 EBMAS WT starts where most other styles stop: the uncompromising close range fight!
Wing Tzun is one of the few styles that emphasize non-grappling close range fighting. Ideal Wing Tzun fighting distance is fist, elbow and knee range. In a real self-defense situation, rules of fairness don't exist. Consequently, WT focuses on the importance of training that is comprehensive yet simple. EBMAS Wing Tzun acknowledges all five distances that are part of a fighting situation: - Fighting with Your Feet
- Fighting with Your Hands
- Fighting with Your Knees and Elbows
- Fighting Against a Wrestler/Grappler
- Ground Fighting
 In any of these situations, the WT principles can be successfully applied, which is why so many martial arts practitioners turn to EBMAS. In a EBMAS training session, punches, kicks, etc., are all executed with soft contact so that the risk of injury is kept to a minimum but the student is still able to feel contact.
While the Wing Tzun forward kick can be considered a long range technique, Wing Tzun practitioners concentrate on "entry techniques" - getting past an opponent's kicks and punches to bring him within range of Wing Tzun's rich close range repertoire.
Other styles reason that you should aim to strike at maximum range - which means kicking. This is because if you do not, your opponent will be able to hit you before you can hit him.
Wing Tzun teaches that it is always possible to get past an opponent's long range technique and close in to fight on Wing Tzun's terms. A kick can be jammed before full extension, before it develops full power. A kick can also be jammed when it is being withdrawn, as all kicks inevitably have to be. A Wing Tzun practitioner will rush in during these times, using quick footwork to close the distance.
A favorite Wing Tzun saying is "stay as he comes, follow as he goes" to emphasize its close range and stick-to-your-opponent approach to fighting.
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