How to Use Wing Chun in MMA | ft. Coach Greg Nelson

[marvin8]

Kevin Lee
Oct 10, 2021

Coach Greg Nelson is one of the top trainers in the world to many UFC champions such as Dave Menne, Sean Sherk, Brock Lesnar and Rose Namajunas.

His extensive training background includes Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling, Shooto, Kali, JKD, Wing Chun, and much more! Visit the link below for more information about Coach Greg Nelson:
https://theacademymn.com/greg-nelson-mma/

In this episode, we are exploring the positions to apply Wing Chun in a MMA fight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBLjIvjnDNs

[C.J.W.]

Hmm....seems to me he's just borrowing WC terminologies to describe common hand transitions used in grappling.

[marvin8]

Hmm....seems to me he's just borrowing WC terminologies to describe common hand transitions used in grappling.

Greg (Full Instructor credentials in Jun Fan Martial Arts/Jeet Kune Do Concepts, Filipino Kali, and Level III Instructorship in Maphilindo Silat under the legendary Guru Dan Inosanto) says he's using principles of trapping (pressure, release, using the energy) in fights.

From comments section:

After 20 years of wing chun practice I must say that this is the real wing chun, this is how it should be applied. Tan sau, bong sau, fak sau, fook sau, and so on are energies, principles, drills to develop a proper structure, a proper sense of trajectories, it's training, not fighting! As general Qi Jiquang use to say back in 1560 "pretty is not practical, practical is not pretty". Unfortunately, wing chun is not needed anymore as a deadly art and so called "masters" are mocking it for money. Only mma fighters who study it can understand its principles because they can fight, they already have a fight iq. My wing chun looks exactly like in this movie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkqvYmFzyco


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0IvDXegFj0

Rose Namajunas will defend her UFC strawweight title in a rematch vs. Zhang Weili a week from today.