Unusual wing chun training

[TansauNg]

ciao Guys,

i know we'll have a lot of fun and to discuss :D check out my blog (it is not in English but there is a video):

wingchunmilano.blogspot.com

It is not a traditional wing chun approach :p

[weakstudent]

theres no video i think they took it down

[TansauNg]

let's try on this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLISillyTKQ :p

[weakstudent]

wow i never seen anything like that, the guy look like a handicap person doing wing chun, do you know if he is or thats his way of doing wing chun, i would like to chi-sau with him. i have to see it up close. But very very different.

[t_niehoff]

wow i never seen anything like that, the guy look like a handicap person doing wing chun . . .

Force myself to leave that one alone. Stop throwing me slow pitches.

[TansauNg]

wow i never seen anything like that, the guy look like a handicap person doing wing chun,


that guy it's me... and i haven't any handicap yet:D



do you know if he is or thats his way of doing wing chun, i would like to chi-sau with him. i have to see it up close. But very very different.

yes it is my way :eek:

[weakstudent]

wow no offense, why do you sway like that?, can you give a little information on your wing chun?

[weakstudent]

Force myself to leave that one alone. Stop throwing me slow pitches.

sorry dude.

[TansauNg]

wow no offense, why do you sway like that?, can you give a little information on your wing chun?

Of course i can introduce you some points, but since the concepts ans theroies are too much to explain i prefer to put a link in order to download more informations in English.

This approach is trained in Europe...but we are not a lot of guys because it is a new approach based on the body rather than the tecniques imposed by the sistem... basically we focus more in playing on the gravity force, and to work on that and not against it. It's a new approach in martial arts, but in it isn't in bodywork like Rolfing, Feldenkrais, Alexander etc...

Anyway you can download some booklet from this site, which is not mine but it explain some common important concepts:

senmotic.eu


Have fun!! :D

[bennyvt]

do you nean the alexander technique to do with posture etc. And roolfing is a remedial massage technique. Not sure how they apply to vt. I learnt that when doing remedial massage and sports science so would be interested but an at work so can't watch clips

[TansauNg]

do you nean the alexander technique to do with posture etc. And roolfing is a remedial massage technique. Not sure how they apply to vt. I learnt that when doing remedial massage and sports science so would be interested but an at work so can't watch clips

Yes i meant that.... regarding the concept between VT and those "new" approach (rolfing, alexander,...) you can check the booklet in the website i've inserted before (senmotic.eu).

[TenTigers]

kinda like, reinventing the wheel by making it rounder.

put the pipe down......

[TansauNg]

kinda like, reinventing the wheel by making it rounder.


not at all :D

[Buddha_Fist]

I remember!!!

http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/1633055-1267669721.html

Goal is to massage your opponent while you fall apart. :D

[YungChun]

I remember!!!

http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/1633055-1267669721.html

Goal is to massage your opponent while you fall apart. :D

Me too.. That was from way back...

What up?

[TansauNg]

I remember!!!

http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/1633055-1267669721.html

Goal is to massage your opponent while you fall apart. :D

Yeah...something like that.... but i don't use to train with that guy :eek:

[Buddha_Fist]

Yeah...something like that.... but i don't use to train with that guy :eek:

So you learned the slo-mo shaky touch Wing Chun from a student of his or is it your own concoction based on watching their impressive granny fighting prowess?

[TansauNg]

So you learned the slo-mo shaky touch Wing Chun from a student of his or is it your own concoction based on watching their impressive granny fighting prowess?

In the past i had some contacts with some of them and with Demann itself... but i'm talking on "oportunities to train with them" (and not to study in their accademy), the main idea in my mind born with them...but i don't think it is just the same since i had different experiences with others vision and in other martial arts. Since 3 years i'm also training in BJJ, so i've introduced also some common concepts from this art...

[Eric_H]

Hello,

Looking at your video clips, you are violating the #1 principal of wing chun: center line. At many instances you are doing a lot of leaning, and although it may or may not be effective at certain times, it goes against what most everyone would agree is wing chun's bread and butter (as far as body structure).

If you are looking for an art to combine with BJJ, I believe that many have done so with Weng Chun to great effect. GM Adreas Hoffman has a Blackbelt in BJJ, maybe he has a affiliated kwoon in your area.

Many of the internal arts offer a lot of knowledge in body integration practices, you may also find some benefit in study there. Many consider Taiji to be a grappling art primarily.

Good Luck on synthesizing your own art, let us know how it goes when you do some Saan Da.

~Eric

[TenTigers]

I remember!!!

http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/1633055-1267669721.html

Goal is to massage your opponent while you fall apart. :D
I think the fact that it is filmed at the same location as "Hostle," earns him cool points...

[Vajramusti]

"Many consider Taiji to be a grappling art primarily."
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Not me. Taiji has throws, kicks, elbows etc and Buddha's attendant pounds mortar is not a grappling move!!

joy chaudhuri

[TansauNg]

Hello,

Looking at your video clips, you are violating the #1 principal of wing chun: center line. At many instances you are doing a lot of leaning, and although it may or may not be effective at certain times, it goes against what most everyone would agree is wing chun's bread and butter (as far as body structure).

