Inside look at Gary Lam Wing Chun 2012
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- Inside Look At Gary Lam Wing Chun
~Special Thanks to Sifu Gary Lam and the following students :
Jack Ratana, Rayan Lam, Edgar Araiza, Jason Chow, Dave, Kyriakos, Tom, Mike and everyone that participated.
For more info on Gary Lam Wing Chun, please visit : www.GaryLamWingChun.com
or check out Sifu Gary Lam's Facebook page :
/ garylamwc
Info on Sifu Lam's DVD can be found at :
www.CranesProduction.com - Sport
Sifu Lam trained exclusively with Wong Shun Leung for 15 years and was his head coach in Hong Kong for 6 years. As Wong Shun Leung's top student, Sifu Lam put his Wing Chun skills to the test by entering tournaments and destroying the competition. His excellent fighting skills made him the undefeated champion of the Hong Kong full Contact Tournament in 1978-1979, and his trophies and titles are too numerous to mention. Sifu Lam is one of the world's experts in Wing Chun Kung Fu ...
I do jkd.. but my top coach and teacher is GARY LAM. Doesn’t mean I’m good. But as a professional, I feel his Chinese boxing and collection is bar and none top of the line.🧠
@Aiden Fisher who are you ??
@Aiden Fisher hey, this is a public forum. If you speak, and somebody has something to say about it, you’ll see a comment. No need to look deep into it. You might be nobody. But I’m somebody. Not necessarily to everyone else. But I have a self. Just because I’m not world famous doesn’t mean I don’t have the right to defend honor where I see an injustice. Gary lam is a fantastic top notch coach. In my opinion like I said. Just an opinion
@Aiden Fisher but since you’re a safety commenter (no videos up or ideas to stick behind n believe in) talking bad about a guy who clearly has the reputation and clout to be recognized in almost any household in America .. they’ve heard of Sifu Lam and IPMAN .. Leung Ting and Wong Sheung Leung. But never Aiden Fisher 😎🤛
@Aiden Fisher martial arts is about respect. You dishonor the mans page. If you don’t like it don’t come here to bash people. We are in a good spirit over here. A spirit of mutual human respect
I like the way Sifu Lam helps each up from the ground in a respectful way. Ive seen others that do not bother, as though it is beneath them to do so.
Sifu Lam's students are very blessed to have teacher like him.
,🧑🦱🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲☯️
Gary is no joke. I've trained with him for a long time. Those you see in this video are my brothers. Everything is full contact with no gloves. The feeling is better when you train but of course we control ourselves to benefit our training. I would like to say hello to all my brothers. Thanks ,
Bill
Hi. I studied with teacher lam for a month and one thing i can say is my physical and mental strength grew. And not a little but tons. Could barely walk a mile to running 10 after every class. Wish i could go back. Any recommendations for teachers in Bakersfield?
William Flores Why is that in MMA fights, wing chun style always lose? I was thinking about learning wing chun, but then I looked online for some real action videos, I haven’t seen anyone bring home with a win
Because WC mainly attacks 'soft-tissue' and joints to disable or kill. Two scenarios. 1) In the street: im attacked by a guy who wants to kill me. I pac [slap] his arm away with my 'left' and jam my right finger as deep as I can into his eye [soft]. I immediately switch hand position and my finger hand now covers the attackers arm as my left fung-hau crushes his larynx. I drop that hand to cover and use a pivoting right palm to break his neck. Maybe 1-2 seconds. -Who won? MMA frowns on their guys dying. 2) In the ring: RULES prohibit blinding and killing, so.. He throws a right, I pac and now.. I punch. Perhaps my punch isn't too effective on this guy but now he has time.. time he would never have if he's dealing with a finger in his eye.. to follow up. -Listen, will any MMA guy fight a armed samurai? No! BUT, Insert RULES and strip him of his weapon. Now the MMA guy perhaps wins. So obviously.. can't learn sword defense because samurai's suck? Get it?
