Stephen Chan – Wing Chun-108 Wooden Dummy Tehniques & Applications

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Salepage: Stephen Chan – Wing Chun-108 Wooden Dummy Tehniques & Applications

STEPHEN CHANAN event, which is not widely known outside the Wing Chun Clan, occurred some years before Great Grandmaster Yip Man’s untimely death.
A martial arts competition was to be held in Hong Kong, and Great Grandmaster Yip Man was invited by the tournament organizers to register his top students to compete against champion Muay Thai fighters.
To demonstrate the breadth of the Wing Chun School, Great Grandmaster Yip Man asked his top Student-Masters to submit their finest five fighters to the tournament.
Sadly, all of the Wing Chun fighters were vanquished.
Master Tang Sang, a close friend and pupil of Great Grandmaster Yip Man, concluded that a shift in tactics was required if victory was to be attained.
Knowing that future tournaments might bring a repeat of the previous competition, Master Tang Sang announced that all Wing Chun Masters recognized by Great Grandmaster Yip Man should send their best students to compete in an elimination tournament called the ‘Yip Man Cup,’ and that the four best fighters would represent the Wing Chun Clan in the upcoming South East Asian Kung Fu Championships.
Wong Yam Chung was chosen to represent the Wing Chun Clan, and he was paired with a champion Muay Thai fighter at the South East Asian Kung Fu Championships.
However, the outcomes were different this time.
Wong Yam Chung was declared the victor and Grand Champion of the event after three rounds and the use of 200 kicking techniques against his opponent, a feat that restored the Wing Chun School’s prestige and provided delight and respect to a well-deserved Great Grandmaster Yip Man.
At the time of the event, the popular consensus was that Wing Chun Kung Fu was mostly a hands-on combat method with only a few kicking techniques.
However, after the competition, it was shown that this was not the case, and a whole new light was thrown upon the Wing Chun School.
Great Grandmaster Yip Man suggested that the triumphant Wong Yam Chung have pride of position by sitting next to him at the Senior’s table during the tournament celebration feast.
This was a tremendous distinction for Wong Yam Chung, his Master-Chow Sze Chuen, and his Student-Brother, Stephen T.K.Chan.
CHUN WING Wing Chun (traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: yng chn; literally “spring chant”), often romanized as Ving Tsun or “Wing Tsun” (and occasionally replaced with the letters “everlasting springtime”), is a concept-based Chinese martial art and style of self-defense specialized in close-range confrontation.
Other southern Chinese martial arts that use the alternate characters “everlasting spring” include Jee Shim Weng Chun (Yong Chun) and White Crane Weng Chun (Yong Chun).
Wing Chun was initially passed down verbally from instructor to student rather than in writing, making it difficult to authenticate or explain the various versions of its beginnings.
Some have attempted to apply higher critical methodologies to the oral histories of Wing Chun and other Chinese martial arts.
Others have sought to deduce Wing Chun’s origins by determining the exact purpose of its methods.
During the age of Wing Chun teacher Leung Jan, mentions of the art begin to appear in independent third-party documentation, making its subsequent history and split into numerous branches more susceptible to documentary verification.
According to Ip Man, the prevalent narrative includes the young woman Yim Wing Chun (Wing Chun literally means eternal springtime or praising spring) when the Qing government destroyed the Southern Shaolin and its affiliated temples.
Wing Chun claims he’ll revoke his marriage proposal if she can beat him in a martial arts battle after she rejects the local warlord’s marriage proposal.
She seeks a Buddhist nun, Ng Mui, a Shaolin Sect survivor, to train her boxing; this unnamed method allows Yim Wing Chun to overcome the warlord.
After that, she marries Leung Bac-Chou and teaches him the style that he named after her.
Since the system was formed during the Shaolin and Ming resistance to the Qing Dynasty, several tales about the origin of Wing Chun, including the myth of Yim Wing Chun, were propagated to mislead the opponent.
This might explain why no one has been able to pinpoint the founder or creators of Wing Chun.
Structure, balance, and stance
Wing Chun practitioners think that the person with the best physical structure will win.
A proper Wing Chun posture is sturdy but flexible, anchored but yielding, like a piece of bamboo.
This structure is used to either deflect or divert external forces.
Balance is linked to structure because a well-balanced body recovers faster from stopped attacks and maintains structure.
