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Originally Posted by WC_Lun  If a Wing Chun practitioner is striking with just his upper body, then he isn't striking properly and his structure is crap. There are a couple of different types of Wing Chun and one of those has a goat riding stance that is a bit hard on the knees. The other's goat riding stance isn't nearly as bad. You will have to have your knees bent when practicing proper Wing Chun and as a person with a couple of bad knees, that can make your knees sore after a while. The more traditional styles of Wing Chun focus on a solid, but mobile base. This means you won't see many "odd" angles. The more modern Wing Chun, such as what many are calling Yip Man Wing Chun, do have some odd stances and angles. |
I didn't mean to infer that you only use your upper body to generate power but rather that Wing Chun favors hand strikes to kicking.
