Wing chun kung fu complete manual chinese martial arts. Ten movements beginning from the slapblocks move ment. It is an essential part of the wing chun blocking arsenal. Youve seen the hit movie ip man, now learn how to use wing chun techniques in the modern world. Using different deflections taught in wing tsun is useful for building a solid defense. Master the wing chun double punch sifu och wing chun. Arts martial uw ne ee rl pen al robert chu, rene ritchie, and y. In japanese martial arts such as karate, these techniques are referred to as uke waza. Your stitches will look smoother and more even and if you have changes in fabric like garter to ribbing for example, it will help to even these changes out. It has a very simple, yet complex array of techniques, training methods, fighting strategies, and guiding principles.
When you block things like lace it can get a little more complicated but thats the gist of it. Thats actually more of a fma way of doing it defanging the snake. In this article you will learn basic wing chun training techniques. Even at mid levels of training, strikes can be used to deflect an incoming attack by cutting the line its coming in on. Learn about the techniques that this martial art uses. Wing chun drills and exercises the drills and exercises of wing chun kung fu are all design to give the student all the required elements a wing chun practitioner needs to help develop hisher mind, body and spirit whether its fitness, balance, coordination, flexibility and sparring. This book is an attempt to bring wing chun out of the purely physical domain and in to the internal area. The basic wing chun punch can be used for striking, defending, breaking and throwing. Wing chun techniques lesson 9 block round kick youtube.
By joyotpaul joy chaudhuri inside kungfu may 2003vol. Wing chun training wing chun how to block a straight punch. Learn several kung fu blocking techniques from a kung fu instructor in this free martial arts video series. An advanced energy system 20 chapter 4 21 beginning with the root 21 four standing exercise 23 8 pieces of brocade 23 breathing 25 standing meditation from shaolin 26 dissolving and marrow washing 26 normal and reverse breathing techniques 27. The blocking techniques in karatedo and their connection with the kamaes. The article builds upon the core principles of structure, movement, and breathing developed in a previous article on sanchin kata labbate. It includes stance, wing chun blocks and punches, basic wing. Functional wing chun techniques and training methods. A wing chun student is given techniques during there training. Wing chun is well known for its unique structures, simultaneous blocking and striking, trapping, rapid vertical punches, a focus on using the shortest distance between two points, and a strategy that includes controlling the center with constant forward pressure. Wu disclaimer please note that the author and publisher of this book are not.
Blocking consists of wetting your knitting and laying it flat, the way you want it, to dry. It is on one hand, fluid and graceful, and on the other, direct and explosive. Part 1 of 17 how to utilize kung fu blocking techniques. The skills developed through good chi sau sticky hands practice gives the wing chun student an. Blocking to the attack at the middle of the of the body chest. Stance the wing chun footworkstance training is very important because if the exponent is not properly positioned, the hand techniques will be ineffective the mui fa jong plum flower poles is a series of telephone pole like poles dug into the ground with at least five feet showing above ground. For easier reading the jook wan heun or bamboo ring. Blocking to the attack at the lower center of the body stomach. For effective selfdefense, should i opt for aikido or. There is no magic wand, shortcuts or secret behind door techniques just practice. In fig 7 the elbows motion causes the direction of force to lift too greatly loosing the elbows distance connection with the body and. Wing chuns 4in1 punch the basic wing chun punch can be.
In this section, these five principles are demonstrated through a series of exciting and cinematic realistic. Master the wing chun double punch september 5, 2016 in techniques and styles by betsy olay. Article by dan knight written on 3 aug 2012 wing chun is an art in which principles are more important than specific techniques. They can be animated either by gravity and collision, or by manual keyframing. The he progresses to chum kiu, the second form, in order to develop agility, mobility, and balance through stance pivoting and combination of hand and foot tech. In ancient chinese taoist tradition, chi or qi is the energy that flows through all things in the universe. Xuan and little reveal how wing chun was designed holistically, based on the laws of physics, human nature, and biomechanics. Abstract this article analyzes the keys to motion in the second emptyhand form of wing chun gongfu.
When defending, the wing chun exponent relaxes and uses structure, leverage and redirection to overcome their attacker, rather than hard blocking. By using techniques in instructional multimedia, the website wing chun kung fu 3d offers people a new experience by which to learn kung fu. Bon sao magic of the wing block grandmaster william. Here are some tips to help you organize these allimportant wing chun techniques in your mind. I hope people will garner more interest and understanding in wing chun after. Ng mui, a shaolin nun on the run from the manchu government, created wing chun as a system of selfdefense that women, or smaller, weaker, slower, older people could successfully use to defeat men, or bigger, stronger, faster, younger adversaries. In any case, wing chun covers the center line using the elbows, although not really for blocking, but to clear the center. Examples include age uke rising block and shuto uke knife hand guarding block. There is no question about it, for those that care about their wing chun and proper training. The wu sao should be in the perfect position to be launched forward as a block or strike. Wing chun techniques for beginners survival fitness plan. Wing chun emphasizes simultaneous offense and defense, or interceptions, so with every block there is a simultaneous strike.
The standard rising block is used as a vehicle to explain blocking principles. Beginners guide to learning wing chun law of the fist. He left personal documents, an audio recording and many video to save the weng chun kuen for the future. Wing chun should be personalized to each individual. Blocking to the attack from elbow, shoulder, jaw and temple left side. Wing chun drills and exercises martial arts classes. Wing chun is in fact the only martial art known to have been invented by a woman. Its important to force the opponent to use the outside path to attack, which is longer than going straight in. Wing chun an energy system 18 assumptions of energy skills 19 wing chun. Wing chun is a soft style with many neutralizing techniques that. Therefore, those who have studied this form must have achieved a high level of proficiency in the art of wing chun. Here the key lies with guiding the opponents punch into the elbow, think of a pak motion.
