Wing Chun Blast - Episode 1 - Dominick Izzo

[@IzzoWingChun]

How exactly was Danny disrespectful? Are we not practicing a COMBAT Martial Art? Danny was VERY respectful...he could have HIT me in the face in stead of pushing me. Danny Horgan contacted me prior, we spoke, we met and we TRAINED. This young man is about as respectful as they come. -Dominick Izzo

[@taumax]

Danny, can you give some context to the Chi-Sao? It looks the objective was to basically slap the other guy in the face and if that was the objective, it looked like you were able to slap Dominick more times than he did to you. Would that mean that you were able to "beat" him in the "sparring"?

[@ianprescott1420]

Izzo needs to get those elbows under control and needs to loosen up a bit, he's so tense and I see this in most videos where he is doing chi-sao. Danny, I think the show is awesome. Keep up the good work brother.

[@wcbarchives]

***** Thank you Ian.

[@Ashe452010]

I like the way Instructor Dominick keeps an open mind on other Wing Chun practitioners and travels the world to gain more skills and knowledge for his own Wing Chun students.

[@zn3ever]

Horgan, You should go at Phillip Bayer.....

[@wingtsunxtreme6758]

I have followed Dominick for quite some time now... he tends to lean towards his strength and forgets Wing Tsun was designed so that the little one can defeat the big one! Chained punches was designed to concentrate numerous hits on one spot and it has been scientifically proven that the human body can only withstand but so many punches to the same spot before giving up!

[@Deathguarddave]

great to see some respectful sharing of skills and conversations. Keep up the good work.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks a bunch Dave. I appreciate it.

[@Survivingthedeep]

you should check out Emin Boztepe

[@kylrapture]

Thanks for starting this up Danny, it's proving to be very interesting indeed. Glad you started with Izzo too. the chap has a great, different angle to it that is refreshing.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks for watching, and thanks for the kind words!

[@orangeiceice12]

IZZO. I love the way you fight. Such a look of bliss

[@IzzoWingChun]

That is exactly why Wing Chun has no belt or ranking system. On any given day an amateur boxer and a professional boxer can get into the ring and spar. Just because the Pro is "better" doesn't mean he will walk out un-hit...hitting is their language. Danny is a fighter...unless we were in true combat where we were allowed to unleash hell, there will always be traded blows. THAT is how we communicate.

[@IzzoWingChun]

That wasn't me keeping a straight face! That was me thinking, "son of a!!! The arms on this kid!"

[@Ashe452010]

This one was a classic, as Instructor Dominick has guest host, street fighter Danny. Instructor Dominick has the most practical and common sense approach to Wing Chun training.

[@misterrhee6110]

I love what you and Dom are doing. Dom was a great choice as a partner for this series. It is refreshing to see someone as good as Dom teaching for free on the internet. I don't care what the other wing chun teachers say he is awesome and you are smart to have him as your partner.

[@IzzoWingChun]

Just a question...but if strength is my attribute, why would I NOT use it? What if speed was or distance like Danny's? NOT using what I have would make it YOUR Wing Chun and not mine.

[@IzzoWingChun]

My thoughts? Please keep in mind, first off my size and background. Wrestling since 1988, working in 4am bars and former Police Officer. I am a VERY aggressive person. I use and control my muscle / strength / power very well. That's not to say what you are referring to has no value for others. For me, I want to cultivate and develop MY game further. And at this stage of my WC path, I am still playing the younger man's game.

[@IzzoWingChun]

Completely agree. Danny's job was to come in and have me put up or shut up. And he did just that.

[@AdvocateMalatesta]

I really appreciate you going around to different schools and exploring different teaching styles and approaches to Wing Chun. For anyone who is critical of how you or the Sifu you interview does their kung fu, I'd simply ask them to put up a video of them fighting to show us how they think it should be done. My Sifu has been using Wing Chun in tournaments and on the street for 40 years and has taught many instructors and law enforcement. His pet peeve is "teachers" who can't or won't fight.

