This Master Proves That Wing Chun Works In UFC

UFC Coach Greg Nelson helping me to breakdown how he teaches sensitivty concept from Wing Chun to his fighters!
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[@KevinLeeVlog]

Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe! What should I do next?

[@PaMuShin]

Defeat jeff chan with wing chun in a mma cage fight, now that you had lessons

[@PaMuShin]

Or if he is too big for you, start with defeating gabriel varga with wing chun. Have a look at his signature moves, most professional fighters specialise in a small set. Like jeff with his double leg takedown, two step low kick and his intercepting cross. Then go to the coach or fong and ask them how to cope with it, finally crush him with wing chun.

[@ricksterdrummer2170]

If get the chance go visit Kevin Secours. He’s a Systema guy which by itself sounds laughable, but he’s an interesting guy who can show you a lot of cool stuff. And he spars! haha

[@user-ov1ys2ib2n]

Some type of esgrima! or hema!!

[@dragos2023]

If my background was Wing Chun I would try to feel the strength of fighters from Ashihara or maybe Kyokushin for the purpose of finding a method to protect myself against that kind of brutal attacks. I would start with Ashihara myself.

[@DxModel219]

DUDE!!! For the longest time I show and tell many people that wing chun is very useful on the back on the floor too! I’m so glad he was able to show it!!! You really leverage the floor on your back to chi sao while laying on the floor! His hands look extremely heavy too! He is definitely an experienced Wing Chun practitioner

[@kalterverwalter4516]

En Brother Not a practioner myself.but I Always SAW that application. BTW in Fraizer v Foreman you also will se some Wing Chun esque techniques.

[@Utuberj0sh]

I been saying that too! But I do admit it never occurred to me that it’s effective against the cage!

[@jashardwallington]

​@@kalterverwalter4516its just chinese bare knuckle boxing

[@hangry3102]

Very underrated form of defense for sure

[@MrByaeger]

Boxers have been using trapping and frames forever . George Foreman really implemented them in his comeback fights

[@guanonline]

Great observation. I noticed this years ago in one of his “over the hill, out of retirement” fights. He was always using one hand to pin the opponent’s. When you’re much older and slower, you fight smarter

[@MrByaeger]

@@guanonline Exactly . Duran is another one I finally picked it up while re-watching as well.

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

That's because the "cross guard" came into boxing directly from wing Chun /Chinese boxing. (The cross guard being where the "philly shell" came from too btw) Although it actually exists in a few other martial arts as well such as traditional jujitsu.

[@The-Nightwatch]

​@@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812The cross guard is in European pugilism forever. And yes, many other styles too.

[@ME-ot2ce]

​@@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812play current boxing known today had influence from Filipino martial arts.

[@ericrecano8557]

Great video ! Greg Nelson definitely embodies the whole absorb what is useful, reject what is uselesss, and add what is essentially your own. A fantastic coach!

[@Challenga]

Thanks for sharing this video Kevin ! TMMA is def key to everything and in life. I appreciate you for showing us this video

[@jatsantsa]

Ok this is propably your best vid for information how to apply trapping. Gorgeous.

[@nickyeng7444]

Yes! I love that you covered how it isn't about the art, more so the person! A key can open many doors and keep others locked. However, what use is a key if we want to bake a cake? People tend to struggle using the right art in the right way:) Expand the MA toolkit but also love and appreciate each art. Every single one can offer us something if our minds are open. Everything has a use and application! Thanks Kevin!

[@scottwild4200]

I've been saying this for decades, "It's NOT the art, it's the practitioner. Their training in the understanding of the engagement that determines the outcome."

[@mkleng]

Amazing stuff!! Thank you both!

[@BMO_Creative]

So cool watching Nelson move! All his fighters use tuishou all the time! Now we know why! Great video Kev!

[@questions9856]

One of the best episodes Kevin! Have him back soon

[@AtHomeTacticalDefense]

Once again, Good Stuff! Thank you 🙏

[@kunedoman]

SO AWESOME, yet again great interview & video Kevin, top of your game!

[@dlhatch8]

Hey! Excellent demonstration and explanation of applying sensitivity drills. You did great Greg!!

[@JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans]

God damn, that man is a fighting genius

[@MMAShredded]

lets gooooo!

[@KevinLeeVlog]

😁😁😁😁

[@stephendegenaro6387]

Love this- Great examples. Been doing Jeet Kune Do past 2 years now and love learning trapping…👊🏽👊🏽

[@scasti70]

This man seems to be on another level, great video!

[@jamesthaxton5553]

Kevin, great video and interview. His trapping insights were brilliant. Can you do a trapping video? He's so quick in his movements that it's difficult to follow. Can you slow it down and do a video on the subject?

[@basslinger]

This was great, thank you

[@jemalishakur7122]

This guys got some great moves 👏👏👏

[@ardavardar4405]

great video as always 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Steve-iq2ux]

Best post ever, Mr Nelson is incredible

[@bitosdelaplaya]

A great video !!!! Thanks. And excellent new word : TMMA

[@DxModel219]

wow!!! this is Gold!!

[@kappabravomusic2101]

Very nice. I enjoyed these advises.

[@user-sb2pt1qr1d]

Great video! Thank you! Where can I buy so wonderful sports trousers in old Chinese style ?

[@Salazarsbizzar]

Excellent presentation, respect

[@scumbagthe5500]

A true martial artist 🙏

[@justinclark3793]

The elbow hand trapping while in guard! I've done it, but now I know I should train it more

[@eduboteon]

Good ideas come from everywhere and anyone.

[@hangry3102]

This dude's voice and overall style reminds me of like an MMA Tony Hawk. He has that legend status.

[@diligentsun1154]

Nice traps, in the mount position! We may actually see these very soon

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

That ground trap was great, would love to see a fighter pull that off but they often are too far into trying to finish w/ hammer fists/blows to stop and take the time to think about trapping the defending arm like that, but thats a secure way to finish pretty quickly and give the ref no choice.

[@brigade911]

Amazing video!

[@neutrino78x]

Great video, very compelling stuff! And that's something that most of us over 30 have learned, it's the artist, not the art. Of course some of these kids commenting here on KZbin are so locked into whatever they practice that they're convinced it is the only effective thing. And I include mainstream MMA in that ("only MT/BJJ works! Karate/Judo is ineffective!"). Everything is effective in its way, it's a question of how skilled you are in applying those tools. It's the artist, not the art. 🙂

[@jaatee18]

i appteciate your thoughts about absorbing pertinent aspects of the many disciplines

[@RobertVogelWingChun]

Great episode again! Tbh i feel like there should be more videos about this topic. Wing Chun at this point is attached to such a stigma where the martial art is really suffering. We as Wing Chun practitioner are stereotyped as you do Wing Chun so it must be bad cause there are 0 UFC fighters that use Wing Chun. In fact there are definitely good Wing Chun fighters out there. I hope this voice/message can be heard and vocalized to a wider public.

[@robertfussenegger9664]

Greg is such a Great teacher! What a Master and a Champion Maker he is.

[@michido]

Really nice 🙌

[@M3028]

Kevin, Greg can play the character Stick from Daredevil! Great VIDEO!

[@kolinstewart1254]

One of the best

[@FesteringRatSub]

Looks very effective

[@saijunmak5792]

Enjoy your channel Kevin. My Sifu, Alan Orr, has also taught Wing Chun as the stand up and striking art to coach his fighters for MMA and other combat sports with great success.

[@Mister-Six]

Not enough people talk about Alan Orr. He's been training fighters for many years using Wing Chun as the base martial art.

[@DxModel219]

Alan Orr is the best at applying wing chun into MMA!

[@adam108]

Great video :)

[@questions9856]

Guy is in great shape to be instructing, actively thinking about what Kevin and he will do next, countering, for that long and not being tired

[@engine2truck6]

I am a former amateur boxer and was a top ranked fighter USKBA kickboxing…. Used small bits of wing chun ALL THE TIME. And the sensitivity training so useful on the inside… as well as grip fighting in grappling

[@Explainar0]

How many years did you train your wing chun?

[@CompetitiveWingChun]

I like Greg Nelson's use of chi sao and bong sau it's really effective Wing Chun which means He's been practicing for a long time with a partner

[@Michael-jp3qe]

Wonderful.

[@VTLille]

Love this guy’s work and open approach.

[@Gunnar-Peterson]

Greg Nelson is a legend, his techniques to enter the clinch and clinch work is awesome. He's one of the main reasons Brock Lesnar did so well

[@Utuberj0sh]

I’ve never seen taking the arm and trapping it under the thigh from top mount, it’s like like the straight jacket from back but now in front! In pure grappling That could be a great set up for Ezekiel chokes

[@carlcouture1023]

When I was learning JKD this is exactly what we did. I would be shocked if my teacher and him hadn't been to some of the same seminars because everything, even the language, is the same.

[@JivecattheMagnificent]

Yeah I thought hang on a second, this looks like FMA, and then hubud comes up and all the rest hahah. Awesome video.

