Proving the Doubters Wrong: The Wing Chun Rising Star On Streetbeefs

[@StreetbeefsScrapyard]

Thank you for doing this breakdown. Look forward to working with you more. Firechicken

[@FightCommentary]

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[@chunancespann5944]

I never got into a fight, I would like to challenge that wing Chun guy and Steve ninja , would like to test myself

[@CancerArpegius]

Now I want to see some proper Esoteric Drunken in your ring too.

[@banditvinchenzo347]

This is one of my classmates! I believe he just got an instructor level as well. Great guy, and it's cool to see someone I have trained with kicking ass. We are very fortunate that our Sifu was an old boxer and understood how to fight before training Wing Chun for 40 years, so he teaches us what he has already stress tested and used in real fights. My classmate here is a perfect example of what happens when you learn from an actual fighter and not someone who just trained in a classroom with no conflict like most of the people you see on social media

[@FightCommentary]

That’s super cool! Let me know if your Sifu wants to be interviewed!

[@Scientists_dont_lie]

Awesome story man. So far this is the best example of wing chun in a fight ive ever seen.

[@banditvinchenzo347]

@Fight Commentary Breakdowns I'll let him know you're interested! He just moved states but I'm sure he'd love to once he's settled. If you want to check him out her on KZbin his channel is @hillwingchun

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

@@Scientists_dont_lie he is good, not the best at "using wing Chun" and there's always room for improvement lol. But he is not bad.

[@Rebelconformist82]

I like his kicks, very neat and sharp

[@kevinlobos5519]

My man putting kung fu where it belongs, in the arena. Massive respect and best wishes for him, I hope we can see more of him in the future.

[@EternalArtsTex]

Kung fu works. But you have to train in self defense situations. People forget to train that and just train the sport. It is something that needs to change as most KF is represented pretty poorly due to the mcdojos. Good kung fu teachers also will tell their students when they are learning sport or self defense as not all kung fu training is for real life situations.

[@urmum.comlel]

You say that but hes using a bunch techniques which don't exist in WC and not using a bunch that are. Any martial art is better than nothing but Kungfu will always lose against MMA. This kid might have kung fu as a base but his wins are based on him being a well rounded fighter.

[@EternalArtsTex]

@@urmum.comlel you obviously have no idea what kung fu is or how it works. Sorry for your misunderstanding. Hint: The moves you are talking about in MMA come from traditional martial arts. LOL

[@followersofadolfhitler81]

​@@EternalArtsTex Thats not wing chun. Stop trying to sound smart. You don't know what your talking about.

[@cyborgchicken3502]

​@@urmum.comlel I keep seeing this same argument made by some folks "hEs nOt uSiNg rEaL kUnG fU tEkniQ" like... What are real Kung Fu techniques, are you expecting to see tiger claws, iron palm strikes to the chest that cause opponents to cough up blood? Every martial art, no matter where it's from is based on punching, grappling and kicking....by your logic we can say oh the punches in Muay Thai aren't really Muay Thai techniques because they look like boxing punches....the throws in judo aren't real judo because they look like wrestling... If all cultures across the world adapted the spear as a weapon, don't you think the same idea could apply to punches and kicks? That they could be very similar in combat no matter which martial art you do? Kung Fu's problem just like any traditional martial art, is not that it's techniques aren't effective, because Kung Fu techniques are used in Chinese Sanda and Shuai Jiao.... The problem with traditional Kung Fu is that it hasn't been pressure tested or updated to modern times, but you do see some small examples of it being tested and updated like the previously mentioned Sanda which is a modern form of Chinese kickboxing that has its roots in traditional Kung Fu, they took the best techniques of many Kung Fu styles and applied it with modern training methods to create an effective modern combat style.... The idea that different martial arts styles developed isolated from one another or are completely alien I think is false...we keep praising MMA as this end all be all, but MMA exists because they combined the best techniques from different traditional styles like Muay Thai, Jujitsu etc.

