chi sau world record

[foolinthedeck]

hi,
considering all the zany things that are in the guinness book or world records, is there a record for uninterupted chi sau either with just two people or one with a range of partners but not loss of bridge?

how long is the longest you have ever done chi sau for none stop? and how much do you think it would need to be to get the record? 8 hours? 12?

[captain]

blouse.

[headstock]

what about the strangest place to do chi sau? that might be interesting, I love chi sau, no special equipment(apart from a partner), you don't need a lot of space, it can be done almost anywhere, on the beach, in the garden, in the kitchen, on a train? The different locations might alter your approach and test your spacial awareness maybe?

[kungfu cowboy]

Underwater or skydiving.

[dezhen2001]

i remember a few years ago at a seminar we dd chi sau pretty much non-stop from 10am right thru lunch till almost 3pm. After a while i got real sore arms as im a newbie rolling with all my sihing and others, but then was completely relaxed again.
We were standing in the hall and on grass, and foolinthedeck may know how we like to do chi sau on a table as well - which is VERY difficult (especially for a new student like me :)), we ended up doing more that evening when it was dark too hehe

dont know if it was a record (i hardly think so) but it was a great day!

dawood

[yuanfen]

The longest chi sao is by the two bears on the Bay Area site.
They seem to have been doing it forever.

No blouse either.

[Stevo]

Originally posted by captain
blouse.

Huh?

[captain]

blouse=you talk too much/internet message board was made for you.

[yuanfen]

skirt

[black and blue]

socks

[rubthebuddha]

tank top.

[yuanfen]

jeans

[black and blue]

Cuff Links... really bright ones that shimmer in the Sun. D@mn, they rock. Every thead I start... someone post 'Cuff Links".

[yuanfen]

buttons

[foolinthedeck]

i like it.
thanks cap for explaining the blouse
thanks everyone else for taking the p*ss

woolly bobble hat

[yuanfen]

turban

[rubthebuddha]

loincloth

[yuanfen]

panty

[Alpha Dog]

Liner

[yuanfen]

pajama

[yuanfen]

rumal

[Stevo]

Thanks Captain - figured it must have been something like that.

Nappy

[black and blue]

Green dress...

... but not a real green dress, that's cruel. (For any Canadians tuning in) :)

[yuanfen]

Invisible dress

[datou]

I once read that Sifu Thomas Mannes of the EWTO did almost non-stop chi sau for 24 hours. He took a 3 minute break at the top of every hour to drink/eat something and change his shirt. He had 24 of his students come and each take 1 hour private chi sau session with him. All the money he received was then donated to children's cancer research.

[foolinthedeck]

thanks datou,
not only did u not mention an item of clothing, but you also bring up an excellent way to showcase a sifus skill and endurance, give students lessions and raise money for charity, i will have to suggest that to my sifu!!

:>

thanks again

[rubthebuddha]

datou -- that's pretty stout. any ideas where you read that?

[yuanfen]

Mannes set a very good example of community service..

[datou]

I read about it in WingTsun Welt, the magazine from the EWTO. I believe it was about 3 or 4 years ago. I thought it was a great idea. Sifu Mannes is definitely a taskmaster, his seminars are always very demanding.

But I DID mention an article of clothing - his shirt. Sifu Mannes went through 6 t-shirts and 3 pairs of pants.

His website is www.sifu-mannes.de Click "media" to see a german TV commercial that Sifu Mannes did (it's about taking troubled youths and teaching them WingTsun)

Enjoy!