Wing Chun kung fu is going to become little more than a footnote in the annals of martial arts if it doesn't get past the obsession many people have with history, lineage, politics, families, wing chun "concepts" somehow making wing chun a superior art, etc...
and get down to the basics:
Is your martial art training (and wing chun training in particular) developing you into an efficient fighter, if you ever have to fight?
Or if you choose to spar or compete with other people?
Or if you choose to pass it on by teaching others, will you be capable of passing on fight efficiency to your students?
Are you being realistic in the training methods? Strengthening? Conditioning? Cardio? Mental focus? Breathing technique and efficiency under stress? Street awareness?
Are you paying attention to the kinds of fighting principles, strategies, and techniques that many other people are using these days?
Mixtures of boxing, kickboxing, Thai boxing, BJJ, wrestling, sambo, judo, san da, etc. ???
Because if your main concern focuses around wing chun history (or supposed history), the politics of lineage, ranks, and positions within and amoung families...
you're contributing to the footnote syndrome I alluded to earlier.
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