[@anonanon4658]

0:45 When he did that seemingly random backfist it was because he struck the brawler with it. 0:42 The brawler thought he got elbowed. So he made that motion and told him, "Backfist, brother." I slowed it down and it was indeed a backfist after the elbow block. He backfisted him hard enough for him to think it was an elbow. 😁

[@nintendonarutofan]

wow amazing attention to detail

[@mimike80]

You see the art? He is calm and centered. Flowing in his own motion. Wonderful.

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

Yeah the thing is, wing Chun is actually extremely powerful. It's not a beginner martial art, it's not for everyone and generally speaking people who are actually proficient with it are not interested in competitions. So it doesn't exactly get displayed "properly" if at all. This dude's pretty good, he's still got a ways to go, especially as far as "using wing Chun" , but a fairly decent fighter overall yes.

[@RedFoxGrappler]

I actually watched this fight yesterday and the first thing I thought of was “I wonder what Jerry would think?” Glad I got my answer lmao

[@dbranch3r]

same here I watch it this morning and was about to send it to Jerry then got notified of his new video great timing

[@zachariaravenheart]

yeah, same here as well!

[@ajw9975]

I think that sidekick to the liver from xiao on the second guy at 5:36 can't be underestimated. I think that one really hurt him eventually leading to his KO. Great job Xiao!

[@FeedMeFriedChicken]

Yeah, it was a good hit

[@kaiya2]

He wasn't looking for the back fist. He landed it and his opponent thought he got elbowed and asked him what it was. Which he replied by showing him the back fist.

[@brianjonesy88]

Duuuuude! I literally watched these three fights this morning; I was so excited when I found out you were doing a video.

[@FightCommentary]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@TheLuconic]

Who cares is his stance is squared. Clearly it’s working for him and has torn apart most of his opponents.

[@CarlosMendoza-mb3di]

It's the square stance that setup those body shots .

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

@@CarlosMendoza-mb3di the short range power and quickness of wing Chun definitely makes for some nasty body shots , and just a tip for anyone out there, coming into close range for striking or even to grapple against someone who can legitimately use wing Chun for fighting is an extremely bad idea lol. Better hang back and use reach if you got it and hope that works lol

[@lookit87]

At one point he gassed out, and was forced to stand square from sheer second nature. The stance-switches had sucessfully offset the impact and exposure but while in constant retreat its bound to fatigue and then ironically expose a fighter in the long run.

[@agricolaurbanus6209]

Well, not in the boxing match.

[@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812]

@@agricolaurbanus6209 what are you even talking about? Mike Tyson... Rocky(the real one) etc all used primarily one form of a more "squared" stance most of the time. And I mean js, one step and it's not "squared" anymore.. if you can't use both efficiently you need more practice lol

[@Dillon1099]

My first thought when I finished watching this was I wonder when fight commentary breakdowns will find out about this.

[@Trickster7916]

Perfect fusion of 52 and Wing Chun!!! The kicks look a bit Taekwondo/Savate-esque tho. They do round out his skillset tho, so no compliants! Please please please more of this guy when he fights! 😁

[@Scientists_dont_lie]

A bit of Burly action here!

[@misubi]

Wing Chun doesn't have those spinning high kicks. But good on him for incorporating what works for him. I think he'd be good fighting in any style with his pace and quickness.

[@anferneesuellcosplay5455]

Every lineage kinda does some a tad different, apparently Wong Shun Leung or someone of that generation was notorious for doing chin kicks in the middle of trapping

[@turbopowergt]

I’m going to guess that he started with Tae Kwon Do and later studied Wing Chun. He fights similarly to how I did in high school in the 80s when I was studying TKD and Judo in a dojo and Wing Chun with my friends. The systems work pretty well together.

