Conceptualizing
The beauty/bane of Wing Chun Kung Fu is that is it is very different from other martial arts. Unlike other arts, Wing Chun heavily relies on "concepts" versus "techniques" which advocated the martial artist to think or feel their progression through training rather than just mimicking movements.
As time progresses a "tan sau / punch" (for example) will always be a technique which will in your fighting arsenal... However it is how you apply it which will be different from each other and obviously myself.
Chi Sau is where we learn the basics on HOW to apply the techniques. But what is essential is that we concentrate less on "doing" the technique and more on "feeling" when the technique will naturally appear...confusing, I know. Hence the importance of Chi Sau making us automatic and less thinkers when it comes to fighting. This, in my opinion is the superiority training that Wing Chun provides.
This is why we practice the Sil Lim Tao form and Centerline punch over and over and over.
As you practice the centerline punch, you must think to yourself, "am I on center?" This has got to be the main focus. This is why we start at our sternum...the fist is merely the tip of the sword.
Think of a sword...we don't grasp the tip and use it...we cant. We hold the handle and thrust the handle forward to use the tip as the killing point.
View your punch as this. The body is the hand which holds the handle of the sword. The elbow is the handle of the sword and that is what is used to propel the fist forward. And like a sword too, due to its weight, if you over extend yourself to thrust, you will be off balance... do not over extend your punch.
And we extend from out sternum straight and not curved. Shortest distance between two points is a straight line. We don't club our enemy with the sword, we thrust into them.
So CENTERLINE is one of the most important concepts we must adhere to...and just to confuse you even more, remember that centerline is not mutually exclusive with your facing forward. This will be covered in a later blog.
Other concepts such as position, reflex, turning on and off your intent, forwarding, facing and other concepts are expected to develop over time and training.
Wing Chun is a wonderfully frustrating martial art which teaches you about YOU. You must remember that YOU are the focal point of training. That is very important when bridging the gap between "air drills" and practical application. If you have perfect structural position when doing a movement in the air, and then over extend or deviate off center when making contact with a partner, your Wing Chun stops becoming YOUR Wing Chun and starts becoming you chasing an enemy out of panic...but that's ok. That's why we train over and over.
Again, this is why repetition is so important and why we must "conceptualize" while training. Centerline is the base. Punch, punch, punch. Believe it or not, the entire system can be discovered through this movement.
Dominick Izzo
www.izzo-training.com
Wing Chun Self Defense Chicago Classes
As time progresses a "tan sau / punch" (for example) will always be a technique which will in your fighting arsenal... However it is how you apply it which will be different from each other and obviously myself.
Chi Sau is where we learn the basics on HOW to apply the techniques. But what is essential is that we concentrate less on "doing" the technique and more on "feeling" when the technique will naturally appear...confusing, I know. Hence the importance of Chi Sau making us automatic and less thinkers when it comes to fighting. This, in my opinion is the superiority training that Wing Chun provides.
This is why we practice the Sil Lim Tao form and Centerline punch over and over and over.
As you practice the centerline punch, you must think to yourself, "am I on center?" This has got to be the main focus. This is why we start at our sternum...the fist is merely the tip of the sword.
Think of a sword...we don't grasp the tip and use it...we cant. We hold the handle and thrust the handle forward to use the tip as the killing point.
View your punch as this. The body is the hand which holds the handle of the sword. The elbow is the handle of the sword and that is what is used to propel the fist forward. And like a sword too, due to its weight, if you over extend yourself to thrust, you will be off balance... do not over extend your punch.
And we extend from out sternum straight and not curved. Shortest distance between two points is a straight line. We don't club our enemy with the sword, we thrust into them.
So CENTERLINE is one of the most important concepts we must adhere to...and just to confuse you even more, remember that centerline is not mutually exclusive with your facing forward. This will be covered in a later blog.
Other concepts such as position, reflex, turning on and off your intent, forwarding, facing and other concepts are expected to develop over time and training.
Wing Chun is a wonderfully frustrating martial art which teaches you about YOU. You must remember that YOU are the focal point of training. That is very important when bridging the gap between "air drills" and practical application. If you have perfect structural position when doing a movement in the air, and then over extend or deviate off center when making contact with a partner, your Wing Chun stops becoming YOUR Wing Chun and starts becoming you chasing an enemy out of panic...but that's ok. That's why we train over and over.
Again, this is why repetition is so important and why we must "conceptualize" while training. Centerline is the base. Punch, punch, punch. Believe it or not, the entire system can be discovered through this movement.
Dominick Izzo
www.izzo-training.com
Wing Chun Self Defense Chicago Classes
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