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Showing posts with label Kung Fu. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Wing Chun : Domination - How to properly chain punch

This video helps to explain how Wing Chun chain punching is actually done and the proper way to develop it. All to often, people try to use pure speed and muscle and just simply blitz the non-confrontational opponent. But realistically people do fight back. Attacking done right is not a numbers game where you throw 10 attacks and hope 2 to 3 will land. The right mentality for a Wing Chun fighter is not being wasteful like a solider with a gatling gun who simply has fire power but waste rounds of ammunition. Instead you are a sniper, where almost every attack is almost guaranteed to hit and where you don't fire to waste bullets. 



The first drill is called freeze frame drill, in this simple concept drill, one attacks the other blocks, but only after the hit, giving the blocker the development of seeing how to regain the line, and the attacker time to also figure out where the nearest line of attack is. Once the drill can be done properly you take it to the next level, once you attack, the blocker once again tries to block, but by the time he initiates the block, you takeover his motion and throw your next attack. You then continue this process over and over again. In the end, you want to develop the skill, were you throw out an attack and can just rain it upon your opponent, who will never have the ability to block your attack, since your always one step ahead of him. In the end, this is what chain punching is really like in Wing Chun and one of the ways to develop it. And a closer glimpse as to how to apply your sticky hand skills in real fighting situations.

Credit to hgamer @ YouTube.com

Wing Chun Chi Sao - Ip Ching and Sam Kwok

Top Level Wing Chun Chi Sao - Ip Ching and Sam Kwok taken from Samuel Kwoks personal footage in Hong Kong. - http://www.kwokwingchun.co.uk/


Friday, September 25, 2009

One Inch Punch

The one inch punch is a punching technique from Kung Fu performed at very close (0-6 inches) range.
It is commonly believed that the One inch punch skill comes only from the Wing Chun system of Kung Fu, however, it is present in many styles of Southern Chinese martial arts. As a general rule, Southern Chinese martial arts rely mostly on hand techniques from very close quarters (as opposed to Northern Chinese martial arts which focus more on kicking techniques from medium to long distances). Because the Southern styles martial artists were often fighting nose-to-nose with their opponents, they had to learn a way to deal out punishing blows even while almost touching their target.

Please read more at Wikipedia - One Inch Punch.