Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Kung Fu Training – Creating A Strong Grip

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Gripping the arm correctly gives you a huge advantage over your opponent for quick dynamic results

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

6 Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Wing Chun Training

The hardest part of any martial art is getting started. Everything is new and exciting and from not knowing anything to suddenly becoming a lethal weapon is very exciting. Then sometime into your training you hit a rut. A plateau. Here are some quick tips to get you going.

--sometimes you just need to focus on a few things to achieve maximum results

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The hardest part of any martial art is getting started.  Everything is new and exciting and from not knowing anything to suddenly becoming a lethal weapon is very exciting. Then sometime into your training you hit a rut. A plateau.  Here are some quick tips to get you going.

 

1) Practicing on the wing chun dummy enhances your skill timing and hand technique.  You practice your body positioning in relation to your opponent. For extra points, and this is a biggie, practice the actual wing Chun dummy moves on a real life opponent.  The dummy moves are not just some random sticks.  They represent a sequence of attacks on an actual opponent. Learn that moves on the dummy, apply the principles on an opponent


2) Chi sao can’t state enough the importance of chi sao.  I may write a quick hit list  on this alone  Chi sao teaches improves your reflexes.  It allows you to see and feel openings in your opponents defences and sharpens ALL of your wing Chun techniques.  A free style chi sao session not only enhances your wing Chun its also a great teacher on how to handle actual sparring situations.  Although chi sao is not sparring.

 

3) Takedowns I’m a bit reluctant to include this one, but it’s mainly good to stroke the ego.  When learning techniques the mote senior you get the greater the expectation of skill you are to have.  Take downs are quite flowery and bit grandiose, however require a bit of skill to execute.  It requires finesse at times and builds confidence, which is always a good thing.  It shows a greater level of skill in the practitioner.

 

4) Forms truth be known it all starts with the forms… though not very sexy in wing chun, the whole system can be found there, if you learn what each move means how it should feel, you will gain more from the system, Learn to do it right, otherwise you will develop bad habits and keep those habits with you. It’s important to identify errors early.  I found myself making some basic mistakes and did not fix them early on.   It took some time to relearn.  So get it right first up.

 

5) Train with senior students.  This way you can always learn more and more. In fact you will accelerate your learning.  You may see that you are traveling and progressing, until you train with a senior student sees where their skill level is.  Keep in mind these students may not want to train with you depending on how your classes are structured. Nothing personal but they are there to learn not teach so be respectful of their time and experience.

 

6) Practice during your off times.  As I have said before your learning does not stop when your class finishes.  Practicing away from class is important.  Class is for learning all the other times are for perfecting and review, Time permitting of course.  See if you can get together with some classmates to try or revised what is learnt. This also helps build a closer bond with your classmates and friendships are formed.  This can be straight after class or when time suits.

Although not exhaustive these are some tips to help with your skills and get the most out of you’re wing Chun training.

 

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Tai Chi – Chi Gung The Breath Of Life

"Chi Kung (also known as Qigong) practices stability and increase the bodie ’s energies and cultivate sensations of health , might, and well being. Chi Kung uses the natural functions within your body to release tension, develop flexibility, coordination and stamina, and to heal chronic joint and back problems. The main idea of Chi Kung is to develop and save Chi."

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Chi Kung (also known as Qigong) practices stability and increase the bodie ’s energies and cultivate sensations of health , might, and well being. Chi Kung uses the natural functions within your body to release tension, develop flexibility, coordination and stamina, and to heal chronic joint and back problems. The main idea of Chi Kung is to develop and save Chi.

Chi Kung is an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is particularly commonly used for its beneficial curing effects.

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All Tai Chi styles have some form of Qigong in their training. Doing Chi Gung is the warm up for doing the Tai Chi Form. I has been my experience that if you do practice Chi Gung (Qigong) one of the side effects is your body needs less sleep.

It is said that the minds move the chi, it has also been my experience that before I felt chi I had to imagine I did. Once I made the connection I was able to more freely feel chi move through my body.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

10 ways to improve your chisao

One of the keys to success with wing chun is sharpening your skills. here is a great way to improve your chi sao

via Wing Chun Island by noreply@blogger.com (Will) on 7/15/10

1. Intentionally lose. Let the other person win but keep your attention on the other person. Watch how they win. Concentrate on your balance and staying relaxed while they do whatever they want.

2. Make sure you aren't leaning at all. All your weight should be balanced in the middle of the foot. You should conceive of your arms and your body as being in front of you. Move the whole body forward from the bottom, not from the top by leaning. Don't lean ever... at all. Well ok, once you totally understand how balance works, then lean all you want. I promise I won't say anything.

3. Don't move until you are connected. Move the body forward until you can feel your partner's core down to the ground. At that point, (if your arms are relaxed) you should feel where to move almost as though your arms are moving themselves. Work on improving connection rather than your arms' position in relation to your partners'. Also, don't pull away from your partner to get a move off.

4. Don't speed up or do series of moves. Stay in the moment and do what you are doing at that moment. Don't speed up in order to get a move to work. Don't practice a series of moves to do something fancy. Just do what the system created by the connection between you and your opponent tells you to do.

5. Don't look down until you don't have any urge to look down at what is going on with the hands. Even then, nothing special to see.

6. Concentrate on your opponent as a whole body, not on his moves.

7. Don't look for openings or ways to "get" or hit your opponent. Keep connected and take ground. The good stuff will happen naturally.

8. Try chisaoing with only one foot touching the ground at any given moment. Make sure you are relaxed and "seated" on the leg. Change legs at any time as often as you like.

9. What attitude or emotion or mental state do you decide to have when you chisao. Try answering this question and changing it up frequently.

10. Treat chisao as an experiment. Decide how you will change your approach each time you do it before you begin. Try relaxed, stiff, fast, slow, hard, soft, intentionally bad, leaning, moving forward, stationary, aggressive....try anything and everything you can think of. Do things no one else would ever try. See how it works. Change it up even more based on what you learn from your experiments. Most people just try their hardest each time. Trying is for people who haven't decided what to do.

Ok, here is a bonus point.

Don't stop when you manage to hit or push your partner or get hit yourself. Continue working. If you are much better than your opponent, you can see openings but not take them and just work to deepen the connection. Keep the connection and flow going as long as possible.

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