Wing Chun develops awareness of one’s own body movement originating from muscle, tendon, and articular origins.
Wing Chun forms such as Chum Kiu and the Wooden Dummy form dramatically improve proprioception.
Wing Chun practitioners prefer a high, narrow stance with their elbows close to their bodies.
Arms are placed across the vitals of the centerline during the stance.
Depending on lineage, shifting or twisting inside a stance is performed on the heels, balls, or midsection (K1 or Kidney 1 point) of the foot.
All assaults and counter-attacks are launched from this solid, strong foundation.
Wing Chun seldom sacrifices structure for more powerful attacks because it believes this creates defensive gaps that may be exploited.
Structure is seen as crucial not just for defense but also for assault.
The impact of the strike is said to be significantly more severe when the practitioner is effectively’rooted,’ or positioned so as to be braced against the ground.
Furthermore,’settling’ one’s opponent to better brace them against the ground assists in applying as much force as possible to them.
Relaxation
Wing Chun is all about softness (through relaxation) and practicing techniques in a relaxed manner.
Tension slows and weakens punching speed and force.
Muscles work in pairs, opposing each other (for example, biceps and triceps).
Maximum punching speed cannot be obtained if the arm is strained because the biceps oppose arm extension.
Before commencing the punching motion in Wing Chun, the arm should be relaxed.
Muscle tension is a waste of energy that leads to tiredness.
Arms that are tense and stiff are less fluid and responsive during trapping and chi sao.
A tight, rigid limb gives an opponent an easy handle to push or pull with, whereas a relaxed limb gives an opponent less to work with.
A relaxed yet concentrated limb allows you to detect “holes” or flaws in your opponent’s structure (See Sensitivity section).
These “holes” provide an avenue into hitting the opponent when used correctly.
Muscular conflict reduces a combat to a contest of strength.
In uneven strength clashes, minimum physical strength in any movement becomes an equalizer.
This is pretty much in the spirit of Ng Mui’s story.
Centerline
While the notion of a “central axis” is consistent in Wing Chun, the interpretation of the centerline concept is not.
There are several variants, with some lineages designating everything from a single “centerline” to multiple lines of interaction and definition.
The most popular interpretation stresses attack and defense along an imagined horizontal line drawn from the practitioner’s chest to the enemy’s chest.
The eyes, nose, throat, solar plexus, and groin are seen to be the most important hitting targets on or around this line.
Wing Chun techniques are often “closed,” with limbs brought in to defend the core region and preserve balance.
In most cases, the hands do not go beyond the vertical circle formed by swinging the arms in front, hands crossed at the wrists.
Footwork is done to get outside of this region.
The training Chi Sao exercise places a strong focus on positioning to control this centerline.
The stance and guard all point to or through the center, directing the entire body’s physical and mental purpose to a single target.
Wing Chun practitioners hit within this middle area to more efficiently convey force because it targets the “core center” (or “mother line”, another center defined in some lineages and referring to the vertical axis of the human body where the center of gravity lies).
Striking an opponent’s shoulder, for example, will twist the body, dissipating part of the energy and weakening the attack while also jeopardizing the striker’s stance.
Striking closer to the center directs greater force into the body.
PunchesThe vertical fist straight punch is the most prevalent strike in Wing Chun due to the emphasis on the center line.
However, the notion of simultaneous attack and defense (Lin Sil Die Dar) says that if no effective opposition is faced, all motions in the Siu Nim Tau with a forward execution flow into a strike, with no requirement for recomposure.
Other explicit examples of punches can be found in the Chum Kiu and Bil Jee forms; although these punches appear to be superficially different, they are simply the result of the punch beginning from a different origin position while adhering to the same fundamental idea, which is to punch in a straight line following the shortest distance between the fist and the opponent.
The vertical punch is the most basic and fundamental technique in Wing Chun, and it is often thrown with the elbow down and in front of the body.
Depending on the lineage, the fist might be held vertically or horizontally (palm side up).
The contact sites alternate between the top two knuckles, the middle two knuckles, and the bottom three knuckles.
In some Wing Chun schools, the fist is swiveled at the wrist at the time of contact, allowing the bottom three knuckles to surge forward and add strength to the blow while it is at full extension.
Punches can be thrown quickly in a’straight blast’ or ‘chain punching.’
