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To Chi Or Not To Chi, That Is The Question

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Okay the title sucks! but I really couldn’t think of any other title for this post. Today I am going to talk about Chi or at least how I perceive it to be. Often I find that when I start teaching someone the concepts of Chi there eyes start to glaze over and they have no idea what I am talking about.

People make fun of things they don’t understand.  What people don’t realize is that all of us have Chi, but most of us don’t understand the language of Chi.

In Wing Chun  you understand it as “Talking Hands” or Sensing Hands. Believe it or not your body talks. The moment you make contact with your opponent the conversation begins. Did you know that just a small little insignificant thought can change the entire conversation in a blink of an eye?

There is a saying “The Mind Moves The Chi”

Try This: Tell someone to just grab your arm. All that I want you to do is look straight ahead, every time your arm is grabbed don’t think about anything simply get your eyes to go to the spot that was just grabbed and just let your body move. Again it is important that you do not think about it, rather as soon as your eyes make contact with it, just let go and feel.

It helps to have a training partner who is not trying to beat the snot out of you. This drill won’t make you kick people’s butt better or anything like that. This drill is to simply help you let go of yourself. So that you can hear what your opponent is saying to you.

Chi doesn’t exist for you until you actually feel energy. Before you can do that you need to imagine Chi  first. The drill I shared with you will help you connect your imagination to your Chi. It is through imagination that you will learn to develop a deeper level of feeling.

 

 

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Balance Is Key To Long Term Kung Fu Training

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When it comes to kung fu  training my advice is to not over train yourself.  You see it all the time, a new student comes into class ready to take on the world. They throw themselves into being the best they can be. There is nothing wrong with that attitude, but some folks want to be the best they can be so bad they end up injuring themselves.  Everyone always wants to know how long is it going to take them to get good.  The truth is the answer doesn’t matter, what matters is that you enjoy doing what you are doing. Martial Arts is not a destination, it is a journey.
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two brothers,li fung and li yuen,are nephews form zhang lipeng aka shi xing peng and been trained bij lipengs father. this is high level kungfu. this was taken in 2002 when i was training there,with them and under great master zhang jian su

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kung fu Iron Fist program (pain) Video – The first part of iron fist training. It’s good if you follow this with some form of meditation. Hold off on asking me the secret part of this program until you have gotten to the 100 reps a …

Publish Date: 10/10/2010 3:00

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Airline Gives Kung Fu Training To New Cabin Crew Members – The …

A rep for the airline tells the South China Morning Post that the training in wing chun, a form of kung fu that uses short, sharp movements ideal for close quarters, is being offered to all employees but is mandatory for …

Publish Date: 04/19/2011 13:30

http://consumerist.com/2011/04/airline-to-give-kung-fu-training-to-new-cabin-crew-members.html

Wing Chun Kung fu training – Ways to approach your Wing Chun Kung Fu

Wing Chun is meant to be a quick impact martial art and this should be drummed into your wing chun training from the very beginning.

Publish Date: 07/03/2011 15:35

http://mymartialartsblog.com/ways-to-approach-your-kung-fu-training/

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Wing chun Principle – Of course The Answer Is A Straight Line

While there are many students who train in this style, many who claim that their way is the only true way. I like to believe that the Wing Chun Principle is more important than the actual linage. It has been these divisions in the martial arts that has caused valuable information to get lost.

For example: Many people seek out who taught Bruce Lee figuring that if they train with that sifu they will be as good as Bruce Lee. This is kinda of funny because the man (Bruce Lee) trained night and day every day  from what it looks like if you read any of his books.

While having a good instructor is very important, having good training habits and having a good attitude is even more important.

The only requirement that you should look for in a teacher is:

  • Are they more skilled than you?
  • Do they explain themselves so that you understand them?

Those are really the only 2 questions you should be concerned with.  This is why understanding a wing chun principle is more important than knowing who said what when. Even the great late Ip Man learned from someone else I am also sure he taught the system from his own unique  perspective.  Since Wing Chun is based on sensitivity training (chi sao) it can be said that like a fingerprint each persons wing chun is slightly different than the next persons.

Wing Chun Principle – The Best Defense Is No Be There!

 

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What I particularly like about the  Wing Chun  martial art system is that, used correctly it takes your opponent by surprise and if you have a decent level of sensitivity skill you can really confuse the heck out of them.  Wing chun is one of the few systems that use principles to extract its knowledge from. We really aren’t talking about just 1 wing chun principle there are many different principles that make up the system. Each one up to individual interpretation. This is what gives wing chun so much diversity in the way it is done and taught. Ego, Arrogance and Ignorance  is what divides the world of wing chun.

 

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Tools Of Wing Chun Training

Teaching you the rhythm of the form, not to be too robotic and it is a great tool for executing applied wing chun training principles. Apart from having an actual training partner the wing chun dummy is the next best thing and a must …

Publish Date: 01/28/2011 0:04

http://www.taichiballs.com/tools-of-wing-chun-training

Wing Chun Spirit Blog: What is principle based Wing Chun?

The approach advocates that Wing Chun Kung Fu is a structure of combined physical techniques, mental strategies and methods for learning the Wing Chun system that are ruled by common, overarching principles. …

Publish Date: 01/26/2011 3:00

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