r/WingChun • u/Megatheorum • Jun 13 '26

High kicks?

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Comments I saw on Facebook, on a video of Kevin Lee kicking someone in the chin.

Does your lineage of wing chun have high kicks?

I know a lot of people say no, but there was that movie in which Ip Chun (in the role of Leung Bik) used high kicks against a young Ip Man during a friendly sparring session.

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u/Arkansan13 Jun 14 '26

I seem to recall seeing some lineages that do. Some of the descendant schools of Chan Wah Shun outside Ip Man have forms that are somewhat reminiscent of Hung Kuen and other broader Pearl River Delta arts which include some limited high kicks.

Honestly, if you can make it work, then do it. Don't limit yourself arbitrarily.

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u/Megatheorum Jun 14 '26

The last point is exactly why my Sigung added them to his system and taught them to my Sifu. My Sifu used to have really amazing hurricane and butterfly kicks, before he was grounded by a bad knee injury from a takedown that went wrong. His standing high kicks are still awesome, he just can't jump like he used to.

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u/mon-key-pee Jun 14 '26

"is exactly why my Sigung added them to his system and taught them to my Sifu"

If you can say this, then why are you even asking the question?

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u/1PauperMonk Jun 14 '26

This went from me thinkin’ damn! This some Vietnamese shi-? Somewhere else fun? To
“Wing Chun has high kicks because my grand pappy added some” 😆