Wing Chun Strategy and Tactics Ii: Strike, Control, Break

By Alfred Huang and Jon Rister

This is the second edition following the book Wing Chun Strategy and Tactics: Attack, Attack, Attack. Sifu Jon and Si Hing Alfred lay out all the needed
ingredients for wing chun practitioners to achieve their goals. It contains the third form with terminology in English and Chinese, which is very valuable to any practitioner. In addition to this, the authors present some rare insight into the aggressive tactics of wing chun often left out by many schools. This book is a must for any practicing instructor or beginner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503531420

Alfred Huang

Jon Rister is a practicing instructor in Texas, teaching martial arts since 1987. He has studied and achieved instructor rank in kali-eskrima under Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto, in wing chun under Sifu Francis Fong, and in jun fan jeet kune do under Sifu Dan Inosanto and Larry B. Hartsell. Among Jon Rister’s proudest achievements, more so than his own accomplishments, is for him to have seen three generations of his own students achieve instructor rank.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 Strike

Chapter 2 Control

Chapter 3 Break

Chapter 4 Who, Why, What, How, Where, and When?

Chapter 5 Biu Jee Form

Chapter 6 Understanding the Internal Art

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

M any thanks to the following instructors and students of Rister International Martial Arts who were involved in photo illustrations (listed alphabetically) :

Roger Carlson

Diego Hernandez

Risto Hietala

Alfred Huang

Matthew LaBombard

Tony Lett

Jon Rister

Israel Rodriguez

Dwight Wilson

This publication is also dedicated to the following associates, instructors, and students of Rister International Martial Arts:

Dave Bernosky

James Fell

Risto Hietala

Tommy Jones

Ville Kaikkonen

Jani Kenttala

Timo Kivinen

Jarkko Lampsa

Victoria Lampsa

Virpi Muhonen

Jorge Santamaria

Kaj Tepponen

Joachim Viide

Many thanks to JKD Finland

Special thanks to Helen Huang for assisting with photography and to Alfred Huang for editing, photography, and photo editing.

FOREWORD

W hen I was asked to write the foreword for (Sifu) Jon Rister’s second book on wing chun, I felt honored and a bit confused. The confusion came about because I had to ask myself, Why me? Sifu Jon has many more knowledgeable, gifted, skilled, and talented students than myself. However, I have been a student of his for over twenty years now. My primary martial arts are in the Filipino martial arts (FMA). It has only been in the past two years that I have become a serious wing chun student after Sifu Jon telling me for years that wing chun will help your kali. He was right.

I am an old school martial artist. I enjoy the traditional and historical study of martial arts. However what I learn must be practical, functional, and efficient. I work in the private security industry as a uniformed armed security officer at a federal facility. I also work doing private investigations, and personal protection. My martial arts training needs to reflect my work reality. Accomplishing my mission and going home safe is the name of the game.

Sifu Jon has trained in wing chun for decades. He has been a martial arts instructor since the late 1980s. His experience, knowledge, research, and ability to relate this to his students are a true gift. His understanding of wing chun is years ahead of most wing chun instructors, even those with Master and Grandmaster titles. In some regards, I do not even think they are studying the same martial art.

Strike, Control, Break is the result. The information contained in this book will improve your wing chun. It is based on Sifu Jon’s unique ability to question and problem solve. I remember Sifu Jon telling me in one of my private lessons, Wing chun is problem solving. When I pushed for more information, he simply told me the information is in the forms. Strike, Control, Break (SCB) will give the wing chun practitioner a simple, yet effective tool to remember under stress to prevail in any conflict.

In this book, I hope it becomes clear that, contrary to what most students and instructors of wing chun believe, wing chun is actually a weapons-based art. Many think of wing chun as an empty hand art with three empty hand forms, a wooden dummy form, drills, chi sao, and those other two weapons forms that are not really relevant anymore. The pole form and the double sword form were added as an afterthought, and besides NOBODY fights with a pole, or double swords anyway, so why bother. WRONG, WRONG and WRONG! The essence, the spirit of wing chun is hidden within the weapons. Without the knowledge of the weapons, you have no wing chun. You just have to trust me. Sifu Jon will change your wing chun and make you better. I promise.

Dwight Wilson

Security Professional (CSO, PPO, PI)

Martial Artist, Naturalist, and Tracker

Author – FOLLOWING TRACKS, A PERSONAL JOURNEY LEARNING TO TRACK WILDLIFE AND MAN

PREFACE

T he art of wing chun often brings to mind popular videos or films of various practitioners displaying a flurry of dynamic techniques. Unfortunately, this is often a cause of disillusionment when the learned techniques in a controlled setting fail in actual application. Because of this, the art of wing chun is often ridiculed and deemed unrealistic in the modern era. This publication is our attempt