[@TheRabbitpaws]

Looking at this combination training , 5 techniques and then returning from a random position or "recover" which I'm very impressed with Nice job Dominick.

[@jking9399]

i agree and the repetitive hits in bad positions.. to me is genius

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks Adrian! Looking forward to featuring you in an episode!

[@Hungry5187]

That 5 steps drill is very unique and I'm goin to try it with one of my partners... i could see how this is useful in a real fight situation...

[@austingohofficial]

if you face in that situation turn with your tan sau follow by chain punching

[@Zcorps]

7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks Tarek! Filming for episode 2 starts in a few weeks. Hoping for a late September release.

[@TanMoGe]

Bruce Lee had a lot more training in WC than people give him credit! Few people know that Lee trained with another WC master named Fook Yeung when he was living in the states.

[@wcbarchives]

Thank you, and agreed, Dominick is awesome. Cheers.

[@wcbarchives]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[@wcbarchives]

You were the perfect first subject. Thanks again man.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks a bunch James. Much appreciated.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks Nicole! I've said it before, but same goes for your videos - always great stuff.

[@IzzoWingChun]

He asked, "if they were both in their prime." Bruce Lee is not the god you all make him out to be.

[@darthhungus]

The reason WC chains the attack (punches) to the head is that it has been proven to be the fastest way to incapacitate an opponent. Some people can resist being punched in the head once, but almost no one can maintain consciousness after the second, third or fourth hits. If the idea is to end the fight quickly, you shouldn't be spreading the hits out across the body, you should be ruthlessly chaining the attack to your opponents head.

[@Chibi_Bendrix]

***** In the street, covering is a lot more different that in the ring. Pressing the gloves to your face in a peek-a-boo boxing stance in the ring is rather simple, and you can take punches to the glove quite easily. In real life if you cover up, you don't have 12 oz of hardened cushion wrapped in leather to simply dissipate punches with. There are 26 tiny bones in the hand. There isn't a lot of muscle in the hands either, most of the 26 bones are simply joined together by ligaments. Of course one could make the adjustment of simply covering with the face with the forearms which are a much more suitable shield. To which a wing chun man would probably initiate a clinch and throw knee strikes as normally if you lift your arms up a little higher to cover with your forearms you expose more of the stomach region. But that isn't to say boxers aren't good street fighters, in fact they're rather good at street fighting. I even have a seperate tactic for fighting boxers in the street - that's how much I respect the art's combat value. I just feel like covering in the street is a bad idea, because when you think about it, ultimately boxers only know how to punch, and covering uses their only weapons (the hands) to be their defence. Applying that logic, covering is a no no. Also, covering invites their opponent to change the fighting range from the pocket (general boxing exchange range) to the grappling range, as hands close to the body generally invites grapplers to move in an neutralise their opponents punches. Sorry for the wall of text!

[@78mks]

***** the "what if" land it´s so vast that it´s out of the question , I mean in a real fight there are infinite ifs..what if the guy it´s faster..what if... what if he pulls out a gun!! .For any action there is a reaction and depends on the fighter skill , if he can deal with the action. Great grand masters of wing chung gained the reputation by fighting hundreds of times , bare knucles no rules (yes ufc did not discover real fighting, and mma it´s not real fighting either way)Do you think they never faced a taller, faster, stronger opponent? do you thin they´d go .. ok you are taller and you have western boxing skills .. no need to fight you won already... ip man was a short skinny guy just lost one fight and he loved to fight.. not a peacefull guy at all

[@78mks]

to leung bik. Young ip man in hong kong gained fame beating up british bullies. Leung bik heard of this guy and wanted to meet him. Leing bik defeat him with ease after that told him that he was leung bik son of leung jan and chan wah shun (ip man sifu) was his training partner

[@BlueFang714]