@@chienlai403 People dont really train in one type of martial art in any sort of MMA right. Otherwise its not called MMA, MIXED martial art.
Fantastic. Gary is the top best
Empty your cup and be willing to learn. I believe every Sifu have something good to offer. All martial artists, not only Wing Chun people, should unite and learn from each other other than stepping on each other. Respect everyone, we are only human and we are all learning until our very last day.
Calvin Chiu Thats the dream, a world united in various martial arts :)
That was the dream of Sage of 6th path.
Everyone EXCEPT Leung Ting, the crown prince of frauds!
@@mightymeatmonsta Why do you say that about Leung Ting?
@@oszkarmayer2660 Because, he lied about his training, and his relationship with IpMan.
Trained Wing Chun in the UK for many years. I am a completely impartial observer but I have to say, I think Gary Lam is awesome. You can tell he has tremendous short power. What WC critics don't appreciate and can't feel from watching on video is the short power that the best masters have. The hardness of their hands is also something that doesn't come across. Most WC practitioners on CZcams don't have it. But Gary Lam does. Good luck to anyone who thinks they could take one of his strikes!
Hey Keyboard warrior i m waiting for u go go n attack Gary..it will be interesting to watch
@Dirkjan rubbish they are chefs
What teacher/s taught you in UK?
Who would you recommend?
I am in England and sadly couldn't train with Gary Lam.
@@adamkane7513 I can recommend Garry McKenzie and Samuel Kwok. They have both trained extensively with both of Yip Man’s sons in Hong Kong. Also both genuine people and dedicated professionals, highly skilled and very powerful.
@@DrPittenstein
Thanks for your informative reply, Bro.
👍
His Wing Chun looks so effortless. I would love to study with him.
This was great, thank you Sifu Lam
Wonderful! Nothing more to say. Just wonderful!
So happy that a sifu like u is beeing on our world :)
I like his approach so much more than other teachers on YT!
Gary Lam seems a great teacher. He is very logical and realistic in approach. Some trolls complaining that in real life opponents won't come punching in straight line like the kid does, well in real fight you also won't be standing waiting for the punches. You will execute punches and kicks as fatally as possible and quickly. if you have the right training and mindset such executions have a greater chance than for a guy with no training swinging his arms wildly.
I used to train ving tsun. Something great. I feel like I am travelling in time and embodying the greatest champions of this beautiful spring flower. Unfortunately, for health reasons I couldn't continue training. But I am still lover of martial arts.
Cant you do Siu Nim Tau? Some people helped it with health problems.
I love how all of the people that he practices on stand still and doesn't move and lets him work out his entire transitions
that man makes it look effortless, a true master & a gentleman, this comes across in this short video
First is courage, second is power, third is skill
First is business, second is illusion, third is madness...
Open your eyes, man. This is not a real world... Just a history!
With honer to Chinese culture...
Go take his classes, you not even scratching the surface.
this is an excellent video. Sifu Lam's technique is superb. he doesn't use muscle, but simply does the form in motion, and uses the structure of body with his attacks...plus the music is cool. i also like the fact that he teaches concept-based fighting, instead of move-based fighting (if they do punch A you do move B, etc). i watch this regularly to relax
i went and learnt wing chun and brought a couple of his books = really good stuff !
Great philosophy with this Sifu! Amazing
This guy is very wise. Perfect teacher. I want to learn exercises towards internal energy control. I think fighting can cone later, but the internal energy will benefit me greatly. I am looking for a way to learn to control my internal energy. Can you point me in the right direction please.
Sorry buddy it's woo woo nonsense
eat healthy, don't be fat or skinny, exercise often, no matter the style. That'd improve your internal energy, external energy for sure !
Gary Lam is a great teacher. Thank you so much !
DUMB FUCK!!! Hes a charlatan
Yes
I am student of sifu evangelos vasilakis(he is student of gary lam).I told you only this . GRANDMASTER GARY LAM is a LEGEND .
I wish I was there. I can have a bad day and forget about it. Love the range of Wing Chung. Mr. Lam sounds passionate about the Art. I hope to meet guys like him one day.