This page lists a wide variety of wing chun techniques such as the one inch punch, sticking hand, slap block, etc. The action of transition and change occurs on right and left sides, passing through all the 4 gates. The blocking techniques karatedo and their connection. Thinking outside the box to create new wing chun techniques. For a young wing chun practitioner, it can be hard to see the bigger picture immediately without doing preliminary research, i hope the current post can save you a little bit of time by shedding some light on how some wing chun schools operate today. Mook yan jong is a training device precious to the wing chun system. To the untrained eye it looks and feels too simple.
By using techniques in instructional multimedia, the website wing chun kung. Wing chun is well known for its unique structures, simultaneous blocking and striking, trapping, rapid vertical punches, a focus on using the shortest distance. Therefore he doesnt try to teach you wing chun from a book. Styles and types of blocking, as well as terminology, vary widely among the various martial arts. What makes wing chun kungfu the science of selfdefense.
In the meantime, below is a brief overview of the six wing chun forms. Kung fu is an ancient chinese martial art that requires balance, stability and strength. The third form of wing chun kung fu, biu jee, is composed of extreme shortrange and extreme longrange techniques, low kicks and sweeps, and emergency techniques to counterattack when structure and centerline have been seriously compromised, such as when the practitioner is seriously injured. This is an awesome book for those who study the chinese art of wing tsun. By forcing your opponent to use the outside path, he is restricted to using one arm at a time. Allowing the practitioner to counter and intercept in the blink of an eye. Wing chun kung fu is arguably the most effective and complete form of self defense in the world. Chinese gung fu the philosophical art of self defense by bruce lee 1987 2nd edition. Master wong wing chun training makes it possible for you to use wing chun in full contact for real. Wing chun is one of the traditional defense martial arts still being utilized today for its useful practicality. This book, by wing chun master danny xuan and martialarts authority john little, is the first to decipher these techniques that until now have been encrypted within this art. Buick yip wing chun dummies 2010 4 about these dummies if you care about having the absolute best wing chun dummy available on the market today, bar none, then you must have a buick yip wing chun wooden dummy. Wing chun martial arts principles and techniques by yip chun with danny connor. There have been some great answers already, but as someone who crosstrained in those arts and did a lot of selfdefence stuff, i thought i could offer some comments.
Techniques wing chun articles tagged with techniques. Wing chun is a soft style with many neutralizing techniques that require. This article is an excerpt from tyler reas jook wan huen bamboo ring article. In korean martial arts such as taekwondo, these techniques are referred to as makgi, with some. Lop sao pull or jerk the lop sao is an excellent trapping technique from wing chun, where you grab and jerk your opponents arm in order to stop him from striking you and prevent him from blocking your attack in the images above you can see the lop sao used in combination with a kick to the groin, followed by a palm to the head. There are some wing chun drills, but these techniques dont come from any specific wing chun lineage. Siu nim tao is learning basic skills of hand movements and blocking that will. Its pretty clear that yip chun realizes that you cant learn wing chun, or any other martial art, from a book. Rather, it is an overview of some fundamental wing chun techniques so you can get a feel for this martial art.
Minimum use of brute strength international wing chun. Here is how i created my own forms and expanded my techniques using the fundamentals of wing chun. It is the final stage of training for hand and foot techniques. Blocking to the attack from elbow, shoulder, jaw and temple right side. Introduction the objective of this work is to do a theoretical and practical study of some of the basic aspects needed when it comes to the practicing and teaching of. The other with the arms polarized in alternating positions. Wing chun kung fu is known for being an extremely fast martial art. The focus is on the proper maintenance of the bodys central axis and its motions, which helps with the development of wing chun power and the foundations of delivering that. How to utilize kung fu blocking techniques martial arts. In his blue book, wing chun kung fu, grandmaster jim fung described the wing chun system as consisting of a logical and comprehensive set of principles, which he defined as simplicity, directness, practicality, economy of movement, and minimum use of brute strength. This is a list of hand techniques found in the wing chun kung fu system. When striking, the wing chun exponent strives to relax and maximise the amount of body weight in their strikes, instead of tensing up and holding their weight back.
The low gaun sao or splitting block is used to block attacks to the mid section. Learn more about wing tsun from a professional martial artist in the free video. The devil is in the details part 5, which you can download by clicking the link. The jook wan huen is trained in 2 primary ring positions, one with the arms inserted parallel to each other in the ring. It contains the basic foundation of all wing chun hand attacks and defense techniques. Rather than blocking and attacking on two separate beats, a wing chun practitioner will either block and punch on the same beat, or block with a punch, known as the intercepting fist cutting arm. Good wing chun technique uses blocks that allow you to counterattack at the same time proper wing chun technique avoids hard blocks like those seen in karate, muay thai, taekwondo, or krav maga. The punch acts as a block as a consequence of the structure and the position of the arm travelling along its triangular powerline pathway to. Welcome to the new and growing website of tang yik weng chun this website is dedicated to grandmaster tang yik. I continued my jkd training even after bruces untimely death in 1973. When chi is blocked, either through natural causes or more nefarious means, it can stop us. Wing chun uses the elbows for defense but not in the manner shown in that master wong video. It is also what gives us the power to keep moving, as it flows freely and smoothly through our bodies. He does briefly go over the three basic hand forms and chisau but only enough so that he can comment on them and remark on how they relate to wing chuns big picture.
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