Thinking back over my life in martial arts, most of it taken up with Wing Chun, I recall during my brainwashed days of being in the “cult” that a master who Bruce Lee said was more dangerous than he was “ambushed” at a seminar by a tough student from another club. I never got to see the footage back in the pre-internet 1980s, but through the magic of YouTube, I have just looked at it, and here it is:

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“Ambush” or not, Wing Chun failed against primitive street wrestling, and shouldn’t the real fighter be ready for attack, anyway? ? And, there was also little power in the punches of the top man. Shouldn’t that many punches have finished his opponent?

So much for classicism; best to keep with bare hand combat boxing (with massive karate-style hand conditioning), power training and Western wrestling. I should have realized this in the 80s, even though I was well aware of the more extreme chi/ki bullshit:

No use crying over spilt guts now: