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sanchezero
03-11-2002, 11:02 PM
I was browsing thru a KF rag the o'day and saw a Leung Ting ad where he's got his hands up in a kinda chain punch pose. I noticed that he has the pinkies of his fists loose, almost open.

This is very common in wing chun but I haven't seen it so much elsewhere. I've seen my sifu do it on occasion, I went thru a period of doing it, some of my kungfu family do this. I think most wc luminaries I've seen pics of have this flying pinky thing goin on at some point.

What is the deal? :eek: We know we're supposed to hit with that end of our fist, so why do so many of us lock up the top and let the last bit rattle around? :rolleyes:

Don't make me do a Poll. :D

Ish
03-12-2002, 02:24 AM
I think this could mainly be due to the emphesis put on putting energy only in the last inch or so of a punch, so people start exagerating the change in energy.