By Gabriel Yakub Just about every martial arts style has a distinct way of standing ‘en guarde’, aimed at aiding the combatant to strike, block and hold their ground effectively against an opponent. This is typically referred to as ‘stance’, in Chinese it’s called Ma. Ma is a broad leap from the typical ‘plant your […]

The Wing Chun training stance (二字鉗羊馬 Yee ji kim yeung ma) The Wing Chun training stance is based on a triangle, also known as the strongest shape. This is the first triangle you will learn from the beginning. The concept within the triangle is to highlight the apex (red triangle in figure 1), which is […]