SYSTEMS ANALYSIS.

When we are talking about the central part of any system it is understandably difficult to understand until all of the other parts of that system are individually understood.

As nerdy as it may sound what we are talking about here is System Analysis, and it is a valuable investment of our time to do some research into Systems Analysis as a stand alone subject, it can help us not get lost when looking at Wing Chun, which after all is a system.

Apart from requiring knowledge of the individual parts we also need to understand how they connect to and integrate with each other.

Even in very simple systems, made up of very simple parts, such as Martial Arts, it is the integration that is a complex task, not collecting and collating the parts, that bit is so easy.

There comes a point in everyone’s training where they look back and say to themselves ‘how did I not put that together earlier”?

As obvious as things look in retrospect they are pretty much invisible until we have all the pieces.

The biggest handicap we have is that we get sidetracked, confused, and begin thinking that the individual parts are somehow superior to the system, when in fact the individual parts are almost useless until we combine them into the system.

This is the way with all systems.

HOW ABOUT SOME STEAK KNIVES?

Imagine this, you and three other people are in the wrong place at the wrong time, you are outnumbered, and those other guys are really pissed off.

This is a very, very, serious situation, and it is going south fast.

This is your imagination so it is your choice, who are the three guys with you?

If you can, pick real people from your own lived experience, but if you really want Batman, pick Batman.

Q. 1. How many of your team do Wing Chun?

Q.2. Was it even a consideration?

When people criticise Wing Chun, and to a certain extent those of us that sing Wing Chun’s praises, always point to one aspect of the system and look at in isolation. Apart from this being a fruitless exercise it fails to consider that any systems efficacy is dependent on the operator.

Wing Chun cannot fail.

But we can.