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Made a recent thread about this here, so I'm not reposting all the gifs.
http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/n...oxing-wing-chun-massacre-standup-gif.3844751/
fight clip is here:
Ferguson is using alot of Wing Chun in close here. He does alot of wooden dummy training and you can see it in his elbows and close range strikes. May be some technical points for wing chun purists but he makes it work in combat sports which so far hardly anyone else has so they can stfu and he trains it alot apparently so his WC will get better. Also says he doesnt spar anymore which is interesting.
Example here close range punch then downward diagonal elbow which he is doing alot on the dummy (like you see in Biu Jee form) which slices him open.
Master Wong Shun Leung doing downward elbow in biu jee form
He also mixes it up with good boxing but the bulk of damage he does is with the elbows. Does not really use thai clinch but uses the lowkick on occasion. His elbows and entry are very wing chun.
He also does alot of hand trapping and uses pak sau/ hand parry alot to deflect punches and counter, and tends to come in square alot using the pak sau and jut sau. Relentless close in pressure without clinching (the old saying 'Wing Chun is only good for the telephone box')
For the record, Ferguson is one of the top fighters in the world now. I should say also he is this level because he is super talented and aggressive and he is well rounded:
- college Wrestler so great takedown defence.
- BJJ blackbelt. His elbows off his back are also devestating which can also utilize wing chun strikes and sensitivity to an extent.
- His standup is mainly a hybrid of boxing and Wing Chun
- Great cardio so sustains the pace and always in your face
This is one of the few occasions we have seen legit Wing Chun techniques being applied in mma at the highest level as part of a well rounded fighter. Good to see it and we know the sport continues to evolve so what WC brings for infighting in the mma arena will come in more I am sure.
http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/n...oxing-wing-chun-massacre-standup-gif.3844751/
fight clip is here:
Ferguson is using alot of Wing Chun in close here. He does alot of wooden dummy training and you can see it in his elbows and close range strikes. May be some technical points for wing chun purists but he makes it work in combat sports which so far hardly anyone else has so they can stfu and he trains it alot apparently so his WC will get better. Also says he doesnt spar anymore which is interesting.
Example here close range punch then downward diagonal elbow which he is doing alot on the dummy (like you see in Biu Jee form) which slices him open.
Master Wong Shun Leung doing downward elbow in biu jee form
He also mixes it up with good boxing but the bulk of damage he does is with the elbows. Does not really use thai clinch but uses the lowkick on occasion. His elbows and entry are very wing chun.
He also does alot of hand trapping and uses pak sau/ hand parry alot to deflect punches and counter, and tends to come in square alot using the pak sau and jut sau. Relentless close in pressure without clinching (the old saying 'Wing Chun is only good for the telephone box')
For the record, Ferguson is one of the top fighters in the world now. I should say also he is this level because he is super talented and aggressive and he is well rounded:
- college Wrestler so great takedown defence.
- BJJ blackbelt. His elbows off his back are also devestating which can also utilize wing chun strikes and sensitivity to an extent.
- His standup is mainly a hybrid of boxing and Wing Chun
- Great cardio so sustains the pace and always in your face
This is one of the few occasions we have seen legit Wing Chun techniques being applied in mma at the highest level as part of a well rounded fighter. Good to see it and we know the sport continues to evolve so what WC brings for infighting in the mma arena will come in more I am sure.
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