Addicted To Kung Fu
When we are talking about self defense, the faster and easier a technique is the better. Depending on why you are training in martial arts will determine on what you should concentrate on the most.
If for example you want to learn a martial art for the beauty of an art as well as the health benefits of training then learning self defense techniques isn’t a priority for you. [Read more…]
The first time I seen a wrist lock applied on a person I was in awe at how a simple move could cause so much pain to a person. When I first learned how to do wrist lock I couldn’t actually get the technique down.
The first wrist lock I learned was a reverse wrist lock. I remember the look on my partner’s face as I struggled to apply the lock. My sifu came over grabbed the guys arm and in a half a second if not shorter the lock was applied and he was kneeling in pain.
So I again tried to apply the lock and again I struggled to get my partner to budge. He was resisting my lock. Over the next few years sometimes I could get the lock sometimes I couldn’t. It was because of that, I decided to apply one of Bruce Lee’s philosophy’s..
Specifically: Use what works and discard what doesn’t [Read more…]
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Wing Chun is an amazing martial art. It has a very colorful history, throughout the years people have held to the idea that less is more. There are lots of politics in Wing Chun, though I am sure there are lots of politics in all the different martial arts.
What I believe separates Wing Chun from other martial art systems is that it relies on a persons skill to work rather than a persons strength. If there is anything I learned in my own Wing Chun training it’s that patience is a virtue.
Often times I tell my own students that if you took someone who was doing MMA style fighting, they might fair better than someone who does TMA style fighting not because one is superior than the other, but because the MMA way of fighting is to get in the ring and start working it out. The TMA style of training is more interested if foundation is strong.
When I first started training, I struggled when I sparred against MMA (type) martial artist, I say type because many styles make up MMA… I only knew a handful of techniques in my first 5 years of training. My sensitivity was still at a baby stage. There is much more to this story that I will share at my other blog. For now though check out a new video we uploaded on the basics of Cross Arm Don Chi Sau
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