[Brandon]

Hi Mike,

As with everything in Wing Chun, the kicks are all about efficiency. Think small and aim below the waist, groin, knees, etc. I don’t know of any drills other than just repping it over and over again on the dummy or in the air. Hope this helps a little.

[MikeC]

Thanks.

[Sifu Adam]

Find a hard surface you can kick over and over (like @branding_le said) so you feel the structure/root upon landing your kick @Mark comes from a TKD and Hapkido background. He may be of help.

[Mark]

Hey Mike,

I was an instructor in both Hapkido and Taekwondo, and the biggest differences I’ve had to overcome are the lack of a need to “chamber” kicks, and also the importance of Ting Yiu. The knees pointing at your opponents center are present in all of our Wing Chun sparring, but kicking with no movement of your own center and not raising your knee in two parts (vertically prior, and then launching it horizontally) The best repetition of this for me has been the kicking in the second dummy form. Not just the kick itself, but your landing from your prior position, and where your shoulders and hips are in relation to the dummy. Repping that will really improve your Wing Chun kicks. Lastly, kicking high like I used to is no longer useful, and kicking at all is super rare (more of an occasional sparring distraction)- I know that’s strange from a former art that was famous for 65%+ kicks in sparring. I also remember this video from Sifu explaining the reason we have our legs in the first place- stability and mobility, and kicking in general reduces both. See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxk7d6mM2bI Hope this helps!