The structure should protect your face and body. To do so the elbows need to be down and in and the hands up with some modifications to protect against high speed rhythm fighters who attack quickly and suddenly disappear. The elbow position differs the Wing Chun practitioner from most other martial artists.
The main principle of Wing Chun is that both sides of the body contribute power to the center line in a triangular or arrowhead fashion. Torso rotation, turning or swinging for reach or power generation is not part of the framework of the style because it removes one side of the body from contributing power […]
In a fight you need to protect your core torso and face while maintaining structure and rapidly responding by connecting and disconnecting your hands to and from your body. Power comes from the structure and speed allows you to close the space and catch the opponent’s timing. Their is a fine balance between speed and […]
A high speed punch requires absence of a wind up or telegraph, fist formation just before hitting the target, one time timing and starting the punch near the target. The power of the punch can come from speed, torso rotation, ego, emotion, structure, body weight etc.
Distance fighting puts you in kicking range. A timed response is required quickly going from stationary to moving and starting when the opponent starts. Again the power comes from the body moving in while maintaining structure. The timing is necessary for power and you have to reach your target before your opponent reaches his target […]
Chi sau teaches one to feel and control the opponent. In order to control an opponent who is larger and stronger than you the amount of their body facing you should lie within the frame of your shoulders. In order to set this up you need to either come in from angle or make the […]
Chi Sau is the soul of Wing Chun. It requires coordinated movement of different body parts and timing that takes years of consistent training to develop. It is a separate skill from fighting and separates the talker from the doer. You can be good at Chi Sau but a lousy fighter, vice versa or good […]
Structure is of the utmost importance in delivering a powerful move and withstanding pressure or an attack from an opponent. Most practitioners pay lip service to the maintenance of structure but few can maintain it in motion or the face of an attack by an opponent regardless of their size. Can you do the job? […]
Sticking hands chi sau is personal and unique to each individual based on habits of movement, personality, likes and dislikes. If you let these factors predominate you lose sensitivity to feel your opponent and the ability to know what they do before they even do it. You then have to rely on being faster and/or […]
Chi sau can be done hard, physically or soft. Each requires different skill sets and muscle use. A key factor required in all is the ability to penetrate into your partner. This is a bone penetrating movement and is especially important when your opponent is physically larger than you. To get the penetration your body […]
You control and overcome your opponent by turning muscles off and on in balance and timed with his on and off. This is higher level chi sao and a requirement for the older and/or weaker to overcome the younger and/or stronger. You have to work on this skill in chi sao in order to be […]
A lot of students learn sticking hands as a fixed movement and response. This does not work against a non-wing chun person who moves and responds differently. In addition to sensitivity, on off, penetration etc. covered in the other chi sau clips the body and hands have to work independent but supportive of each other […]
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