bless & more power to your program.

How can I do chi sao without a partner?

Brilliant Adam. It seems like you read some shitty comments on RU-vid. Well, there are many people who avidly watch your channel as you are so knowledgeable and can do it at such a high level. Don't just listen to the keyboard ninjas.

As usual- U R Correct!! MW

So essentially it is about having a balance with techniques and attributes

Master Yang Jwing Ming from Zhong He Chuan ( Ancestral Crane ) use to say that Courage is the first attribute, then Strengh and only third, Technique because if you're not courageus, obviously, your fighting spirit is weak and you won't be able to face a real aggressor, Second, even a non trained people who is really strong can defeat a skilled but weak opponent, the martial techniques are only important in the case you're facing somebody who is as strong as you are.

The last fight i got in, the guy came at me with his guard up like he was gonna hit me... once he moved in range i just hit him first. But watching this video im remembering i never put my guard up. I just hit the guy.

"The techniques are not important". I've been telling people this for 10 years and even now they are still arguing about it.

Attributes are what matter... Thats why the six gun was made, the great equalizer.

Again, very good point that most people forget: your success in martial arts is a combination of athleticism and technique. Someone with extremely high levels in these "attributes" doesn't even have to use that good of form or technique against an average opponent and they know it. I've seen this in high level boxers, grapplers, fencers, etc. Whether you believe in it or not, I like the story of the Shaolin temple. Supposedly everyone was weak and sickly before Bodhidharma came and gave them explanations on how to train for health and to protect themselves. After years of almost nothing but meditating and training, they were seen as almost super human because of their strength compared to the average person of the time. In fact, many of the "techniques" of Shaolin today are merely training methods to strengthen one particular part of the body like "100 step punching", "iron palm", etc.

As I understand it, techniques are used to reference Concepts,,,,the concept is the thing.

Hey, what's that intro song call?

Good point!!! Thanks for cutting through the RU-vid BS!

Adam, I would be really interested to see some JKD techniques that are different compared to wing chun. I don’t know if you know any JKD but I assume you do. Any chance of showing some in a video? Would really like to see this. Thanks man

WORD!

You work on technique first though before you work on the attributes, because without technique, attributes are only gonna help you but so much and the reality is, as you get older you won't have the same speed you had when you were young, and if all you rely on is attributes, you'll eventually lose if the technique isn't there. So I understand where you're coming from, but technique is still the foundation. And this is coming from someone who's been practicing Bruce's fighting system the last 10 years.

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I agree 1000 percent. No amount of technical mastery is gonna help a guy that weighs 135 lbs fight off a guy the size of a pro strongman competitor. But thankfully they invented guns lol

Attributes are your tools.... any weapon....... not being disrespectful. But... why hit your thighs before all your strikes. Is it your trigger ?

I am more afraid of the fighter that trains one kick 500 times than 500 kicks one time....think about it

CRANE

Do A Bear Hug Self-Defense. (Coming Soon)

If people speaks truth they will have less views😅...nobody care about real deal...but they do care for fancy stuffs

BS

You can spend a years to get better your attributes to get better you Wing Chun, or you can get evil rottweiler.

BS... meh ...