Wing Chun Kung Fu Bong Sau
The Wing Chun Kung Fu Bong Sau…what a fantastic technique.
Talk about “aliveness” of Wing Chun Kung Fu! The Bong Sau (or Wing Arm Block) is both the “best” and “worst” move in the Wing Chun syllabus.
Keep in mind that I use the term “block” loosely as in Wing Chun, we have no blocks as all of our movements are either attacking in nature or dissipating energy.
The Bong Sau can be seen as the famous pose for most Wing Chun practitioners, however the Bong Sau is anything but a pose.
One of the main errors in applying the Wing Chun Bong Sau is that students are stationary in its application. The Bong Sau is an apparition and should be ghost like when using it on your enemy.
In my opinion, and again, MY OPINION, Bong Sau does have more than one possible application based on its arm positioning.
The Wing Chun Bong Sau should be, first and foremost, a dissipation of energy. In application, we do not throw the Bong Sau out as a defensive maneuver. The Bong Sau is a transition between applications. In other words, if you throw your Wing Chun Centerline Punch at your enemy and he intercepts the punch (with possibly a punch of his own) then the Bong Sau appears and re-directs his punch’s force.
So, you don’t elbow up and throw out the Bong Sau…it has to stem from some sort of contact. HOWEVER, that said, the POSITION of the Bong Sau does make a phenomenal jamming arm.
Wing Chun Kung Fu does not clash force upon force, however sneaking in a tactic if advantageous may not be a bad idea if it works. In my personal experience doing Chi Sau with taller people, being able to uproot an opponent’s structure and balance was relatively easy for me. From Kiu Sau (or wrist to wrist) when someone would re-engage me with an aggressive Lap Sau/Punch, I would blast in and clash their punch with my Bong Sau. Incorrect? Possibly, yet it was effective for ME. I am not suggesting this is suitable for everyone in every scenario. Sometimes I would just step in and blast a centerline punch, thus intercepting his punch, then of course transition into Bong Sau.
Bottom line, the Wing Chun Bong Sau, appears out of “nowhere” and returns to said “nowhere” after it is used.
As my Sifu, Syed Ahmad, says, “what appears in form disappears in application.”
We teach Ip Man Wing Chun here in Chicago.
www.izzo-training.com
Talk about “aliveness” of Wing Chun Kung Fu! The Bong Sau (or Wing Arm Block) is both the “best” and “worst” move in the Wing Chun syllabus.
Keep in mind that I use the term “block” loosely as in Wing Chun, we have no blocks as all of our movements are either attacking in nature or dissipating energy.
The Bong Sau can be seen as the famous pose for most Wing Chun practitioners, however the Bong Sau is anything but a pose.
One of the main errors in applying the Wing Chun Bong Sau is that students are stationary in its application. The Bong Sau is an apparition and should be ghost like when using it on your enemy.
In my opinion, and again, MY OPINION, Bong Sau does have more than one possible application based on its arm positioning.
The Wing Chun Bong Sau should be, first and foremost, a dissipation of energy. In application, we do not throw the Bong Sau out as a defensive maneuver. The Bong Sau is a transition between applications. In other words, if you throw your Wing Chun Centerline Punch at your enemy and he intercepts the punch (with possibly a punch of his own) then the Bong Sau appears and re-directs his punch’s force.
So, you don’t elbow up and throw out the Bong Sau…it has to stem from some sort of contact. HOWEVER, that said, the POSITION of the Bong Sau does make a phenomenal jamming arm.
Wing Chun Kung Fu does not clash force upon force, however sneaking in a tactic if advantageous may not be a bad idea if it works. In my personal experience doing Chi Sau with taller people, being able to uproot an opponent’s structure and balance was relatively easy for me. From Kiu Sau (or wrist to wrist) when someone would re-engage me with an aggressive Lap Sau/Punch, I would blast in and clash their punch with my Bong Sau. Incorrect? Possibly, yet it was effective for ME. I am not suggesting this is suitable for everyone in every scenario. Sometimes I would just step in and blast a centerline punch, thus intercepting his punch, then of course transition into Bong Sau.
Bottom line, the Wing Chun Bong Sau, appears out of “nowhere” and returns to said “nowhere” after it is used.
As my Sifu, Syed Ahmad, says, “what appears in form disappears in application.”
We teach Ip Man Wing Chun here in Chicago.
www.izzo-training.com
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