[@turbopowergt]

@@gharm9129 I didn’t miss it, and you could be right. But the way that he throws the kicks are much more like TKD kicks than any Wing Chun or Chinese style variants I’ve seen. Given that so many kids in the US are exposed to TKD or Karate as their first style I would be much more likely to wager that he has TKD in his history than a Wing Chun variant. His kick combos are standard TKD green belt (and honestly the most reliable). However he does throw more classic wing chun kicks in trapping range.

[@Erime]

Yeah and those gloves, and no use of elbows or throat strikes allowed in the fight must be part of his particular style of wing chun also, right? 🤔😅. He's just working with what he can, as far as I can see 🤷

[@turbopowergt]

@@Erime Right. As soon as you put gloves on and set rules the strategies and techniques will start to look similar regardless of the roots. It’s why MMA has basically become its own style with three different flavors: Wrestling/Judo + kickboxing Muay Thai + BJJ Boxing with simple kicks + Wrestling Soon they will all combine into just the preferences of the coaches. Just like boxing has coaches that prefer the Philly Shell vs classic guard, or different ring strategies.

[@Technoanima]

I can't believe YT didn't recommend me this sooner! Great technique and incorporation of Chum Kiu form and the square SNT stance

[@javiersoriano671]

Shouts out to every Kung fu fighter out there showing the world kung fu was and still is applicable. When I see another Kung fu brother or sister coming out on top, I can’t help but think of Bruce Lee’s Way of The Dragon when the restaurant workers doubt his Kung fu only for him to beat the thug’s asses who were terrorizing the restaurant.

[@tac3523]

Taekwondo got here rooting for you 'Xiao Long' . Tired of people disrespecting traditional martial arts

[@akumabakemono1447]

The problem with the "MMA fanboys" (I like MMA by the way, I'm not a sports combat hater) is they already decide what works and what doesn't, so if you give them proof some traditional martial art works in full contact sparring... they will create any kind of excuses to refute that proof: >You do some TMA, spar against some sport combat practitioner and lose: this proves your art doesn't work. >You do some TMA, spar against some sport combat practitioner and win?... well, 2 options: 1) "That was a low level/smaller than you sport combat practitioner, that's why you win. This sparring doesn't proves anything and your TMA still sucks". *or* 2) "Yes, but you win without flying kicks, chain punches, and so on (they are literally waiting for you to do some kind of Hollywood sh1t, it's like they think a TMA must look like the choreographies for movies that are made based on forms/katas). So you win with basic kick boxing, your TMA still sucks". Something alike do the TMA lovers when they lose but never want to recognize their style is not that effective, or maybe not all their techniques are suit for real combat.

[@combatsportsarchive7632]

Why do they expect traditional methods should like hollywood scenes? That makes no sense. Some of them are just meant to be simple methods (e.g. rudimentary clinch from Pinan Sono Yon Kata), whereas others are unorthodox techniques which doesn't correlate with kickboxing's methodology (e.g. hand-trapping from Naihanchi Kata). They are not meant to look like something ultra fancy like the Matrix.

[@user-nb2bt2fu1e]

It's almost like propagandas for an agenda to "monopolize" all the fighting fundamentals, and claiming that whenever someone uses fighting fundamentals they're doing kickboxing. And that someone can only be considered as using tma only when they're doing hollywood moves nonstop. That creates two boxes for these people: kickboxing and kungfu. Whenever they see something practical that goes into the kickboxing category and whenever they see something impractical that goes into the kungfu box. Therefore a guy that claims to be doing kungfu but then have some practical moves, then "oh that's just kick boxing", "it's the kickboxing that's making it work". At the end the arrogance that goes behind the line thinking - that western kickboxing has the monopoly on fighting fundamentals (monopoly on basic human movements) is what really makes this line of thinking so obnoxious.

[@marvinj1000]

Blocking Hooks is definitely a weakness for wing chun people

[@florisvanlingen]

There's so much difference in the wing chun out there you can really generalize like that.