***** I understand that if they're a good boxer they'll just cover or dodge then hit you back. But that's assuming you aren't good at what you do also. Essentially, if you're fighting anyone who's any good, and you suck, you'll lose obviously. Doesn't matter what move you're trying to do. Really the idea though is more of a 1-2 hit to the head, when aimed at the head. Reason being, it's the second hit that does the knock out. You're not trying to get 50. The first hit knocks the brain to the back, the second hit slams it before it can return to it's natural place causing the black out. The 50 hits are for other purposes and won't just be 50 straight hits. That's more like, block, hit, block, hit, block, hit. You don't get the opportunity to just throw 50 punches. But again, to the head it's typically just like a 1-2 combo, just using straight punches.

[@kylrapture]

Darth, from my own personal experience if that first hit doesn't stun or knock out outright, vs anyone with experience you won't land the rest of the chain. I once came a cropper vs a greco roman guy who literally absorbed the first three or so then it was like being mauled by a bear lol

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks for the comments man, and yes, if I'm ever out your way we need to train together! We filmed the ChinaBoxer episode Sunday and we're expecting it to be out in a few weeks.

[@palmer3977]

superb, superb, absolutely superb I do like Dominick's approach, direct, no bull shit, take a look at his channel its really good

[@Mindprinter]

That's an awesome episode. I hope you make more of them, I will watch all of them :)

[@Mr1751971]

you both are great and respected persons .thanks for this video .

[@TheDanobot]

I got a lot of Respect for the guy.. If you like this guy and his wing Chun Ideals, Look up Master Wong on KZbin, he is honest about wing chun, and Chooses to address the flaws of it, and fix them..

[@wcbarchives]

Thank you. Cheers.

[@keithymiller91]

Enjoyed the video! Iv been doing wing chun for about 9 months and loving it and freestyle chi sau and sparring just make you improve your skillset so fast also would love to go to domincs school to meet him one day hes quite realistic and says things how they are! :)

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks man. Hope you continue to enjoy your training :)

[@TheDanobot]

Thanks to Chi Sau, I have managed to learn to fight someone with one hand.. Love it!

[@wcbarchives]

Thank you! Episode 2 coming out Tuesday.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks a bunch. I agree with you 100%. And your Sifu sounds awesome. Cheers.

[@hjgg64]

No Kan Sao, no Bong Sao, no low Bong Sao, no Kwan Sao, etc, etc, etc, during that Chi Sao session. Why ??

[@wcbarchives]

Héctor Guzmán Too much actual fighting.

[@WingChunWoman]

This is great exposure for Wing Chun students to see the styles of other Sifus! Even if you just collect drills and techniques from individuals, it's going to be a very valuable resource. Keep up the good work! - Nicole

[@AdrianTheSecondBruceLi55]

Awesome!

[@AdrianTheSecondBruceLi55]

hahahahaha thanks for the heads up! now I know what to look out for when he films with me :)

[@hemmydall]

Izzo doesn't mess around at all! Straight ass beating combat style.

[@wcbarchives]

Hopefully every six weeks or so. Filming for episode 2 is starting soon.

[@elsupertom]

agreed.. make Jin a 20-30min special... he has A LOT of drills he made up himself and a TON of insight on the way he does things and why..

[@indianapoliswingchun]

Excellent job!

[@brucknerf]

This is an awesome video.

[@Mr1751971]

you both are great and respected

[@hooch1077]

You should come visit us at Lansing Wing Chun in Michigan. Sifu Jeff Kolman would be a great addition to your series and you're more then welcome up here.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks a bunch!

[@wcbarchives]

Yes sir. Canon 60D. Arturo Valle from Chicago did an amazing job filming this.

