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Originally posted by Simon
how do you train mobility?
regardless of stance structure (50/50, 100/0 etc, and heel / middle / ball of foot etc) mobility must be trained from "safe" environment, progressively up to pressure situations. Its all great to be balanced and mobile on your own, but when someone is raining punches on you (etc) can you maintain it?
(I ask because at a recent hard sparring session mine deteriorated once I was under real pressure with 50+ % power punches)
Take each component of your wing chun concepts that deals with motion, develop your natural reflexes and muscle-memories with drills (Mostly timing drills), forget about sparring for now. This way you have time too develop "grace under pressure". That’s where true courage puts its head for the will of a warrior, far as sparring concerned. If it doesn’t fill natural for you too spar while trying too throw clean hard shots within the proper wing chun structure , then forget about moving your feet for now and work on your top triangle (with timing drills). For what good will your feet help you, if you can’t use your hands correctly and with meaning or power? When you can’t use your hands, then the most natural thing for the feet to do, is too turn and run away, supplementing your weakness, because there is no balance between the two triangles (top and bottom structures). And besides the better you get, the least amount of mobility you will need anyway.