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Wing Chun Kung Fu Vol. 2 with William M. Cheung

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Wing Chun Volume 2 by William Cheung

This Volume of Wing Chun lessons demonstrates the Bil Jee form, the third form of Wing Chun after Sil Lim Tao and Chum Kilj, both of which were demonstrated in Volume 1. The demonstration is done twice by William Cheung. After the second demonstration, William Cheung's assistant performs broken sequences of moves from the Bil Jee form for which William Cheung explains and demonstrates the application of the sequence of moves.

Next, William Cheung instructs about the pressure point targets on the body of the opponent to strike. This is called dim mak in chinese. In Japanese styles, it's called atemi or sometimes kyusho.

William Cheung prepares us for Chi Sao, a very unique exercise to develop ambidextrious skill in hand techniques, reflexes, harmony with the opponent's kinetic energy to sharpen perception, timing and in general fluid execution of techniques, by having us practice the moves of Chi Sao with one hand while the other is stationary on the hip. Then, the other hand is put through the same drill while the first hand is held stationary on the hip.

William Cheung gradually instructs us into using both hands in Chi Sao exercises and introduces techniques, tactics and short strategies to trap the opponents hands and arms to open up his defense and imobilize his arms by thoughtful manuevering and keeping William Cheung's "BOEC" strategy in mind while looking for the moment of opportunity to execute the strategy.

This series of Wing Chun videos and DVD's is full of useful tips to use in any style of fighting. Any serious martial artist will appreciate the wealth of practical application of the moves demonstrated by William Cheung and his assistant in this series.

these wing chun dvds are the worst ive bought. he goes way to fast he dont explain anything in detail or at all for that matter. i found michael wong on youtube and learned more in one hour than in all the years trying to figure out what william was doing on here. i definitely DONT recommend these dvds. waste of money and time.
i rated it 1 star only because i had too. it wouldnt let me rate it no stars.
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To sum up:

This guy is a fake. If you're interested in Wing Chun, don't buy anything with William Cheung's name on it.

Why is he a fake? What's fraudulent about it?

I'll put it like this....

Let's say I took 3 or 4 years of Gracie Jiu Jitsu as a teenager, then at age 18, moved to a country where GJJ wasnt taught. I open a school and claim to be Red Belt (highest rank in GJJ), and what I don't know in GJJ I just make up or import from high school wrestling. To explain the differences in my school compared to real GJJ schools, I make up a story about how, before he died, Helio Gracie taught me and me alone a "secret", "superior" system. Oh, and when ALL the Gracies dispute my claims, I say stuff like, "They're just jealous that Helio only taught them the watered-down, commercial version of GJJ".

Well, this is EXACTLY what William Cheung did.

What's funny is that when you tell the exact same story, but replace Wing Chun with GJJ, and Ip Man with Helio Gracie, people can instantly see how ridiculous this story is.

Anyway, if you are interested in Wing Chun, don't buy anything with this guy's name on it, if only because it's not really Wing Chun, anymore than high school wrestling is Gracie Jiu Jitsu.

This video is dated, but the Wing Chun content is the best out there. William Cheung is the one, true heir to the 'real' Wing Chun.
This video won't make you a master, but it is a good reference for those taking classes. Try to find a teacher that uses 'real' Wing Chun like
William Cheung.

This DVD has a lot of good stuff in it. I do think they should have put the Chi sau information befor the Bil Gi form cause they put all three forms so close together with not as many technics in between as I would have liked. Also when he is teaching some of the Chi sau technics he does not do a real good job explaining it but if you watch what he does closly you can figure it out so I am still giving the dvd 4 stars.