[@joe94c]

This is one of the best examples of real wing chun I've ever seen

[@Erime]

It'll probably inspire more chunners to follow in his footsteps, and it might do for wingchun what UFC did for BJJ.

[@Dragonhunter1400]

This is disgusting wing chun.

[@Dragonhunter1400]

99.99% of wing chun you see online is disgusting trash

[@Dragonhunter1400]

I trained wing chun for 7 years and 99% of the people who train wing chun are TOMATO CANS

[@Erime]

@@Dragonhunter1400 We are blessed to receive the humble, grounded opinions of the privileged true gentleman of wingchun 😌

[@OldBadger1]

The first two fights were won due to better cardio more than any fighting skills.

[@VictoriaStobbie]

Very nice fighting with some core Wing Chun principles thrown in.

[@jonathanhill64]

Glad you did a video on this, love watching this guy

[@businessdawg2]

First time I see a person making kung fu work and it’s crazy how good it is.

[@Ezchkn]

Those ones who's saying it's not Wing Chun, clearly get out of you classroom because what you've learning is Wing Chun against Wing Chun. Which is not existing anymore in today's modern world.

[@rodhagerty]

Excellent video it is awesome to see wing chun work. Love it

[@anferneesuellcosplay5455]

Gotta let the “that’s not wing chun” guys learn that shape fu isn’t fighting, but stage fighting

[@paklee630]

There is no actual stance in wing chun. The stances and chisao in wing chun is only for core muscles training. In my view, whoever sticks on “wing chun” shape don’t know what wing chun is😉

[@PooleAcademyofWingChun]

That isn’t wing Chun

[@anferneesuellcosplay5455]

@@PooleAcademyofWingChun what is it then if I must ask?

[@PooleAcademyofWingChun]

@@anferneesuellcosplay5455 no idea but it ain’t wing Chun

[@anferneesuellcosplay5455]

@@PooleAcademyofWingChun right 🙃

[@XXNerdzillaXX]

This guy is impressive. I would love to spar with him as I minor in Wing Chun studies. His kicks demonstrate high levels of dexterity and control.

[@CoachCoebryCombat]

His hands need some work to adapt to the boxing range and learn how to apply his punches and traps but his kicks were great and his understanding of grappling for a non bjj guy was pretty good

[@TheLuconic]

Who cares how his hands look. He actually landed those hits. Many with beautiful strikes tend to land less. Sometimes punching ugly is a strategy. Yes his kicking looks great and he lands them well, but from what I see it’s because his opponents can’t seem to block his kicks. Lastly, real fights like this tends to be ugly. Even if he adapts to boxing range, wing chun guy lands way more hits than those guys boxing.

[@CoachCoebryCombat]

@@TheLuconic I agree with everything you said except that wing Chun guys land more hits than boxers if I misunderstood please correct me but the reason I say his hands need work was because he was vulnerable to the hooks as bad as they were wing Chun tends to have a disadvantage to circular type attacks where as boxing both uses those punches and has great defense against them I say if he combined his wing Chun techniques with boxing principles he would have been a lot more effective but he did great especially compared to some of the other wing Chun guys on yt

[@CoachCoebryCombat]

@@TheLuconic also what's better 10 punches not as strong but land in succession or a powerful hook that lands on the jaw or temple which one do you think is gonna have more of an effect?

[@DavorBa]

@@TheLuconic Yes he landed those strikes, but still got TKOd by hooks to the body, while covering up. To me that fight looks like one guy is using full arsenal of available punches, while the other is limiting himself only to straight punches. Doesnt matter how fast his hands are when he only had limited arsenal and is therefore predictable. Imho, he needs some boxing ato mix it with his Wing Chun, if he wants to be successful in boxing matches. Or just be Godlike with his Wing Chun, applying the Tan Sau and Gan Sau / Double Gan Sau perfectly to deal with round punches. He was great in first two fights greatly because he used roundhouse kicks. Using round punches with his WC would make him a beast.

