Editing Wing Chun (section)

=== General ===
Wing Chun puts emphasis on economic movement and encourages its practitioners to "feel" through their opponents' defenses and to utilize the incoming attacks with parrying, deflection, rapid punches, and finger pokes. Slapping and defensive maneuvers are used to distract the opponent to make them shift their defenses away from their centerline.<ref name="Crudelli_122" />

Wing Chun favors a relatively high, narrow stance with the elbows close to the body. Within the stance, arms are generally positioned across the vital points of the centerline with hands in a vertical "wu sau" ("protecting hand" position).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-09-07 |title=How to Wu Sau Correctly – Technique is Everything {{!}} Sifu Och Wing Chun |language=en-US |work=Sifu Och Wing Chun |url=http://sifuochwingchun.com/how-to-wu-sau-correctly/ |access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref> This puts the practitioner in a position to make readily placed blocks and fast-moving blows to vital striking points down the center of the body, i.e. the neck, chest, belly, and groin. Shifting or turning within a stance is done on the heels, balls, or middle (K1 or Kidney point 1) of the foot, depending on the lineage. Some Wing Chun styles discourage the use of high kicks because this risks counter-attacks to the groin. The practice of "settling" one's opponent to brace them more effectively against the ground helps one deliver as much force as possible.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rediscovering the Roots of Wing Chun |work=[[Kung Fu Magazine]] |url=http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=141 |access-date=2010-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=McKnight |first1=David |last2=Kwok Chow |first2=Sifu Chung |title=Integrative Wing Chun |work=[[Kung Fu Magazine]] |url=http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=249 |url-status=dead |access-date=2010-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314194204/http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=249 |archive-date=2013-03-14}}</ref>