Category: Product Reviews (3rd Party)

These are official product reviews done by professional 3rd party reviewers (typically from magazines or other websites). Unlike customer reviews, these reviewers typically get the videos for free and in return write and publish a review. In order to solicit a more honest review, EWC will sometimes send DVDs out to be reviewed by a professional so that the reviewer does not feel obliged to say only good stuff about the Sifu/Publisher. Hopefully this give you, the customer, a better idea of the content.

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The Creation of Wing Chun – by Ben Judkins & Jon Neilson

After about my first year in Wing Chun I became very interested in the history of the art. I read everything I could find on all of the lineages of Wing Chun – both online and off. Yet, there was little to be found other than myth and legend when it came to the history of Wing Chun… and each lineage had different versions of the history – even very recent history. Skip forward 16 years and not much has changed… but it might soon. Ben Judkins, owner of the blog, Kung fu Tea, and Jon Neilson, chief instructor at Wing Chun Hall, have put together the first true academic work on the history on Wing Chun.

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Review – Moy Yat – Luk Dim Boon Kwan

The Luk Dim Boon Kwan (“Six-and-a-Half Point Pole”) has evolved from being a once guarded and revered level of learning the Wing Chun system, to a form of reward for one’s dedication, knowledge, and evolved skill sets alongside the Baat Jaam Do.

Moy Yat’s family opens their personal film vaults to present to the practitioner/audience the late Sifu Moy Yat himself demonstrating and explaining the what, why and how of the Kwan’s relevance to overall training. The production of this series of videos was to, “help the younger generations to better understand Wing Chun—not (originally) intended for distribution,” with their posthumous release. Sourced from the original private recordings and enhanced for the Moy Yat lineage practitioners and beyond to enjoy.

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Review – Sifu Sergio – Kam Na 2

Gaining control over a potentially dangerous attacker is one thing, but rendering their resources moot sometimes requires more than an arsenal of techniques intended to physically demolish them. Learning to lock up an unruly individual is especially relevant to those working in the security field, where demolishing someone will be met with legal consequences in today’s society, as the consequences befall the retaliator before the instigator. In this second installment in his video series on locks and submissions, Sifu Sergio Iadarola wastes no time in getting his hands working with an extra look at Chinese Joint Locks.

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Review – Alan Orr – Footwork and Power Punching

With a long history of testing his mettle in both canvas and concrete rings, Sifu Alan Orr shares the training methods behind his Chu Sau Lei Wing Chun system that have made it practical, applicable, dynamic and successful.

The presentation of this video’s content is the next best thing to being elbows deep for a training camp cycle that prepares one with the fundamental fighting techniques that are match ready. Lace up, limber up and brace yourselves for the flurry of info thrown at you with one of the United Kingdom’s most established coaches and practitioners.

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Review – Sam Chan – Wing Chun Terminology

Any practitioner who is passionate about Wing Chun has a thirst for all of the knowledge that they can withdraw about the system. That desire to learn more about its history, concepts, actions, and applications with their corresponding native terminology and their definitions, promotes a connection to the heritage of the system’s Southern Chinese origins and where it flourished in Hong Kong.

The regional Cantonese language is particular about the right use of tones when pronouncing words and any deviation may change the meaning altogether. Sifu Sam Chan presents the list of relative terms and their English translations in this half-hour video production for the aficionado.

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Review – Benny Meng – Biu Ji Thrusting Fingers & Focus Power

IP MAN WING CHUN SERIES Biu Ji Thrusting Fingers & Focus Power Review

Sifu Benny Meng, curator of the Ving Tsun Museum, gets a finger on the pulse of Biu Ji in this installment of his Ip Man Wing Chun DVD series. Pointing the focus of the presentation to cover all angles of comprehending the system’s third empty-hand form. “Many different interpretations of the Ip Man system,” play forms relative to their own experience and unique qualities. The method of approaching the essential principles is explored through, “the common denominators,” which bring the ideas and techniques to life. A well-produced installation converted to digital from its original standard definition format, which makes it easier to navigate the cursor to pause, play, and start from any point without the use of designated chapters.

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Review – Randy Williams – Look Deem Boon Gwun: Vol.1

Randy Williams Look Deem Boon Gwun Vol 1 review

Presenting his Close Range Combat Academy’s six-and-a-half pole, Randy Williams covers the fundamental details during seven chapters of this DVD presentation. Not a minute goes by in this well-filmed, up-tempo, 55-minutes in-length offering without a flood of information being shared with the viewer while in demonstration.

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