If you are looking for an art to combine with BJJ, I believe that many have done so with Weng Chun to great effect. GM Adreas Hoffman has a Blackbelt in BJJ, maybe he has a affiliated kwoon in your area.

Many of the internal arts offer a lot of knowledge in body integration practices, you may also find some benefit in study there. Many consider Taiji to be a grappling art primarily.

Good Luck on synthesizing your own art, let us know how it goes when you do some Saan Da.

~Eric

ciao Eric, sorry for my bad English but there are some points in your answer that i don't understand..i'm also repling from my phone :(

anyway regarding thecenterline i'm not working against thatconcept, but should be important to fix what you/me mean about "centerline". so maybe you cannot "recognize" it... but i can ensure u that we work on it.

i met some weng chun guys also, some r friends of mine.. but is not the same kind of workout... i train also bjj but separately, i don't mix it..

[-木叶-]

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Sorry if this is something new, but wheres the yao ma (structure)...?

I believe you are trying to induct principles of Tai Chi and Kum Na (grasping
of hands)(擒拿) into your training...

[TansauNg]

。。。

Sorry if this is something new, but wheres the yao ma (structure)...?

I believe you are trying to induct principles of Tai Chi and Kum Na (grasping
of hands)(擒拿) into your training...

no no, i'm not trying to induct principles of Tai Chi or something similar... the concept of "structure" is not based on "wing chun dogmas", but on the body - so something more close to Rolfing, Feldenkraist idea.

[JPinAZ]

Interesting video, but I can't see anything you are doing that could be termed 'wing chun' from even the basic of concepts/mechanics pov.
- No idea of self centerline
- No idea of facing to your opponent (A to B centerline)
- No fwd energy - running from attacks
- No control of your opponent.
(at least, not from what I can see on your video)


no no, i'm not trying to induct principles of Tai Chi or something similar... the concept of "structure" is not based on "wing chun dogmas", but on the body - so something more close to Rolfing, Feldenkraist idea.

All decent WC structure is based 'on the body'. WC structure comes from whole body alignment from the root up: foot position, correct knee/hip/elbow alignment, correct alignment of the spine, proper facing to opponent or incoming energy, etc. It's not 'dogma', it either works or it doesn't, and it's something that is learned early on in one's training.
If the wheel is already round, why would you reinvent it?

[TansauNg]

Interesting video, but I can't see anything you are doing that could be termed 'wing chun' from even the basic of concepts/mechanics pov.
- No idea of self centerline
- No idea of facing to your opponent (A to B centerline)
- No fwd energy - running from attacks
- No control of your opponent.
(at least, not from what I can see on your video)


There are some points in this kind of training... but most probably (as wrote to Eric) the concepts behind are not the same because of the origin of the art (the origin of this system is WingTsun).... so:

- there is centerline idea
- if i want to fight against someone i need to face him, but to avoid the incoming power i need to "move" in any directions...
- fwd energy, there is but the goal is to hit the target and not to "press" on the opponent arms..
- The main idea of this sort of training is to be able to "control"/follow incoming power, so there is a lot of control on the opponent's body.... but everything is made differently...





All decent WC structure is based 'on the body'. WC structure comes from whole body alignment from the root up.....


If the wheel is already round, why would you reinvent it?


We are always living/working with a "cube wheel", this is not a concept made by myself but there are (in US you can find a lot of these guys!!) some methods which promote this kind of vision... i'm changing the system in order to respect the WT concepts in the application/training.... WC has WC structure, and it doesn't follow the body's one. Also in Europe there is this misunderstanding and people thinks that WC/WT is suitable for the body movement, but this is not true at all... i mean d you ever seen someone in the street walking with the "wc steps" (for example)?

[bennyvt]

the body doesnt do anything naturally. Every thing we do is a learned action. We can take advantage of reflexes etc. But the body doesn't have a natural way to walk. Talk to any personal trainer doing rehab etc. Many people have excessive posterior/ anterior tilt of the pelvis due to incorrect or not optimal posture. Forward pressure is not pressing the hand. How much vt did you learn before you thought you could improve it.

[TansauNg]

the body doesnt do anything naturally.


Sure, but this depends on HOW you work on your body... fitness and sports approach dosn't provide any help in this vision (i can ensre you this also because training in BJJ i know some kind of "sportish" approach)..... try to check with a good bodyworker how "we" see/approach the body and movement...





But the body doesn't have a natural way to walk. Talk to any personal trainer doing rehab etc.


Personal trainer works on the beauty of the body or on Athletics performances.... wing chun is something different... it's a method, not a sport or similar.... so i don't care about personal trainers...

You r right, the body doesn't have a natural way to walk in the "adult" because it is "corrupted" by different "things"..... on the other hand childrens till 2/3 years old has an optimized way of use the body.... but this are infos you can find on the net from different people (doctors, bodyworkers etc....) which are well prepared on this notions...



Forward pressure is not pressing the hand. How much vt did you learn before you thought you could improve it.

99% of the guys i met in Europe use to press on the "hands", but in the theory they say exactly what you wrote... so there is a misunderstanding between reality and theories....

I'm training since 17 years.... but i think this is not important, is more important HOW you spent all your training session and HOW MUCH your brain is involved in this training...