Ideas on the Idea, the Core of Chu Shong Tin Wing Chun
Sketch by Joyce McCown on UnsplashFigure by Emiliano Vittoriosi on Unsplash (The descriptions in this post are based on my feelings. They are not anatomically precise, something you might want to verify from other sources.) Quite a while ago we discussed rising up the spine in the post Spine Rising from Anus Contraction. In this…
1) https://youtu.be/uPL75JIrg-s(@ 1:40; Taichi’s twisting, bursting/blasting; directly relates to inhaling/exhaling)2) https://youtu.be/EIA8MQjGRZ8(@ 1:30; Wing Chun’s solid penetrating; relatively unrelated to breathing)3) https://youtu.be/qOrZwBEEAU4(@ all; Siu Nim Tau performed in Qi state) In the last post, Qi – Wing Chun vs Taichi, I compared the different methods of power generation between the Chu-style Wing Chun and the Chen-style…
Now I turn to Qi. After you’ve tasted the “feeling of Qi” by calming and relaxing, you experience Qi by “filling up”, noticeably the forearms first, then the body trunk, then maybe the legs too. (To me, Qi in the context of Chu-style Wing Chun is “filling up”.) I take “filling up” with a simple…
In this and the next one or two posts, I am taking a bold step to share my views on Qi. This initiative came from my dialogue with a reader, Kevin from Indonesia, who asked me about breathing techniques in training and the Qi phenomenon. My discussion is based on this dialogue. But I start…
In the post Adhesively Wrap-hold a Weapon – Hold It Sticky, I wrote: “…… to make the weapon a natural extension of your arm(s) and effectively a part of your body, but not leave it just as an external weight to struggle with.” How can you not struggle with the weight of the pole? To…
https://www.facebook.com/mark.ho.372/videos/10220968731985606 Mark (Ho) shared the above video on 21 September 2020. Alongside Mark brought readers’ attention to the following: “The Teachings of Chu Shong TinFundamental Sung Action Number 1: Tead (Sink)Applying ‘Tead’ to the pole by releasing from shoulder to wristKin Chow Woon (Shoulder Elbow Wrist)” Mark’s highlight attracted my attention on the “Chow” -…
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Hi, I’m Eddie Chan, a devoted practitioner and trainer dedicated to Wing Chun in the lineage of the late Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin, my beloved and respectable Sifu. Writing has long been a means of mine to communicate and propagate this Chu-style martial art – first at my Facebook page. This blog collects those write-ups and will roll them out gradually as a start, to make them more organised for better reading, then further supplemented with new attempts subsequently.
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