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Posted by AndrewP on 9/30/2003, 2:46 pm, in reply to "Is it necessary to go on ground nowadays? " Sifu Kariotis' position is that you should be comfortable going to the ground and should practice. However, you are never going to beat any fighter who works 5-10 hours per day on the ground or the ring. To do that you need to practice just as long. Size and strength do matter in these contexts. Wing Chun will, to a certain extent, make up for the size and strength but not against a moderately trained fighter. We hope to take out an attacker in 1-5 seconds. If you don't you have serious problems because you are about to play the strength and endurance game. We don't generally play that game. Our strategy is to take out an attacker long enough to run away. You don't stand around to gloat. To take on multiple attackers you better be superbly trained. Avoidance is best. Forget ego - it'll kill you. As a general rule: Don't play the attacker's game. If he wants to wrestle then you punch. If he's a boxes kick him. If he's a kicker punch him. If he's ready to do a take down get out of the way. You have got to be smart with this. If you want to do ring fighting it's my inexperienced opinion that you might want to take another art. If you have little time on your hands and want to do self-defense then wign chun, in my humble opinion, is best. If you have a lot of time on your hands wing chun may still be best but you should expand your horizons. You will improve your fighting abilities even through old age with relative good health. But and 85 year old getting attacked by 350 pound BJJ practitioner is a dead and dumb 85 year old. Wing Chun is merely a methodology to make you a better fighter. It's concepts show you the quickest way to learn without serious injury. It is excellent in this way. I hope this helped you. See ya! AndrewP
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