favorite wing chun experiences

[rubthebuddha]

a truly wonderful class last night really got me thinking about how happy i am studying wing chun, and that although the studies in general are great, i have a few specific times that really stand out. i'm curious what each of yours are, be they during self-practice, class, seminar, chi sau on the beach -- anything.

the one last night for me was finally putting chi sau and chi gerk together for the first time. i've been studying chi sau for a couple years, but actively focusing on chi gerk for about a month and a half now. however, the two have been broken up for skills development. last night was the first time we put the two together and just let it flow.

honestly, i felt like the sky had opened up and the proverbial beam of sunlight hit me. soooo many things began to click and i don't think i've felt that natural in a long time. just letting my arms and legs and whole body just flow were eye-opening for me, and soul-opening, too.

my sidai likes to say that chi sau is better than chocolate cake. when i asked him for an updated metaphor after last night, he said chi sau and gerk together were better than birthday cake.

i had to agree. :)

[OdderMensch]

useing the toe-ma footwork to stop a throw.

sinking your stance just a little so everything "falls" into place.

seeing a beautiful (well to WC peeps :D ) armlock that come straight from the form.

Pak Da & Oi Mon Choi.

Like Leonardo's sketchbooks, the Cistine chaple ceiling, the 5th shympony, or the roman auquaducts the surviveing work of the great masters still have wonders to behold.

as my Sifu says "a thing of beauty is a joy forever."

[txwingchun]

Learning a hidden application in a technique that you didn't even see before.

[Kuen]

I like when we all get together in my Sihings backyard with some Chi Sao, beer and steaks on the grill! Good times!:cool:

[rubthebuddha]

odder-do you have a name to attribute to that quote, even if it's your sifu's? i really, really like it.

[straight blast]

For a beginner like me (less than 20 classes) the best moment was today. In a mock sparring session (more funsies than anything) when my opponent charged in to strike my shoulder I pivoted with a Tan sau & simultaneously fired a straight palm into his solar plexus. He went flying off on a diagonal and climbed to his feet and remarked how much power he felt from it. It was then that I realised that it was the first time that I'd instinctively completely aligned my body and attacked with a pivoting centerline. It felt soooo sweet :D

Better than chocolate cake. Better than birthday cake. Better than a new Jet Li movie (sorry Li Lian Jie!).

[rubthebuddha]

and i bet it all just happened and before you knew it, your opponent was bum-to-mat and you were wondering what the heck just happened.

and then it clicked.

:)

[straight blast]

That's exactly what happened.

Been there done that RTB?

[JasBourne]

Oh god yes. When it "clicks", when your body "gets it" and whatever it is your are doing passes from being an intellectual understanding to body knowledge, that ROCKS!!!

:) :) :)

[S.Teebas]

The feeling i get when im doing chi sau. The natural high, the buzz,.... The feeling of being part of the universe, yet paradoxily as though im out of my body observing what is happening through my eyes...And it's all working, my body knows what to do (i dont feel as though im really thinking). Seeing the things unfold infront of my eyes and im not trying to do them.... they just happen.
'Living in the moment' to a degree that cant be explained, just experienced. Perfect peace...total contentness.


By the way Rubthebuddha, Great subject! You just reminded me of why i do this stuff :)

:)

[old jong]

Yeahhh man.That's just tooooo much!:p ;) :D

[OdderMensch]

ah found it its Keats

[Jeff Liboiron]

My fav experience was the day i started wing chun

It sucks my elbow's injured after only 5 months of training, but i'm signin up for physiotherapy this week

[rubthebuddha]

straight blast: yup. that's how chi gerk was with me. hands were rolling, legs were sticking, then all of a sudden, a bong gerk clicked and i lightly kicked the inside of my partner's back knee.

then all that footwork practice i've been doing for the past few years came into play and all i could do was grin like an idiot.

needless to say, i was still grinning the following morning. :)

[rubthebuddha]

oddermensch: you are golden. thank you. :)

[Shadowboxer]

My favorite Kungfu experience was several months ago. I was touching hands one friday night with a N. Mantis brother, who gives me trouble now. But that night we touched hands for about 10-15 minutes and it was the most "on" I've ever been. It took getting used to his attacks in the beginning and I asked him to repeat some things so I could figure out a way to handle them. But after that, we were really sticking to one another for a good 10 minutes. I had been doing chi-sao for a very short period at that time, maybe a month or two. It was the best sticky hands encounter I've had so far probabaly because it was another style that I wasn't familiar with.

[urban tea]

I'mtraining with someone who learned from Leung SHeung back int the days.

There is a rumor on the internet that Leung SHeung never learned the double knives. So I asked the teacher....

"There are some who say that LS never learned the double knives...is that true? Did he learn it?"

Teacher looks at me and says, " Of course he learned it. If he didn't learn it, how would we have been able to learn it?"

hAHHAHAAHAHAHahahha

[sanchezero]

I get all excited when my horse is dialed in. Being able to toss around guys that outweigh me by 50-90 pounds is cool.