[@Erime]

@@DavorBa absolutely - and especially when wingchun's key payload K.O. strike - the elbow, is not allowed. He will need to adapt his arsenal. Otherwise he's basically bringing a badminton racket to a tennis match.

[@IamkingM]

As a wing chin practitioner I want to say respect to the young student of wing chin this is how u make the wing chin system work by putting ur self in danger and seen what works the wing chin system has saved my life many times and this is how I developed a good wing chun system street fights.

[@jdiaz4877]

Dude this guy is awesome best Wing Chun I've seen so far!

[@Autonamatonamaton]

He looked great out there! It seems like compared to his opponents he takes a bit of time to loosen up and actually load up on his shots, which is wise of him and respectful to his sparring partners, but can backfire if the opponent piles up damage quickly like in the boxing fight. Hope we see more of this guy, he's representing his school very well

[@kidd32888]

Wow way to go Xiao long

[@angryzombie8088]

The Wing Chun have very good head movement for a Wing Chun guy. Totally surprised me with his rolling takedown defense & the fact that he know how to choke as a Wing Chun guy.

[@turtlesage28]

This is what I like to see. Xiaolong did well. My only suggestion is to make his defense tighter with a slightly higher guard. Otherwise he did well. All kung fu people take notes. This is what I mean when I say show and prove, train with reality in mind. Salute.

[@riedud]

Got to give you props. Love your breakdowns and technical verbiage of fighting methods and tactics.

[@FightCommentary]

Thanks man! Send me requests any time too! I’m always on the prowl for cool footage that’s more underground!

[@thesun564]

Very cool showing from the wing chun dude, definitely demonstrated some actual wing chun in practice. Unfortunately the style’s tendency to have the fighter’s head straight up an erect in the air cost him a bit of potentially fight ended head damage. We can only hope that one day we see a high level of wing chun actuallt applied to high level competition

[@blazingdragon9607]

2:56 love that sportsmanship at the end❤

[@jeffdoeskungfu]

love that lead kick, cross combo!

[@ozzo870]

Its obviously wing chun, but my problem is that this guy we would be a way more complete fighter if he did some boxing/kick boxing/muay thai. Practicing wing chun only limits u as a fighter. It can work but only in a limited way.

[@BD90..]

If it is not like the IPman movies it is not wing Chun 😆

[@FightCommentary]

Yep. That’s some viewer’s critiques for sure.

[@jh9667]

Probably the best example of a core wing chun principle in action. "Nearest weapon to the closest target". That bong sau to back fist that got his back off the wall. 👌

[@PazCristo]

His defensive stand is good, ...... even better than most 'Wing Chun Guy'. He even applied the 'almost impossible' leg trapping 1:50. I can assert that if 小龍 lost the first 2 matches, there will be many 'WCG' cry out: 'He was shielding up instead of using those Wing Chun blocking techniques......And WC is not supposed to have high kicks...... WC is always facing your opponent so you can fight them with both hands, he stood sideways towards his opponent @#$%!'

[@paklee630]

As a wing chun guy, actually the correct stance in fight is not facing your opponent. That stance is only for training. You can watch my sigung WSL sparring. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHOvqYtvarKilZI

[@CasshernCasshern]

he was stadning some times square and sometimes side ways because he is a wing chun and tkd guy,get your facts right before make assumptions man

[@chessshyrecat]

No Wing Chun guy should say that, because there is no blocks in Wing Chun. He was actually facing his oponent all the time, just sometimes exactly like you learn to step in the Chum Kiu form stepping and facing your oponent with a low bong and a tan sau. Ip mans simplified Wing Chun took out the high kicks, but they used to be part and are still part of other lineages of Wing Chun. Just because he uses high kicks doesn't make it not Wing Chun. It is the most Wing Chun I have ever seen in a fight on youtube.

