Great lesson. I absolutely agree with this. As soon as I started learning the butterfly form in Wing Chun after about 4 years of lessons to that time, all the movements felt so much more fluid to me and just more correct somehow when I did the empty hand forms thereafter. I always remember thinking 'Why aren't the weapons taught first?' because of that. I get that a foundation has to be built first though.
I’ve studied karate and kung fu some Kung fu style like wing chun practice short punching power they don’t have to chamber the punch like they do in karate and they do the iron palm training to conditioning to strengthen the hands for striking power Bruce lee said a karate punch is like a steel bar but he said a Kung fu punch is like a chain with a steel ball on the end of it and when lands it goes bam I use both but I prefer the Chinese way of punching a lot of their punches are not telegraph It goes from soft to hard and hard to soft just like a wave of water destroys everything in its path
I use open palm transitioning to a fist. So it goes. 1. open palm, distal phalanx 2. Leopard paw, middle phalanx 3. Quan, fist, proximal phalanx So when I make contact it feels like they get hit 3 times. With one motion.
Plus the Chinese taught Warfare and Martials Arts through their trade routes; such as the Silk Road and Maritime Routes. Karate is based on Chinese Kempo. From what my teacher told me.
Exactly, I’ve been explaining to people since high school that Quan Fa hand strikes are literally weapon strikes just without the weapon. It’s the same, exact motion.
While it's my own fault I've spent years explaining how unorthodox strikes are game changers in sport but especially outside sport rules. You can imagine the stupid responses I've gotten.
this is the same as japanese jiu-jitsu and aikido were based on weapons. also the practice of using weapons helps in strength and conditioning the body not to mention aids in learning positioning and coordination
Hey there. I’ve become more interested in wing chun lately. You can never choose the environment that you must protect yourself or others in as you know. My question is what can wing chun teach me that I don’t already know in the sense that i train in mma so the several disciplines I train in like the clinch fighting of Muay Thai and wrestling and dirty boxing used in clinch range and the long range punching of boxing . I’ve never done wing chun so from my outside opinion there’s things that appeal to me such as the kicking used and the principles of the centre line and the hand trapping however other things that I don’t think much of is the chain punching. So my questions are : what can wing chun give me that I don’t already know from other systems? Please reply
simultaneous attack and defense relaxed power (boxing is good at this too if trained the right way) short power with more than just punching there's a lot more to it than chain punching you probably know a lot about elbow and punching from boxing and muay thai, but WC will also have various open hand strikes try it and see if it works for you
Great lesson. I absolutely agree with this. As soon as I started learning the butterfly form in Wing Chun after about 4 years of lessons to that time, all the movements felt so much more fluid to me and just more correct somehow when I did the empty hand forms thereafter. I always remember thinking 'Why aren't the weapons taught first?' because of that. I get that a foundation has to be built first though.
I love how no matter what tech Adam does he always gos towards the center 2:12
I’ve studied karate and kung fu some Kung fu style like wing chun practice short punching power they don’t have to chamber the punch like they do in karate and they do the iron palm training to conditioning to strengthen the hands for striking power Bruce lee said a karate punch is like a steel bar but he said a Kung fu punch is like a chain with a steel ball on the end of it and when lands it goes bam I use both but I prefer the Chinese way of punching a lot of their punches are not telegraph It goes from soft to hard and hard to soft just like a wave of water destroys everything in its path
I use open palm transitioning to a fist.
So it goes.
1. open palm, distal phalanx
2. Leopard paw, middle phalanx
3. Quan, fist, proximal phalanx
So when I make contact it feels like they get hit 3 times. With one motion.
Plus the Chinese taught Warfare and Martials Arts through their trade routes; such as the Silk Road and Maritime Routes. Karate is based on Chinese Kempo. From what my teacher told me.
Exactly,
I’ve been explaining to people since high school that Quan Fa hand strikes are literally weapon strikes just without the weapon. It’s the same, exact motion.
While it's my own fault I've spent years explaining how unorthodox strikes are game changers in sport but especially outside sport rules. You can imagine the stupid responses I've gotten.
Greetings Adam and Chris, thank you. We would be without our Ancestors, footprint should not be ignored. Thank you again☀️♥️🌎☀️
Just reached grade 2 in wing Chun. Looking forwards to adding weapons
Absolutely correct!
I found this episode really informative. Thank you.
this is the same as japanese jiu-jitsu and aikido were based on weapons. also the practice of using weapons helps in strength and conditioning the body not to mention aids in learning positioning and coordination
(Approves in Kali)
Adam, where did you learn your stuff from? Did you have many different Sifu’s?
That's way 2 fast😮🤪 💯 💪
Hey there. I’ve become more interested in wing chun lately. You can never choose the environment that you must protect yourself or others in as you know. My question is what can wing chun teach me that I don’t already know in the sense that i train in mma so the several disciplines I train in like the clinch fighting of Muay Thai and wrestling and dirty boxing used in clinch range and the long range punching of boxing . I’ve never done wing chun so from my outside opinion there’s things that appeal to me such as the kicking used and the principles of the centre line and the hand trapping however other things that I don’t think much of is the chain punching. So my questions are : what can wing chun give me that I don’t already know from other systems? Please reply
I would say Wing Chun is a sideways move for you. Move forward with Hsing I, Wu Taiji, or Baguazhang.
Pigua and Tongbei have their uses in MMA. These are diagonal moves with your background.
@ it’s not so much for mma if it can benefit it that’s a bonus I’m thinking more self defence in the sense of being in a close quarter environment
simultaneous attack and defense
relaxed power (boxing is good at this too if trained the right way)
short power with more than just punching
there's a lot more to it than chain punching
you probably know a lot about elbow and punching from boxing and muay thai, but WC will also have various open hand strikes
try it and see if it works for you
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All these are from Bodhidharma Tamil Kanchipuram Pallava Dynasty. This is originally Tamil martial arts.
Silambam and Sword belongs to Tamil