When done properly, it may be utilized as a confusing finisher, however it is frequently criticized for promoting weaker strikes that do not engage the entire body.
For various reasons, Wing Chun favors the vertical punch:
Directness.
Pulling the elbow behind the body does not “load” the punch.
From the guard stance, the punch is aimed directly towards the target (hands are held in front of the chest).
Protection.
The elbow is held low to hide the body’s front midsection.
When the elbow is in this posture, it is more difficult for an opponent to accomplish an elbow lock/break.
This helps to generate strength by striking with the full body structure rather than just the arm.
Furthermore, with the elbow down, there is less room for the body to be assaulted, while the forearm and punch intercept space towards the head and upper body.
Power and Influence
Wing Chun practitioners believe that because the elbow is behind the fist during the strike, it is supported by the complete body’s strength rather than simply a swinging fist and hence has more effect.
A baseball bat being thrown at someone’s head (a round-house punch) is a typical simile, as opposed to the butt end of the bat being driven forward into the opponent’s face (wing chun punch), which would inflict significantly more damage than a glancing strike and is more difficult to avoid.
Many adept practitioners take satisfaction in being able to create “short power,” or a great quantity of power in a short length of time.
The “one-inch punch,” which starts barely an inch away from the target but produces an explosive amount of power, is a common example of this.
Structure and alignment.
Because of the way Wing Chun uses posture, the vertical punch is more appropriate.
The vertical form of the punch, with the limb immediately in front of the chest, elbow down, allows a practitioner to absorb the rebound of the blow by channelling it through the elbows and into the stance.
This is an advantageous characteristic for a Wing Chun practitioner since it encourages the utilization of the full body structure to produce power.
A horizontal punch, on the other hand, employs simply the arm to hit.
The hinge-structure sends power outwards along the limb in this elbow-out posture, creating torque in the puncher’s body.
Kicks
Kicks are clearly mentioned in the Chum Kiu and Mook Jong forms, while some have interpreted tiny leg motions in the Siu Nim Tau and Bil Jee forms to include kicking information as well.
Depending on the lineage, a newbie is frequently taught to rudimentary kicking before learning the proper form.
Kicks are traditionally kept below the waist.
This is typical of southern Chinese martial arts, as opposed to northern schools, which employ a lot of high kicks.
Front kick variations are achieved by hitting with the heel.
The body may be square, with the knee and foot vertical on impact (Chum Kiu), or a pivot may be included, with the foot and knee on an angled plane (Mook Jong).
This can develop a knee over short distances.
A roundhouse kick is executed by striking with the shin in the same fashion as a Muay Thai version, with the majority of the strength coming from the body pivot.
This kick is typically employed as a finisher at close range, hitting anywhere between the ribcage and the back of the knee. At close range, this kick may also become a knee.
A stamping kick (Mook Jong) for close range and a sweep delivered with the heel in a circular way are two more kicks (Bil Jee).
Every kick is both an assault and a defense, with legs employed to deflect oncoming kicks or to strike through before a more circular kick can land.
Kicks are delivered in a single motion from the stance, with no chambering or cocking.
Uncommitted methods
Wing Chun methods are ad hoc.
This implies that if the technique does not connect, the practitioner’s stance or balance is not altered as much.
If the strike fails, the practitioner can simply “flow” into a subsequent attack.
This is possible with all Wing Chun techniques.
Any punches or kicks can be chained together to make an assault “chain.”
Unlike a single large assault, these attacks progressively break down the opponent, creating internal injury, according to Wing Chun doctrine.
Chained vertical punches are a frequent way to identify Wing Chun.
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Sensitivity and trapping abilities
Through the application of awareness, the Wing Chun practitioner develops reflexes in the quest for loose defenses.
Trapping hands is practiced while training via Chi Sao with a training partner.
An opponent becomes motionless when he or she is “ensnared.”
“Greet what comes, accompany what goes, and haste when touch is lost,” says Ip Man.
close quarters
Wing Chun practitioners are taught to move rapidly and attack at close range.
While the Wing Chun forward kick is a long-range technique, many Wing Chun practitioners use “entry techniques” to get past an opponent’s kicks and punches and bring him within range of Wing Chun’s close-range arsenal.
This indicates that, theoretically, a shorter person with a shorter range may defeat a larger person by going inside his range and assaulting him close to his body provided the proper tactics are used.
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