[@CasshernCasshern]

@@chessshyrecat this guy is training tkd also so what ever you blabbering about is not relevant for this wing chun practitioner as it’s clearly tkd kicks and side stance . I am training wing chun for 15 years under wong shrun Leung lineage so a random person on internet is not going to tell me what I can say as a wing chun practitioner.

[@chessshyrecat]

@@CasshernCasshern I never adressed you in the first place, neither did I read your comment before you answered my comment. I was commenting on the original commenters claim how 'WCG' will cry out and that was what I was critcizing. I don't know what you training a style of Wing Chun has to do with anything I was commenting on, but I never told you what you can and can not say.

[@UmieeYasha]

Ngl. The Wing chun guy badass asf

[@JEDINITE30]

Xiao Long has very good use of his wing chun. He just needs to anticipate more, work on his reaction time and his peripherals, be prepared to defend in sequence instead of just the first strike from the opponent, and bong sau more against the jab.

[@Lymmar]

The brawler was decent, too. Seemed like a nice guy.

[@shadowfighter6445]

Wing Chun Dude is amazing, I figured he would lose in the boxing fight which he did well for a while, but the first two fights were awesome.

[@mkleng]

Good content, mate!

[@hemispace641]

Much RESPECT to both fighters!

[@dostma1]

This was one of the most technical, intelligent and focused fighter I've ever seen on streetbeefs.

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

Xiaolong is also the name Bruce Lee is commonly known as in Chinese.

[@cynicalpepper]

this is the first time I've seen wing chun used properly, super cool

[@OzeiasGray-Corcino93]

Yeee I've watch many of his fights, he is really good, big respect, would love to fight him/with him 💯🔥🙏🏽

[@StarKnightZ]

I'm only 30 seconds in but his Wing Chun is so beautiful!! It reminds me why I wanted to get in to CMA in the first place!

[@danielburgess7785]

First guy was crude with no discipline. Second guy had some skills no gas tank and looked to have pushed the fight beyond his limitations. Third guy stayed inside his skill set. Have to give props to Wing Chun guy getting outside experience.

[@effortless4588]

More streeetbeefs man ❤

[@joshuaboanerges6347]

If someone says kung fu does not work, they must be the ones who never watch Kevin Holland of the UFC.. he is a kungfu practitioner, 2rd degree black belt and UFC fighter. Wing chun is also a kung fu branch. It works in MMA, but wing chun fighters must also know how to wrestle to survive.

[@mdug7224]

These were good fights! Kudos

[@whatepher1996]

The last combo looked similar to Wonderboy's move.

[@Bevallalom]

He is quite good. He needs to wok on his short range power generation. 98% of wing chun practitioners don't learn how to generate power from short range. And WC is mostly a short range art. I'm looking forward to watch his fights.

[@StarPlatinumV]

Xiao long is freakin sick. I became a fan of Streetbeefs because of him. If he can fix a few holes in his game, he will kick ass!

[@phugia963]

1:23 that vertical punch is indeed out of nowhere

[@Goodhello369]

I used to chat w Scarface alot in the early days of streetbeefs when he was on Google+. Extremely nice guy. What up Chris its G! Honestly the channel helped demystify martial arts for me. Plus ask Scarface to tell you what happened when he went over to Halterman Karate and sparred w the sensei. Zzzzz. Someone went to sleep in front of the students. Hilarious story.

[@cahallo5964]

2:36 that was so funny to me, he cheated; realised he did it and then stopped beating the other guy up and then got hit for it, all in the heat of the battle. Very cool.

[@Vinnay94]

Who and how did he cheat?

[@cahallo5964]

@@Vinnay94 the kung fu guy elbowed him (elbows weren't allowed)

[@Delerisk]

If he kept his arms up more at times he could avoid a lot of punches that hit him. Is so cool to see different styles working. I think some of those kicks and kick combos can be super successful if he just keeps his arms up to his face more to block incoming.