[@IzzoWingChun]

I understand. The tone of texting can be lost. I have had so many who have threatened and come in as aggressors and I have either still worked with them, refused or advised I would call the police. Idiocy has no place in my school. But the men like Danny, Clint Cloys from Indiana, Lyte Burly, Jin Young and others are true examples of people who come in to share and wind up becoming life long friends. Danny is ahead of his time for such a young man.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks a bunch. It's much appreciated :)

[@CptGuapo]

This is a very nice approach. Great video. Subscribed.

[@wcbarchives]

He's incredible. Really hope to get him on an episode this fall.

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks a bunch :) Cheers.

[@wcbarchives]

Many thanks :)

[@CptGuapo]

I second that. Bruce's arsenal was vast.

[@federico.ranieri9902]

hey danny. I like what you are doing but why you dont go to one of my sifu´s schools,emin boztepe. and do a little free chi sao with him. and then post the video.

[@wcbarchives]

I'd love to. Help me set it up!

[@GameSecretClan]

Awesome! Great job! Looking forward to the next episode! By the way, when is it coming out?

[@mangekyoumusa]

Cool. Where is that school anyway?

[@IzzoWingChun]

Chicago

[@MKULTRAism]

EXCELLENT!!!

[@dondavenport6360]

1) Wing Chun was designed to work without needing strength. That is not saying that adding strength correctly does not enhance it. As he pointed out, if you have a reach on someone, aren't you going to capitalize on that and let it dictate which range you use? 2) Realistically, how many chain punches are you really going to land to the same target? When your first shot lands, they're still a moving target.Even if they dont get their arms back into position you will have to close or reface.

[@bl33kselderij]

This is great, keep up the vids! Like that you leave some room to show the full exercises instead of just short cuts of a longer video. Cheers!

[@SoyaSaaauce]

Horgan you should go to a Duncan leung lineage , would love to see.

[@spildaleidodomo]

very nice bro ,keep it going :)

[@michaelmorse21]

When is the vid of you and the chinese boxer coming out?

[@SoysauceML]

Have you seen or met Emin Boztepe? What do you think of him?

[@jpsandberg]

in WC, if there is an opening, you fill it ("no chi, hit"). There were just a lot of openings.

[@IzzoWingChun]

Loved being a part of this!

[@robertbeck1602]

the power can be internal with or without the muscle, my theory and my sifu (student of ip ching) believe that strength is a great advantage, if u have to people of the SAME skill level and one is much stronger and taller they will win. Internal power in the punches relies on relaxing your muscles and throwing the mass of you body into them like a whip with an iron ball on the end of it, the more mass you have in your arms and body, the more internal power you will be able to generate.

[@TanMoGe]

Filmed with a DSLR?

[@edseas2]

Truly. But since in your scenario (now you must know we're talking about a seance since all 3 of them are dead) they would all be practicing VT I don't really understand your question..

[@dondavenport6360]

Curious as to your logic... I'm not saying you are, but if you are conceding that Ip Man is the more skilled fighter, why do you assume that stamina and luck would enter into it? Why wouldn't Ip be throwing destructive shots that would quickly take those out of the equation as is the goal of the system? If you are a novice and play 1000 chess matches against a GM you will never just "get lucky", but I do understand this isnt exactly a 1:1 with physical skill sets.

[@ianprescott1420]

You should look up my sifu, Jon Rister. He would probably be interested.

[@tkittelstad]

Love video Danny! You should check out my Sifu's school. He And Sifu Izzo are friends. His name is Sifu Och, out of Lakeland Florida. And Sifu Izzo keep being awesome! I love all of your stuff!!

[@wcbarchives]

Thanks a bunch. If I'm ever down your way I'll look you guys up!

[@IzzoWingChun]

Sifu Och is a great Wing Chun Brother and Friend.

[@GameSecretClan]

Nice! Can you tell us who is going to be the next sifu or it is a secret? XD

[@skin2skin821]

Nicely done. Subscribed.

[@wcbarchives]

Gonna try to make it happen.

[@edseas2]

"Wing Chun wins 90% of the time past the second gate."

