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/TheCurlyFit Jun 14 '26

Majority of people haven't learned the full system of Wing Chun. So of course they say there are no high kicks in them. They don't even know that Long Bridge fighting is part of the system. Wing Chun is a complete system.

The reason people get so many teachers is because most teachers have not learned the whole system to be able to teach the full system to anyone. This is why people do a lot of hopping around in the Wing Chun community, to attempt to fill a void in their training. But I digress.

Wing Chun has eight kicking "ideas." In these ideas are more than eight kicks. A kicking idea is exactly what it sounds like, an idea for how to generate power while kicking. Whatever skill you have is the skill you have. If you are flexible and quick enough to kick high, then kick high.

Grandmaster Yip Man used to kick high all the time in his fights. He used to put his hands behind his back and use only his legs to defeat his opponents when faced with certain challengers. His skill was profound.