[@chc2650]

Yeah putting his hands down just to look "wing chun" was his downfall

[@Scientists_dont_lie]

2:26 is EASILY my favorite part. The dude did that cool ninja flip escape move while the guy in the white shirt fell trying to pull wing chun to the ground. Then he immediatly attcked him!!! That was action movie stuff.

[@elenchus]

one of the benefits of practicing ukemi

[@s1ked_416]

as a wing chun practioner, he's lacking forward movement when landing hits, he needs to close that gap better, he always pulls back when landing them instead of "going in", he should be right up in his face if he wants to get his wing chun out better. In other words, he's not a very experienced fighter, but good on him for pressure testing himself

[@nicktruesdell6825]

Yea, I was watching some of his fights directly from street beefs, xao I think is what his name is did say that he was there to learn at the beginning of the fights. As a wing chun practioner myself I was kinds surprised he didn't get in and to close the gap to smother with a flurry of punches and what not.

[@s1ked_416]

@@nicktruesdell6825 exactly haha I think if he closed the gap like he should've, he most likely would've beaten that boxer at the end

[@elenchus]

it seems like the evidentiary case for wing chun is getting better and better over time. Just a year ago it wasn't clear at all to me that wing chun, in a best case scenario, could elevate someone above someone with no training at all, but with Xiao Long and a few other guys, they seem to be able to hang with, or even outperform, highly aggressive, comparably sized brawlers. We can probably say that the best wing chun fighters can at least defeat comparably sized untrained people in full resistance scenarios, although there are so few examples of this that we can't rule out outliers (in this instance, luck, or possibly "prodigies") entirely just yet. The trend is good though, and in a few years we may have a definitive case. The next interesting question is whether wing chun can hang with trained people. When we saw him up against Ninja Steve in the boxing match, we see that Steve figures out that hook punches are highly effective against wing chun, at least Xiao Long's wing chun, which makes intuitive sense. As you point out, Ninja Steve appears to be primarily a boxer (all of his fights seem to be in boxing gloves), so the contest inherently favored Steve; however, there are legions of MMA fighters, Muay Thai fighters, kickboxers, and so on that can kick very well and also throw hook punches, so I don't want to write the lessons of the fight off completely just because it was under boxing rules. It would also be interesting to see how well wing chun stances/footwork does against a submission fighter; the prevalence of submission fighters in pro-level MMA led to the near universal abandonment of the Muay Thai stance, for instance, due to its susceptibility to takedowns (also one of the reasons the teep is abandoned in modern MMA). Still, we should be as fair to wing chun as we are any other style; that wing chun might have to evolve some to handle modern threats is unsurprising, and we've seen Muay Thai, boxing, jiujitsu, and other styles do the same, and that might include a new or modified stance.

[@FightCommentary]

Great comment!

[@elenchus]

@@FightCommentary in my typically too-long format

[@FightCommentary]

I’m glad my videos are showing up in your feed again. I’m doing something right again.

[@Anathmatician]

Xiao is a nice fighter! He's light, quick and athletic like a lot of the other effective Wing Chun guys. The boxing guy at the end looked like he was hitting about 10x as hard. He had arms the size of my thighs.

[@richardhenry1969]

Makes me feel like you read my comment. Lol I knew you would like this one

[@sigmablack9483]

Wow much respect

[@mtower235]

Can’t say nothin bad cause they got in and worked so respect

[@alexisdominguez3133]

You can critique tho

[@lilbearbjj]

Really good stuff

[@yesbutactuallyno8305]

The brawler guy has Kick boxing experience and is a very tough fight for anyone

[@mattphillips538]

Looks more like Jun Fan Gung Fu than straight Wing Chun

[@leolejo4891]

Xiao Long is very Good at use his wing chun, never see anyone use wing chun in arena that good, i think the way he practicing his wing chun is in right track, if he keep practicing he will be very good ,i really like to see his arena fights 1 or 2 year after this.

