| Upon any martial art school's introduction
into society, some assimilation naturally occurs over the course
of time as part of the newly discovered openness. The assimilation
can range from minute changes to the inclusion of concepts from
entirely different ideas. Wing Chun Kung Fu, as propagated by Grandmaster
Stephen T.K. Chan is a shinning example of a martial art that has
and still is evolving, without sacrificing the deep rooted traditions
from which it originated.
The general consensus is that there are two types of martial art
master-teachers; traditionalists who believe that everything should
be conserver, unaltered from one generation to another, and eclectics,
who draw from all fighting arts different techniques with the aim
of improving on the original school. The major problem however with
some ecletics is that at the end of their development no original
roots can be found within their system, and so they are faced with
the realization that all their dreams have uprooted their past and
set them on the path of a new martial art. |