This is what i call a teacher he doesn't need to punch the lights out of his students to show what a tough guy he is, blow air off his nose like boxers or make angry and mean faces (like this sifu k.brand and many others !!) for you to hear how strong they're gonna hit you !!
This is the first time i see Sifu Lam but what he says about the idea beyond the 4 parts of a fight, to me is the essence of our practice and everyone should agree Chi Sao is the soul of WC/WT !!
Great guy !!
I feel sad not to be a student in this master class of Wing Chun under the great Sifu Lam 🙏
i am a huge fan of gary lamb and have trained in wing chun for about 5 years now , i think he brings the most realistic street application out of the art , that being said i have one issue and i see this in all arts , a willing partner throwing perfectly straight punches right arm and right foot stepping forward , this is bull you will never encounter this on the street in the ring or anywhere else , people usually try to latch onto you and throw punches similar to how a pitcher throws a baseball , i would love to see this addressed
the most effective technique against street fighting is to run as much as you can.
Yes my sir. But like me you have not gotten good enough to play.
If this is true, perhaps you should look into the Duncan Leung lineage. Hooks, overhands, and upper-cuts are literally pounded into your repertoire.
This is an old comment, but I came back to this video and was thinking the same. But, I've given this a lot of thought. As a student, you need to learn foundations first. It should be drilled into you so you know exactly what to do at what time, which is why chi sau is so important. Slow = Fast as they say. Even though you're learning with individuals who are attacking with the same thing over and over, you're still getting those movements drilled into your head. They should literally become your default reactions. So, at any given moment, if someone comes at you with a specific movement, you know what to do to counter that movement. Later on, what should become part of your learning repertoire, is including other fighting styles so you know that you can react properly to different movements.
That said, I do think real sparring is important. The difficulty with sparring in wing chun is that the art was designed to control and disable your opponent quickly. Putting on gloves means you aren't able to properly use a large portion of techniques you learn. Now you HAVE to rely on punching and maybe kicking. You can't control the situation as you could without the gloves.
Thanks for sharing! Have an awesome day!
thank you for uploading
one of the best sifu i have saw great job
I enjoyed that immensely. The instruction and insight that Sifu Gary Lam gives in regards to the different levels and many other different aspects makes one wish there were more of him around the world. Such a humble character promoting the art of WC and not himself in comparison to other vids i've seen online. Thank you for the upload!
About this clip: The distances do not change. Neither person tries to. The balance/structure of the other guy is not affected by either one. Neither tries to. There is the concept : Space = Time = Opportunity. Control space, you control time & opportunity of the other guy. Beginners doing what is shown is understandable. For advance practitioners, we aim to control space & affect the other person's balance/structure. You don't always have to hit to control.
Occupy space, jam you're opponent.
Masterful - I don’t think I have so far found a master with this level of knowledge and I have trained in so many wing chun systems.
What he is saying here is extremely advanced. I fully understand it but this is the first time it’s explained - for example when I started wing chun over 15 years ago it was hard - now it’s so soft - students overstretch themselves and then say wow - you were not there it felt like I was fighting with air - because it’s so soft and fluid now almost like water. Yet I can end the fight whenever I want because I’m always in control even without sight.
we are very proud that we belong to this family .many thanks for this knowledge from hellas!!
This guy knows his stuff.
+Thomas Young and the bad part about it is they think that this man is a joke he'll light that ass up!
Hey does anybody know which of these guys laid the first egg??
Meanwhile in a street near you these guys are out to get you:
czcams.com/video/uoWoSAJj4_M/video.html
czcams.com/video/g7gEZ1Ux-ns/video.html
(His stuff is not about real fighting, see videos and see the difference.)
