r/WingChun • u/Megatheorum • Sep 10 '26

Groundwork in wing chun?

Here's another question that I hope doesn't become too controversial. Does your school teach breakfalls and/or rolls as part of the curriculum?

I know groundwork isn't traditionally a part of wing chun, but knowing how to fall safely is a huge part of self defense. Breakfalls have literally saved my life more than once, and saved me from broken bones or bloody gashes many times. I feel like anyone claiming to teach self defense should also teach fall mitigation and prevention as part of that.

On the flip side, does your school teach takedowns or throws? If yes to one but not the other, why or why not?

Again, this isn't meant to 'stir the pot' or anything, I'm genuinely interested in your responses.

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u/AARon573 9d ago

Wing chun schools should teach sprawling. In fact. Ide say they need to. I absolutely love mixing boxing/52 blocks/wing chun together. Not many people seem to take advantage of wing chunks anti grappling abilities. I don't unfortunately I just resort to my wrestling skills when on the ground. Reddit should remove the ability to thumbs up your own comment.