Wei Sui
10-18-2001, 09:26 PM
I thought of this thread after reading Mr Ho's thread on "new pics" and how he mentioned that "action pics are hard to evaluate".
My sifu preaches to execute EXACTLY as the form says when in combat/action. I believe in what he says and I am wondering how many of you not only follow this belief, but execute...
Example:
The way that the inside palm up (the tan sau from praying to the buddah) comes out is exactly the way that it should executed in a fighting situation. In our SLT we execute our by
-moving the palm out (facing the ground) along the centerline
-once extended to the apex (point defined by x-ed tan saus in the start of the SLT), use a circular motion to flip into the actual tan sau
Characteristics of our tan sau:
-elbow to the lowest point
-bent wrist so that the top of the hand is horizontal to the ground (Rather that like a flat ramp that other lineages use)
Anyhow, my sifu said that in all situations you would never alter using the form in a fight. For instance, the height of the tan sau that I explained extends just upto my chin. Thus I should only apply the tan sau (in SLT form) for blocks in that region. (ie. would not raise my elbow because the form say "elbow to the lowest point" so I can use the tan sau to complete a block to the face). Instead I would use a biu sau, tiah sau or whatever the form says that is most convienent to use (without altering the proper execution).
I am wondering if your school or if you preach the same thing. IF so how much tolerance do you allow?
Thought's, comments?
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Dai yut tow dai :)
My sifu preaches to execute EXACTLY as the form says when in combat/action. I believe in what he says and I am wondering how many of you not only follow this belief, but execute...
Example:
The way that the inside palm up (the tan sau from praying to the buddah) comes out is exactly the way that it should executed in a fighting situation. In our SLT we execute our by
-moving the palm out (facing the ground) along the centerline
-once extended to the apex (point defined by x-ed tan saus in the start of the SLT), use a circular motion to flip into the actual tan sau
Characteristics of our tan sau:
-elbow to the lowest point
-bent wrist so that the top of the hand is horizontal to the ground (Rather that like a flat ramp that other lineages use)
Anyhow, my sifu said that in all situations you would never alter using the form in a fight. For instance, the height of the tan sau that I explained extends just upto my chin. Thus I should only apply the tan sau (in SLT form) for blocks in that region. (ie. would not raise my elbow because the form say "elbow to the lowest point" so I can use the tan sau to complete a block to the face). Instead I would use a biu sau, tiah sau or whatever the form says that is most convienent to use (without altering the proper execution).
I am wondering if your school or if you preach the same thing. IF so how much tolerance do you allow?
Thought's, comments?
*************************
Dai yut tow dai :)