When practising Bong Sau, it is typical to point the fingers forward along your centreline. This is something most emphasised when your Bong Sau doesn’t seem to stand up incoming force at the forearm and your instructor repeatedly guides you to point it more focused, and more intently. Have you ever had such experience? DidContinue reading “Weak Bong Sau Due to Weak Forearm – Clear-through, Curve to Point”
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The Wrapping Intent – Wrapping around the Contact
What I am trying to depict in this post may be considered to be too imaginative, prone to be criticised as unrealistic and in fact unnecessary. However, it appears to me as something can’t be omitted should the exposition of the point-linked mechanism be completed, as it manifests the gist and essence of the mechanism.Continue reading “The Wrapping Intent – Wrapping around the Contact”
What’s Happening at Forearm Contacts? – Microscopic Deflection
“Why are multi-directional forces a desired advantage? When the opponent exerts a strong force on your forearm, at any particular moment the force is strong in one direction only. However, at that same particular moment your contact with him is rich in diverse forces – some are in directions appropriate for containing his unidirectional force,Continue reading “What’s Happening at Forearm Contacts? – Microscopic Deflection”
Illustrations – Project, Converge, Elbow Pin, Multi-directional Forces
I try to illustrate by drawings what have been covered in some previous posts, namely, How to Focus? Converging for Control Zone – Amoeba Membrane Analogy, What is Elbow Power? – Solid and Immense to Opponent, Light to You, and Multi-directional Forces in the Arm – Pinning Elbow Tip in Space. Two movements in the second partContinue reading “Illustrations – Project, Converge, Elbow Pin, Multi-directional Forces”
Multi-directional Forces in the Arm – Pinning Elbow Tip in Space
In the last post we explored how elbow power represents the body momentum, and proposed that its properties are preferably described as solid and immense, in contrast to the idea of heaviness people usually aim at. In the end of the post I highlighted that such elbow power is foundational to multi-directional forces in armContinue reading “Multi-directional Forces in the Arm – Pinning Elbow Tip in Space”
What is Elbow Power? – Solid and Immense to Opponent, Light to You
A common understanding of elbow power is: relaxing muscles, particularly from the shoulder blade and the back, down to the elbow to give out heaviness. A typical test is to push one’s elbow towards his shoulder. The shoulder should remain unaffected (not squeezed) if the elbow power is great enough to resist the pushing force.Continue reading “What is Elbow Power? – Solid and Immense to Opponent, Light to You”
How to Focus? Converging for Control Zone – Amoeba Membrane Analogy
Forward focus, aiming forward, pointing, facing and heung (in Cantonese)…… All these terms may sound familiar to you as early as you first started your Wing Chun training. In most cases they intend to refer to the same thing, one of the core principles of Wing Chun, which is essential due to the following. YouContinue reading “How to Focus? Converging for Control Zone – Amoeba Membrane Analogy”
From Centre of Mass to Linked Point Structure – QnA (Harry, Scott)
Harry Leung (extract): …… I would appreciate if you could explain CST’s wing chun of COM (does it feels like a ball spinning inside our body?), generally on how it is developed and used and whether it is always spinning or spins it only when we want to execute a movement eg, liking walking? orContinue reading “From Centre of Mass to Linked Point Structure – QnA (Harry, Scott)”
Thought Process Bridges Two Worlds – Mind (Idea) vs Physical
In our training journey, we often encounter problems and ask questions, hoping that answers to them can clear some obstacles and help bring about progress right away. Not all “answers” can lead to progress as expected, though. And I suspect it is mostly due to the mix-up of two worlds – the mind world andContinue reading “Thought Process Bridges Two Worlds – Mind (Idea) vs Physical”
Spine Rising from Anus Contraction (QnA, Concise Guide, Simple Intent)
Mok Kim Hoe: Is it possible to have one post about the fundamental Taigong (anus contraction) and Seng (rising up the spine)? What’s your recommendations thought process / thought that should be avoided when practising that? Looking forward.******Me: Probably the rising up of the spine is the key concern to learners as it has beenContinue reading “Spine Rising from Anus Contraction (QnA, Concise Guide, Simple Intent)”
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