[@Brykk]

Its cool to see someone able to use wing chun in a practical/street style use. I still say theres no one style of fighting that can be used effectively in all street fights. It takes a mix of different styles to fight different individuals in open fights. Imo

[@tylerscott2116]

Id say Wing Chun is a great discipline that teaches you how to blend striking and grappling and blend different fight ranges well also. But, I ultimately do believe a solid foundation in a single striking combat sport, like Boxing; as well as a single grappling combat sport, like Judo is necessary. Someone with great Boxing and Judo PLUS wingchun for everything else. But that is still pretty impressive that a non combat sport, that is strictly self defense oriented can be combined with Boxing and Judo and create and comprehensive fighting style. Wing Chun essentially supplements the functions of Muay Thai and even a discipline like shootboxing/sanda that focuses on blending striking with wrestling take downs all at the same time.

[@alexfage5067]

Not bad ! Even if he flinches a lot, and turn, he tries to resist this tendency, it will get better with experience. At least he keeps his eyes open when getting G&P. The KO was highlight reel material ^^

[@FightCommentary]

Btw, there’s a french channel I was following that I might ask you some questions about.

[@alexfage5067]

@@FightCommentary no problem :)

[@benhartart9487]

Great breakdown even if you sound like chuckoe from Rugrats

[@FightCommentary]

I’ll look up that character

[@sergeantonionzindros-luu2366]

I keep thinking of Xiao Long Bao

[@fusazzo94]

Xiao Long should have used more wing chun elbows in the 1st match, those are super destructive

[@nicolasbouchard6331]

All these guys were beginners obviously but Xiao long did pull off some sick wc moves ngl but he also looks like a fool most the times but still pretty cool to watch him and pull of front elbows to backfist

[@hazemghanem3818]

Both of these guys looks like not fighters. They just have a fun

[@charlesshankle3178]

The wing chun practitioner used his structure as his defense. His pressure was textbook wing chun

[@ariasenagms2076]

This fight remember me at Ip Man 2.

[@BlackMartialArtsSociety]

This chimney kicks ass

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

I don't think anyone has ever said any particular art cannot be used effectively or anyone who practices a particular art cannot fight effectively; the argument is that if one has the intention of learning to fight or defend themselves there are certain arts or styles which are more effective for the average person. I have no doubt that talented individuals exist who can use nearly any system effectively, but that doesn't mean I would have my wife or girlfriend wearing Wing Chun or aikido to become better at defending herself

[@blackpowderkun]

You should make a compilation of demo and application of wing chun.

[@hellomyfriends9740]

2:31 that knee hurt em

[@Erime]

He's obvs been taking lessons from muay thai, but the cross-overs between core strikes is pretty intimate, so it's still legit. If a pro muay thai fighter took up an ip man stance on between striking, it wouldn't look much different, though 😅

[@carnagexf4454]

Looks like if Sean Strickland and Yair Rodriguez merged styles

[@bishmaarrayyan6386]

What is it with people ? Winning concept hasn't change, "the more complete fighter wins"

[@preendscore0623]

I like this wing chun guy🤟🏻

[@scrolls9375]

I've been watching Xiao long fight a few weeks now he's good he did a only bjj match recently which was good

[@EponaDreams-AmbientDreamscapes]

awesome

[@nobertosanchez647]

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!! 🍀🌈💚💙🇮🇪! (Maybe you can cover Irish martial arts)

[@nobertosanchez647]

Thanks for the ❤️!

[@Adjustmentxdisorder]

Make wing chun great again.

[@Vinnay94]

Nothing wrong with constructively criticizing an art well known to be ineffective on it's own. He aborbed what was useful and did a great job.

[@sk8ordielh]

He is Center Line. That's all that matters. He's got some power in those punches too besides his Ankle Crack and snap lol 😂

[@gokuworld]

WC is too slow but finally some WC

[@Juergen0202]

Defenetly Wing Chun hand technique. Kicks and backfists look a little bit like JDK. But from the same source.