Martial Farts on Wing Chun vs BJJ

I found this quite interesting article on how this one practitioner found Wing Chun had failed him, and how he discovered what he was seeking in BJJ.

Now, although he's quite one of the "WC is poo and I know 'coz I've done it" folk that might be a bit dismaying, a bunch of what he says is true particularly the non-sparrning in WC. Sometimes we'll 'simulate' attacks from an opponent, but this to me is so sterile, false, and utterly unrealistic. Your partner will often be coming in so slowly, weakly and without any commitment that the techniques you're applying appears to work but there's so much doubt left in my mind on whether it actually does.

Sometimes, we might do a bit of 'box'. The best 'simulation' I've experienced so far, but only the top seniors are allowed to cope with that. Although, again, it's a bunch of people coming in without much commitment.

I do wish I could pad up. Not feel that I need to hold back, and the same for my partner, and really see if my techniques hold up.

In the old days Bruce Lee and his peers just had their street fights. That's where their real 'training' happened for him. How else are you ever going to learn what works for you and what doesn't?

And as mmabjj himself said, he was left with so much to wonder about his abilities that when he tried out his 'skills' on the street he failed miserably. No frickin wonder he lost faith in his WC.

And have I? No, I'm neither deluded nor disillusioned in WC itself. Just in my training. I know it's not the answer to everything, and even if it were it's how 'fluent' (and verbose) the practitioner is that is crucial. I've never been anywhere near to the 'real world' situations that would call for my using WC, so can I be anywhere near fluent. It's the same as someone learning Chinese from CDs in their car and thinking they can handle it, and when they get over to Shanghai they're totally screwed, coz they never actually conversed with anyone.