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Kung Fu – The Illusion Of Strength

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Kung Fu – Are You A Mighty Oak Tree?

There are only 2 types of fighters in the world. Those that use their strength and those that use skill. Unless you understand the principles of energy you will always loose to a stronger opponent. Interestingly enough is the fact that unless there is a resisting force it is impossible for strength to be used against you.

Kung Fu – For Every Action There Is An Opposite And Equal Reaction

Kung Fu – Final Thoughts

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I have always believed that a true self defense system is one that a small woman would be able to use effectively against an attacker. I have heard some pretty silly things when it comes to self – defense for example  I had a conversation with a woman who told me she was taught in a class to get raped and don’t resist it. In this way you will be able to live another day.

My jaw dropped, there are like a million and 1 different things you can do in rape situations , laying their like a dead fish is not one of the options I would choose, nor is it one of the “techniques” I would want my daughters to use.

Understanding how to connect, conform and control energy is the great equalizer.  knowing this and a 240lb man can do nothing to a 130lb woman.  Just look at Bruce Lee, in reality he was a small man. Don’t quote me on this, but I believe he was around 125lbs when he was making Enter The Dragon. He could seriously kick the snot out of a 300lb man.

Ultimately it is not the person who trains harder that will be the victor, it is the person that trains smarter that will if you know what I mean.

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Kung Fu Training – Creating A Strong Grip

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Kung Fu Training – Gripping Explained

There are many different elements you have to train in your kung fu. Among them is your grip. It is one thing to grab someones wrist, it is another thing altogether to seize your opponents wrist and have them buckle to the ground in pain. Don’t laugh, that is exactly what happened to me in this video.

Make sure you watch the video before reading the rest of this post!

Of course this video is for demonstrative purposes, I am not fighting back but that is not the point. I know there are some people that will watch this and think something along the lines of  “That is not real, he isn’t really resisting it.” If that is what you are thinking than you are missing the point of the video.

Kung Fu Training – Don’t Grab The Wrist, Snatch The Bone

You just don’t want to grab someones wrist and hope for the best, if you are going to grab a persons wrist you want to make sure that you have a really good grip on it. In the video you noticed that Sifu locks into the bones of my wrist, kinda like hooking into them.

In this way he is able to lock in his grip and makes it very difficult to pull out from.  The technique he is using is sending the energy back into the spot he is grabbing, which happens to be  my wrist which is a weak spot on the body.

In this way he is able to use my force (energy) with his own force and really cause some pain to that area. Coupled with the fact that if you isolate something on the body it hurts way more than if you target a wider area.

Kung Fu Training – Cause Confusion In Your Opponent

If your opponent is unable to process anything other than what you are doing to them hurts, you  have the battle halfway won.  The reason for this is because your mind will process what is going on the moment it happens, whatever that happens to be.

Some people can train to ignore pain or even have a high pain tolerance, but if you isolate something their brain has no choice but to process what is happening to their bodies. This is why if you get a lock applied, it causes so much pain that the person just knows to give up.

Try This At Home…! –> Warning it’s going to hurt

This isn’t exactly kung fu training but it gets the point across. Grab a big hunk of flesh near the side of your stomach and squeeze it really hard. Hurts right, but you could still focus enough to counter. Now take the same side of your stomach and grab a little tiny bit of meat squeeze it and grind your thumb and index finger into it. You will see that it hurts a lot more.

That is what happens when you isolate something, it just hurts that much more…..

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Learning How To Use The Lop Sao

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Fundamentals Of the Lop Sao

Today’s video is going to talk about the 2 main uses for the lop sao.

  • Used for taking your opponents hand down
  • Used to lock your opponent

The Question Is How Does One Lop Sao.


We want to talk how we lop, how the proper way of sealing someones hand so they can never take us back, Lop sao is basically the closure of the hand, where not talking about just grabbing the  hand. We want to learn how to control them. The main thing that we do on a lop sao first we have to learn how to align our  wrist. We can not grab with our hand being bent. Our hand must have a vertical straight or slight torque of the wrist.

Lop Sao Around The Web

wing chun techniques (pak sao/lop sao) | Kung Fu Training

Master Redmond informally gives Sifu Rahsun some insights on the pak sao,and lop sao techniques.

Wing Chun Sifu
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Publish Date: 04/07/2010 3:00

http://www.kungfutraining.org/wing-chun-techniques-pak-saolop-sao.html

Wing Chun: Take What Is Useful

The lop sao or pull is a great trap to use before kicking your opponent in the groin (following up further if necessary of course). And the groin kick is very effective. But you can’t use groin kicks in the ring. The pak sao or smack is …

Publish Date: 08/01/2010 4:58

http://www.hertao.com/blog/wing-chun/

Understanding Chi Sao | The Martialist

The goal of each student is to deliver a light strike from that position while preventing the other student from doing the same, using a variety of hand techniques – lop sao to pull the other student’s hand out of the way while …

Publish Date: 12/15/2009 16:06

http://www.themartialist.com/2009/15/12/understanding-chi-sao/

wing chun techniques (pak sao/lop sao) | Kung Fu Training

Master Redmond informally gives Sifu Rahsun some insights on the pak sao,and lop sao techniques. … You use legs and arms a lot and may learn many weapons. Wing Chun focuses on having very fast/skilled hands with only low kicks/sweeps. I think no weapons. Reply. simon f says: July 29, 2010 at 6:23 pm. sure can. will gain confidence. Reply. FireFly says: July 29, 2010 at 6:14 pm. Very much so, it gives you a purpose in the bad times try it free ok then decide if it’s for …

Publish Date: 04/07/2010 3:00

http://www.kungfutraining.org/wing-chun-techniques-pak-saolop-sao.html

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