I've been training in Wing Chun on and off for about 5 years with a little boxing and ju jitsu trained separately. I enjoy the chi sao aspects of WC but I am concerned that we train almost exclusively from a bridge . I feel that we dont spend enough time practicing how to deal with our opponents approach or our own approach to an opponent. When training in boxing one of the first things trained was how to move in and out of range effectively. This may be just a problem of where I train. But for me when recently threated with violence I felt more comfortable being in a boxing style stance up on my toes and as mobile as possible. Fortunately this confrontation didnt escalate into contact. If we had made contact I am sure I would have attempted to use WC techniques.
My main point is that though I love WC I dont feel I can make it work for me all of the time especially against a bigger more agressive opponent.
Mark
Happy in his folly the fool embraced the devil