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Self Defense – What Is Real Fighting Anyways?

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Self  Defense – Why are you fighting?

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One thing I have noticed especially at sites like YouTube is you see people randomly fighting without any real cause other than to fight.  To be honest with you fighting never solves anything.

The reason is because in the end if you really want to prove a point you could simply shoot someone and end the discussion right there.  Of course that is a tad bit extreme but my point is that fighting never really solves anything. You just end up looking like an smuck who has a big mouth.

Self Defense – Predator Vs Prey

True self defense is only needed when a fight can not be avoided. I recommend avoiding a fight at all cost. You never know when someone is going to be waiting to get revenge for embarrassing them.

Or worse you could run into someone who doesn’t realize they aren’t going to win the fight and will continue to fight even after they lost the fight.

Real self defense works really well if you are truly innocent and are just minding your own business.  The reason is because the person doing the attacking is only focused on 1 thing and that is hurting you. Since there mind is pre-occupied in this thought it can be very easy for you to employ effective counter measures.

In Wing Chun there is a saying ” Our style isn’t flashy, matter of fact if done right it doesn’t look like anything at all” .

Good Self Defense Takes Seconds Not Minutes

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Unlike sport fighting that we see on t.v there are no rounds or rules for that matter. In a real fight chances are the person doesn’t know your background or what you actually may or may not know.

This leaves a big unknown factor in a real fight.  It is best to stay calm in a fight situation and allow your opponent to reveal their intentions so that you can counter.

Timing is everything in a fight, knowing when to attack can mean the difference between victory or defeat in a self defense situation.

In this video is a clear demonstration of a person staying calm and counter attacking at the right moment.

Once you sting your opponent there is a good chance you will knock some sense into them.

If you notice the actual fighting part of this video only lasted a few seconds.

That my friends is real self defense. I would of slapped the guy in the face as soon as he spread his arms apart. Some people are just stupid.

More on self defense from around the web:

Teaching your Child Self–defense When your Child Doesn’t Want to …

I know some of you instructors don’t want to treat self–defense as a game, but it’s a lot less of a game than the two martial arts schools my family and I checked out. 90% of the time was spent doing non-martial arts oriented relay …

Publish Date: 10/01/2010 0:41

http://www.dreamboxvault.com/teaching-your-child-self-defense-when-your-child-doesnt-want-to-learn-self-defense/

What should I take for a self defense class? · Wushu And Kung Fu

Martial arts have been used for self defense for thousands of years and 10 years ago you would have heard several answers to this question. All of a sudden, people believe that JuJitsu is the ‘ultimate fighting’ art. …

Publish Date: 09/30/2010 12:20

http://wushu.42t.com/2010/09/30/what-should-i-take-for-a-self-defense-class/

A Pepper Spray Is Most Useful For My Self Defense

Lawanna A Bean is a well known expert on Self Defense Items and offers a big selection of stun guns, pepper sprays, personal alarms, Tasers and Mace. If you ever wonderedwhere do I buy pepper spray, you now have a secure place to order. …

Publish Date: 10/01/2010 5:49

http://website-on-health.info/a-pepper-spray-is-most-useful-for-my-self-defense/

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Developing The Wing Chun Huen Sao Skill

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Usage of The Wing Chun Huen Sao

What makes Wing Chun unique is the fact that it uses skills over brutality to get the job done.  In order for things like the Huen Sao to work requires a lot of practice and patience to fully understand the usage. There 3 things a huen sao is used for.

Applying the Wing Chun Huen Sao

  • Release pressure and release energy
  • Return energy back to the opponent
  • Slip a persons grip

The one thing we want to  keep constant is forward pressure. What we mean by that is like a spring even if you push it backwards you still feel the pressure. A proper huen sao comes from the wrist. We want to keep the elbow very steady. We don’t want the elbow to move, but we allow the elbow to pivot.  Watch more about that in this video.

Wing Chun Huen Sao – Bent Wrist Don’t Make Fist

Important: Energy can only go into 2 places, Either the wrist or the shoulder. If the energy goes into the shoulders a huen sao will not work.  We don’t want to fight energy. We want to maintain energy. The way that we do that is by creating arch with our wrist. You can see it better by watching this video.

Wing Chun Huen Sao Drill

This is a great drill to practice to get your huen sao to work for you.

More on Wing Chun Around The Web:

YIP MAN HISTORY 2

Lee Man sering melakukan ‘gerakan Huen–Sao‘. Leung Sheung diakui ini sebagai gerakan dasar Wing Chun, karena ia pernah belajar beberapa gaya lain Wing Chun dan karena itu tahu sesuatu tentang sistem tertentu. Dia bertanya Lee Man jika …

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 15:14

http://informasi-tentang-dunia.blogspot.com/2010/05/yip-man-history-2.html

Wing Chun Dummy problem?

Tan-Dar, Pak-Dar, Huen–Sao, Bong…all from SLT YGKYM stance without shifting. Report It Reply:Wooden dummy to use to practice footwork, check your positioning, and learn to generate power from your horse. Report It …

Publish Date: 04/26/2009 21:44

http://wing-chun2.blogspot.com/2009/04/wing-chun-dummy-problem.html

Huen Sau (basics) | China Boxer

as we all know wing chun movements came from animals, but what animal does huen sau? thank you again for this wonderful and amazing video sifu jin:). [Reply]. Alan Reply: January 6th, 2010 at 9:15 am. Huen sao makes me think of a …

Publish Date: 01/06/2010 2:48

http://www.thechinaboxer.com/2010/01/05/huen-sau-basics/

That wraps up this blog post on using the Wing Chun Huen Sao I hope you enjoyed it.

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.

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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

This wraps up another post, visit our social network EnterTaiChi to see the rest of our Lop Sao video