[@dvblove]

Is your school is nyc?

[@StevenRayW]

This master proves that Wing Chun, when used in combination with other arts, works in the UFC. What he's doing is very similar to the JKD approach to cross-training popularized by Dan Inosanto and his students.

[@Haydean06]

The ufc, and mma as a whole all exist today because of wing chun. Bruce Lee popularized mixing martial arts with his invention of Jeet Kune Do, which the primary art in Jeet Kune Do is Wing Chun.

[@kurodaiya]

Experience also Kurodaiya the revolution in Martial art

[@viscountsb7140]

wing chun always reminds me of HEMA just hand to hand instead of with weapons

[@Erime]

Indeed. The 'knife hands' are a big clue, aren't they. It's just the term 'boxing,' I think, that gives people the wrong idea about its key open hand philosophy. As without swords or spears, it needs to rely on elbows to get the job done - to pressure for a 'bind' (sticky arms), and then trap for the elbow finish. Tony Ferguson Vs Petis is a good example to follow and shows the efficacy of such an approach. You gotta keep constant pressure on and hunt down the opponent whilst looking for the trap and elbow, though - as he says, space to run away is the problem.

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

Well the empty handed movements of wing Chun are largely based on the knives form of wing Chun. That's the same for most martial arts. You wouldn't train a soldier to fight one way with a weapon then a completely different way empty-handed, you would base them off of each other and use the same movements for both.

[@Erime]

​@@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812yup, and the swivelling butterfly knives give a clue to the heart of style more than the chain punching, perhaps - the necessity for the change of ranges from outside the phonebooth to inside the phonebooth.

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

@@Erime well "chain punching" is actually just a training exercise for developing certain things, it's not a "technique" intended to be used in a fight but to develop movements/ways of moving which you will use in a fight.

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

@@Erime although it too is also part of the knife from

[@jketterman6054]

When I first started Bjj, I was about throwing everything away I trained in my Kung fu days. But after training several years, I’ve been seeing how Kung Fu helps with grappling.

[@ahima6475]

Heck I’m starting wing chun this week hopefully it improves my Brazilian jujitsu game

[@jashardwallington]

Some kung fu styles are stand up grappling it makes sense

[@Senseichristianhsma]

Is this a repost? I swear he posted this video before under a different title?

[@Zack1440]

Good video.

[@dariusjavidan5609]

When Master Chigurh speaks, we listen! 👊

[@twonganttable]

This is very good teaching and extremely effective but yet haters put down Bruce Lee saying he wasn’t a real fighter when he was a master at this.

[@artvandelay1555]

From where does this "whobad" come? I have heard of Chi Sau of course. With time it will almost be as if you are reading their mind, or you feel as if Sifu is reading yours. Sensitivity to the max.

[@LastStar007]

What gym are you at? It looks a little like mine.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

I was at MKG in Minnesota.

[@LastStar007]

@@KevinLeeVlog God damn it lol, I was there at the same time. We must not have bumped into each other. Great place, Rick really knows his stuff.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

@@LastStar007 sorry to miss you! I was there to assist Sifu Francis for his seminar! Guro Rick is amazing and very knowledgeable!!!

[@mrvgranfield]

Chi Sau sticking hands is one of the most useful fighting skills Yes because its fantastic for setting up moves and its freely spontaneous what a joke if some one doesn't have these skill sets it exists in a crude form in some systems although they don't train it as a separate skill.

[@dvblove]

where is your school?

[@martialgeeks]

I just made a video about this a day ago, mentioned Greg and Rose, perfect timing lol

[@TheKillaMethod]

I watched it. Great work 👏

[@martialgeeks]

@@TheKillaMethod 🙏👌

[@ME-ot2ce]

Everything can be implemented from any martial art and add to another one just like MMA mixed martial arts

[@jashardwallington]

Thats the point of mma take the best of everything the jabronies miss that point

[@outerlast]

hubud? so more about kali/silat than wing chun?

[@Tengu555]

“No, we’re just trapping 🔥💰💯”

[@dlk3904]

Problem is that many kung fu teachers know the drills but they cannot apply it in a real situation because they have no experience or knowledge in that. They have good sales techniques only. Then people try to fight like they do during a training drill and they fail and then they say kung fu stinks. Sticky hands is just one drill, a game, to train specific skills. People do that game all day and then try to apply it from a long distance and without reap experience

[@thebaneking4787]

Dude looks like Sensei Benny 20 years ago.

[@RKmndo]

Kung Fu is used all the time in MMA, by the definition of Kung Fu. Shaolin Quan is used too. Many of the techniques are seen in many martial arts.

