Great post. Many years ago I passed up on training under Master Fong, Bruce Lees teacher before he came to the US. Wing Chun is intricate, and at the time I was unimpressed with the focus on walking before they would begin teaching strikes and traps. Despite my respect for Master Fong that I held from childhood, I was to impatient to "waste" time learning to walk, lol. My older self now just shakes my head at how ignorant I was back then. As you say, there is a reason for the forms/foundations they begin you with.