[@andyx2001]

I think Bruce Lee would win a fight with IP Man. Bruce could be affective at any range because he could do a lot more than just Wing Chun. If Bruce chose to keep the fight at long range where Wing Chun is not very effective, Ip Man would have a very hard time closing the gap.

[@PaulConway1973]

I disagree ... Bruce Lee would have outgunned IP Man if he wanted to at the point in time when Bruce was at his peak... Ip Man was in his 70s .. So being real ... it's a dreamworld where Izzo is living with that statement. It's insulting to the memory of Ip Man and lee-xiaolong

[@MrChavez04]

The only thing that makes Bruce Lee so dangerous was his was his fencing skill witch greatly helped his Wing Chun.. His American Boxing style opened him up for fatal blows but his fencing protected him somewhat.. Bruce Lee was never world champion. . He was a physical actor.. Bruce' American boxing incorporated made him more venerable

[@DieAlphaEnte]

The Slow-mo was important, the eye cant really gain from a chi-sao vieo at normal speed. I think that chi-sao comparing can be a disease though, because it often leaves out the bridging phase in order to be more harmonious ( is that a word?) and comfy. Its overemphasized :/ Great video though

[@ojibwe69]

it's true. even more with master Yueng than Ip Man, although he was far more than a WC man.

[@Mindprinter]

Is your profile picture of "Thruth" ? :O Dubstep ;)

[@robertbeck1602]

people will move the hell outa the way if you try and throw 10 punches to there body or head, chain punches have been a miss conception in alot of the wing chun lineages and they rely on them to win the fight. Chain punches as you see repetivly were designed to delvelop hand speed before you learned the turning and footwork in the 2nd and 3rd form. look at sifu sam kwok in the carlson gracie demo explaining true wing chun punching power.

[@ericm505]

Please refer to Grandmaster Vince Lacey and Grandmaster Fred Kwok who I believe are some of the top Wing Chun masters who are under the radar. Grandmaster Vince Lacey was a classmate of Bruce Lee and currently has a school in Fremont, Ca. Search this video on youtube: Fremont Wing Chun Academy Video #2. 4:00 min mark is our school. REAL combat Wing Chun

[@timothyfreeman97]

Really? So in an all out fight, Li Xiaolong could not beat either Ye wen or Wong shan leung?

[@And-Or101]

Do an episode with Jin Young!!!

[@jalidav1]

Hard to really comment when nobody has seen either guy fight, Bruce always looked very good in movies and very dynamic, but who knows how he would have reacted in a real situation or actually getting punched in the face. Ip Man was nearly 50 years older than Bruce too. I also believe Chuck Norris would likely have beaten Bruce Lee

[@wcbarchives]

Lol thanks bro.

[@kunalarvindpatel4244]

what are you people talking about...seriously...feeding to wingchun politics

[@TESilent]

Really? I mean, really? Its disrespectful to succeed in any way? What, are you saying that in the name of being respectful you have to let Sifu win and be afraid of touching Sifu? This is the type of stuff that gives TMA a bad name in some circles.

[@ojibwe69]

Apologies. Did not mean to speak FOR you. Have worked with people that if you came into their school/workshop and did something like that, they would hand you your head. If you dont have a problem with it. then live and be well. MY OWN FEELINGS(and just that) are that it is a training exercise, and all the struggling is pointless and unnecessary. Again.no disrespect to either of you.

[@78mks]

bruce lee did not have a chance even with wong shong leng who was on of the senior ip man´s students at hong kong... let alone fotshan first students...

[@Kruger187]

Wong Shun Leung had many "beimo" or fights and was a known fierce fighter. Possibly the best of his day against other styles. Accounts about how many people or if there was a ref or not vary, but he stopped after inadvertently blinding an opponent for life. His Wing Chun was combat proven and dangerous. They are working to make a film based on his real life. Very fascinating man.

[@wcbarchives]

Thank you! Episode 2 coming out on Tuesday.