Awesome sifu. I wish I could train with him one day
Amazing video, i'm so proud that you be my Sigung! : )
Most important for people who don't know much about wing chun is at 10:50 till the end.
yeah i just found out about Sifu Lam on youtube and i cant stop watching his videos. I wish I could be there training with him...what a dream that would be
Sifu has perfect techic. Like my sifu but he is real very talented and teaching well. When i watch his videos i remind old times
thiss sifu is correct, the position is the most important, in a good position will help you land any attack you want ! and i'm not even talking about wingchun, it's the same for all fighting style.
Fighting is all spiritual and we learn to fight so that we don't have to fight. Using force is last resort. All martial arts and fighting forms are equal if we realize that we are all temporal and any form of force can hurt us. Action is action regardless of style. All true fighters and fight enthusiasts respect Gary Lam.
Good questions asked about chi sao and grappling.
Thank you
What a great sifu! My best regards from Greece sifu Lam!
Greate video! Thx!
At last someone who makes sense! Way to go Sammo!
i apreciate this ! great! thanks from UY
some very good insight. wisdom from a master.
Sifu gary lam is the coolest teacher. I like his attitude while he's teaching.
Thanks for sharing .. Great video.
One of Lam's students from back in Hong Kong visited our school once and I thought he was a novice. He wasn't able to block my basic punches properly, my arms slid straight through his guard. I actually had to ease up and alter the course of my attacks multiple times to avoid nailing him and his structure collapsed every time I pressured him. It wasn't until 4 or 5 lessons later that I discovered he had been studying for over 7 or 8 years and knew all the standing forms and dummy ones.
You can know all the forms and still suck lol. I have had experiences like this where I trained with a guy who studied the art for years and just sucked at the basics
Who was this student? If he study that long, I'm pretty sure I know him. Also if you're ever in the LA area. Come to his school, ask for Jason. Just know I'm won't be just blocking basic punches.
very well said Sifu Gary...Wing Chun is a great style and without chi sao is like having a car but not knowing how to drive it...Ja Guide bro
No, not true. Sifu Gary is wrong! And of course, you idiots listen to him! It is WAY more important to learn the whole system, then just concentrate on chi sau! Chi sau is just SENSITIVITY TRAINING which ENHANCES your wing chun! Once you know the whole traditional system, chi sau is more akin to the CRUISE CONTROL on your car's steering wheel, which allows you to concentrate on other things, like DOING YOUR MAKEUP WHILE DRIVING, READING A MAP WHILE DRIVING, BEING ON THE PHONE, OR EVEN DRINKING OR EATING!!
What a legend
Admire your skill Master Lam.
Hey does anybody know which of these guys laid the first egg??
Meanwhile in a street near you these guys are out to get you:
czcams.com/video/uoWoSAJj4_M/video.html
czcams.com/video/g7gEZ1Ux-ns/video.html
(Skill for what?)
Excellent teacher with real skills and knowledge !
All of you critics out there who are insulting this man, should be ashamed of yourselves. This man is awesome and he is teaching people self-defense. Gary is extremely fast, but this video does him no justice. Talk is cheap!!! I'd like to see you face to face with Sifu Gary.Lam.
Michael Metzler Sr I would knock him out
Ming Yuen
Definitely, with your keyboard.
Ahahaha...
Ming Yuen LOL !
Ming Yuen hi i was there before he learn wing chun that guy was the best thaiboxer he win the last Golden coin Championship 1978 in the Final he win 3 fights so he know what fighting is or he can Kill you he is one of the good teacher the Golden coin Championship was in Hongkong
For the people in this comment section who talk trash. Come to the school and ask for Jason. Know if you do, we "bei mo" "duel" the doors will be locked and chained, and California law of mutual combat will be invoked. This will be bare knuckle, no gear whatsoever. Two will go in a room and only one will come out. The chain will be unlocked once the fighter is unconscious or unable to move. No tapping out. This goes for especially the wing chun school in Switzerland who keeps talking smack. Make sure to ask for Jason for anyone in this comment section who thinks they can come challenge Sifu lam's school.
that looks like a very nice kung fu school with a great sifu and good students. If I was in LA I would love to learn wing chun with them.
