Alan Orr Sifu Wing Chun - Structure Or No Structure That Is The Question. The term ‘Structure’ or ‘Body Structure’ is being used to describe people’s explanation of why they do something as if by saying it’s the ‘structure’ then it will be right and [...]
Sifu-Alan-Orr-Chinese-Boxing-the-Lost-Art Excellent article from my teacher, Sifu Alan Orr. Wing Chun is more than Chi Sao, it is a stand-up martial art. A (Chinese) boxing art. Key point is: your training must be alive not compliant to develop real skills. It's how you [...]
By Alan Orr - First published in UK Martial Arts Illustrated Aug 2004 In Wing Chun we have a unique method of training our awareness skills called ‘Chi Sao’, often known as ‘Sticking Hands’. This name, however, doesn’t really do justice to what is a [...]