[@michaelmartinez3893]

Great video 😊

[@Haydean06]

Wing Chun has always worked in ufc, it was banned from being your “main art” because of the brutality of some of the moves. Lot of throat, eye, and groin attacks. It was invented to be the ultimate self defense system in China, it’s idea was that anyone could use it, big, small, weak, or strong. It was invented by a woman and the art consists of using the proper angles and pressure points to your advantage.

[@USARMY1682]

Vincent Meng in the ufc

[@EvilFandango]

Thank you!

[@dudemannxs]

That was awesome! Real application and not form based religion.

[@conradswadling8495]

nice

[@silveriver9]

Most ppl that see Wing Chun application in the cage don't know it is Wing Chun, they just automatically assume it is muay thai, boxing etc. Too many casuals watching MMA these days.

[@gregory4154]

Dude, you are on a fantasy trip. Any way to justify a martial art that is crap.

[@silveriver9]

@gregory4154 Anderson Silva, Tony Ferguson and Jon Jones disagree with you. Sit down casual.

[@gregory4154]

@@silveriver9 Nice try. But work on taming your insecurities about an art that has as much practicality as a tai chi master on crack isn't believable. The real truth is, it is boxing, Muay Thai, have techniques that work, not the wing chun. As someone who has been in a few real life and death struggles, I would never suggest wing chun. I would bet my life on that and have. Not buying into the cult fees and kool aid.

[@gregory4154]

@@silveriver9 Hey leaving you a gift: Why Wing Chun Gets Destroyed by Lawrence Kenshin Striking Breakdowns. It funny, he mentions those names you throw outta hope for proof. Only if you have the courage to look.

[@silveriver9]

@gregory4154 Sitting on your armchair doesn't automatically grant you the rank of "expert" 😂. Keep typing piffle to compensate for your insecurity and lack of knowledge of the game.

[@rvrrb]

the best style for a muscleman is tai chi. Western boxing is tai chi used with a fist.

[@vicmaarbja5291]

Came her looking for the "proves" portion of the video. It was nowhere to be found.

[@mindfulsticks]

TMMA. I like that

[@michael7v6]

Man this guy will mess you up!

[@jadenkorr9342]

It has absolutely nothing to do with style. It’s all about how the practitioner trains it. If u spend all your time hitting the air, that’s great training, but that’s only a piece of the pie. You have to also be drilling against different opponents, in a controlled learning/scripted manner and in an unscripted manner. That’s what majority of popular combat sports typically train and hence why it “works”. Not because of the inherent nature of the style, but because of how it’s trained

[@kobusvandenbrink1679]

Like every martial art it only does well in combination with other martial arts, someone who has only trained in wing chun is going to fail in mma but that goes for bjj or muat thay aswel, we can’t give probs to any one martial art, it’s all mashed together now.

[@reyalicea]

It isn't MMA if you don't MIX the MA

[@kissofthecobra3761]

When it comes to MMA,I think people have a mindset and mentality that If it’s Kung fu are Karate it should look clean. Real fights don’t work that way and sloppy techniques go out the back door. When another man threatens you are a loved one people tend to forget about looking fancy. 🙏

[@drolo7]

Mientras el adversario se mantenga en equilibrio durante el golpeo habrá intercambio por lo que la base es mantener fuera de su centro incluso cada vez que golpea o chequea cada pak sao ,tan sao o golpeó el adversario hay que mantenerlo fuera de su centro.🙏🙏🙏

[@kerwynrego6624]

It's about how one trains & he was innovative.

[@tsricci]

This would make Bruce Lee smile.

[@jaegerschtulmann]

so this expert dude taught Brock Lesnar how to roll in the fetal position when punched in the face? wing chun must work!

[@donnytom8891]

Good morning to the Dragon Lee make nice video 💛💛❤️❤️💝🧡🧡💘💘🌟🌟🤎🤎🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@scottyahney8565]

WOW...GREAT INFO KEVIN !!!!!

[@diligentsun1154]

Jon Jones has demonstrated some of the principles. But, kung fu has to watch out for judo and wrestling during contact.

[@iggs67]

What does Rose Namajunas have to do with wing chun?

[@AztecUnshaven]

Rose has trained with this coach for many years.

[@bigd7696]

She had her hair slapped off?

[@felixjr9890]

Hate to be that guy but @3:46 somebody ripped a mean one.

[@hound8881]

Bagua

[@hlfmc]

What is who bud? Looks like bong lap sau mixed with pax sau?