Gary Lam is a great sifu!!! Hope meet him someday!!!
i was feeling a little bummed about what i have been learning but i see from this video that i need the stuff im learning so that i can truely control the situation when i need to
Sifu Gary Lam is very generous in his teaching and explanations. A great way to learn some dynamite Wing Chun !
Awesome Teacher!!!!Grand Master!!!!
Amazing. !!!!
Much respect, great sifu !
There is an old saying in WC: "If you can hit me, I can hit you. Who will be standing?" Treating chi sau as fighting is erroneous. It is just sensitivity, positioning & balance drills. If you want to test ur skills in a fight, then fight. But don't touch someone in chi sau and think it's a fight.
NO, there is no such saying! The idea in wing chun is to be hit WITHOUT being hit back! As usual, ANOTHER FUCKING IMBECILE TALKS who knows NOTHING about REAL wing chun (the traditional)!
Obviously, you don't understand Chi sau.
U think in real fight or street fight has opportunity to Chi Sao, Tan Sao, ? Lol 😂.
@@mightymeatmonsta ol'mightymeatballs talking shit again. As usual.
@@algail44 in someone situation it's possible...
I dont need to prove anything to myself or to anyone. What works is not the art but the artist. Even a person who knows nothing about MA can fight. Its about reaping great health, sound mind, a strong moral discipline and the developement of your skills thru a lifetime of devotion to practicing your art that truly matters. Besides, we're martial artists, not criminals. So we dont need to fight each other just because of a distasteful trait called "ego".
Excellent demonstration of both theory and application that's useful for any art to practice! Bravo! Also want to add for those that know nothing about chi sao...its an exercise to help build reaction time, touch sensory perception sensitivity and self-control under fire! In no way does a WC guy expect to chi sao with anyone. Its a tool to help build other necessary attributes...thats all it is!
WOW! this is a great video, most videos i see of sifu lam he did not do lectures just combat, this video showed me the other side of sifu lam, it would be an honor to train under sifu lam and sifu evangelos sometime before i die. LOL!! greeting from wing chun Davao City Philippines, my sifu trained under sifu wan kam leung in finland, our school here is just starting and the only wing chun school in Davao City, Mindanao Philippines.
Currently training with gary lam i think his way of teaching is the best
You have to ask yourself what you want from learning martial arts. If you want a fighting career as sports then choose MMA. If you want good health, selfdefense (against thugs or non trained martial arts people) and peace then go for one of those traditional MAs. Most of us who have normal jobs, life ie working 9 to 5, a mortgage to pay, kids to feed... etc just want good health and may be defend ourselves (rarely) and meditate to find inner peace. Sometimes we find coming to the class to make friends, have a chat, laugh... etc. These are the things in life which we need more than being able to win a fight unless our career is an UFC fighter. No doubt the person who trains MMA for career like UFC will mostly like win a fight with a traditional MA trained person because the techniques, the ways they train is simply to fight and win. They train like athletes which require them to last 3 or 5 rounds. This requires extreme stamina. Most of traditional MAs don’t train like this. Also most of traditional MAs have blocking, form techniques which unrealistic towards a punch of a boxer or MMA fighter. Can Wing Chun or any other traditional MAs person block Mike Tyson’s (or alike) punches? Even (just for arguement sake) you can block the first punch but do you really think the opponent just stops or there are more punches to come? Just watch the boxing match and you’ll know. We probably can only these techniques (blocking) to a non trained person (sometimes it’s still hard to apply the techniques to the “non trained” person). In short, MMA training has more advantage than the traditional MAs, period. But why many (if not most) of us choose traditional MAs rather than MMA? It’s because most of us are just normal people who have normal life, jobs, mortgage.... etc and we benefit more from traditional MAs than MMA. The benefits are good health, inner peace, disciplines, friendships, laughs... etc.
To me, there is no shame to admit that we’d get our butts kicked by MMA people because we know we don’t train like them. It’d only be a shame if you train MMA and you lose to another MMA person.
Fantastic lines and sensation
He's a true master !
Wing Chun is awesome!
Love, love, love Gary Lam. Amazing teacher... and a heck of a nice guy, too! Congratulations to him on his new school location!
You prolly dont give a shit but does anybody know a method to log back into an instagram account?
I was stupid lost the account password. I would love any help you can offer me!
@Bridger Houston Instablaster =)
Great video ... Sifu Gary Lam makes it look easy, but it must be too many years of practice !!!
Also, one time a student tried that exact same move against our sifu. He was addressing the class and the student thought he had found an opening, but when sifu lost the connection he instinctively hit the guy with a double uppercut and floored him. It was pretty funny to see, and sifu could not stop apologizing.
We also practice with the intent to strike among senior students, you could not improve otherwise, but with control you can turn it into a simple light tap and not injure eachother.
Sifu Lam, wonderful demonstration of Wing Chun, thank you. I like to learrn Wing Chun, but have not found here a Wing Chun Sifu, that teaches the Chi Sao the same as your video 2012.
I love his passion
Gary Sir is just fantabulous
My Sifu Chuck O'neill (Revolution Wing Chun Kung Fu) and my Sigung Nelson Chan (wingchun.ca) both live and teach in the area. They are great at what they do and their Wing Chun is awesome. Sifu Chuck has trained with his Sibok Gary Lam as well.
the stuff you says are really good and deep but the guy chewing the gum during sparring is sublime! in a real dojo that guys would be already out for the day.
Thank you :)
very informative video, great lessons.
I respect Sifu Gary Lam
@TangoLima1 Yes, he touched him to signal the opening, that is how I was taught to practice chi sau, you don't strike anyone with force, you just apply enough pressure to collapse their structure should their form be off. Lam responded by reaching over the guy's bong sau to jab at him, which is countered by a direct strike(which is unsafe to perform on someone thats trying to do quick jabs)
And, the strike would have landed on the neck uncontested so in a fight that would be pretty serious.
Gary Lam is power👍☯️
As a martial art trainer, this Master is great and he knows real kungfu!
I love this Wing Chun art . I want to learn this but the only school in my area does only 1 class a week .
Gary Lam is a man in his mid 60s...Even up to 20 years ago he was a deadly fighter of the highest calibre!
Thankyou
yes, you are smart and have an experience
It was between two practitioners of comparable skill level. The seminar was a teaching seminar held by lam where he was demonstrating Chi Sau, but that is all I know about it. Also, Chi Sau is not a training tool between a Sifu and student. It is one of the central aspects of the system used to train with others and often times is used to to gauge the relative skill of the users. and again, the Chi Sau ended after the first palm strike, which lam took personally for some reason and retaliated
I have crossed trained in mma, but my main styles were Wingchun when growing up , but for the last 6 years i have been boxing which is my real passion. I will check out your clips when i get a chance , im off to see the avengers now so i shall post my opinion later on.
Funny i trained for 6 years. How long have you been training?
i love this guy
hi do you have an one on one coaching program?
The best explanation I have heard to describe it is that a teacher can only make you as good as they are at the art they teach. If his cup of knowledge is only half full, he can only fill yours half way and then you are on your own to learn. However, since most practitioners rarely surpass their masters nowadays what happens is that the cup has less in it each time it gets passed down, and the arts are gradually diluted, and many of their secrets lost.
Very nice.
can someone give me a more in depth concept of chi sau. all the sifu said was if u don't want to learn chi sau then don't learn wing chun (correct me if I'm wrong). I want to know wat are the benefits? basically, quicker reaction, sensitivity, and dexterity is wat i saw. But is there anything else I'm missing in the drill of chi sau?
The students are quite good.
Neither of them are able to compromise the other's structure and balance. Every single movement in Wing Chun has an appropriate counter or 5 that link together in an endless loop of moves. Controlling their center or applying pressure to them is part of the chess game designed to create an opening that you can hit them with. Ip Chun does manage a few strikes on this other sifu by doing that. You don't have to hit, but that would be like opening a book for reasons other then reading it :)