The fifth layer of YKT is The force vector/ momentum handling, and basic core martial application tactic characteristic layer. This is the layer makes it a martial art. The other four layers are a support to this layer.
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the basic core martial application tactic or strategy characteristic are similar with the previous layers; it comes with general and particular solution.
In general,
there are two elements to realize a martial art application tactic / strategy. The two elements are Positioning and technics. Positioning is the location (or where, including angle, timing, and state) one chooses to confront and subdue the opponent for one's advantage. The technics is the technics or tools uses in this confrontation.
in order to ge the job done well, technics are supported by Both force vector handling and momentum hanlding.
Thus, there is the strategy. the positioning and technics which realized the strategy. and, the force vector and momentum handling support the technics' execution.
in details, positioning and technics can further divided into Pre contact positioning and technics, and post contact positioning and technics. Pre contact positioning and technics are the positioning and technics before the contact or confrontation. post contact positioning and technics are the positioning and technics after the contact or confrontation.
The example for pre contact positioning and technics is:
one decides to confront the opponent at his left side (postioning) with Pak Da ( technics).
The example for post contact positioning and technics is:
after one landed in the left side of the opponent and executing Pak Da, a situation exist where the momentum of both party influence each other; and adaptation needs to be made to complete the execution.
the pre contact positioning and technics in general refer to as closing the gap attack. where the post contact positioning and technics in general refer to continous attack to finish up the execution, or to change to recover from one's previous mistake.
in general, pre contact positioning deal with predictive estimation, while post contact positioning deal with sensing and adaptation.
Particulaly, in Wing Chun, the Wooden dummy practice reveal different types of strategy which includes the pre contact positioning and technics and post contact positioning and technics. Chisau in WCK is a drill for the advantage of the post contact positioning and technics execution.
one needs both the pre and post positioning and technics training, in order to be able to handle the minimum of confrontation.
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In general,
Different type of martial art has different type of uniqueness in technics, force vector and momenutm handling which influencing the positioning and strategy taken.
A wrestle, a Boxer, a Shao liner , a Taiji guy, a Bjj guy, develop different type of unique technics , force vector, and momentum handling strength which influencing their choice of positioning, and the strategy taken.
In Wing Chun,
Snake and Crane are the uniquenes of WCk technics, force vector and momentum handling, which influencing the positioning and technics of the strategy or tactic realization.
so, What does snake and crane means?
Snake is just a symbol, it means adaptive and accurate fine alignment ability.
As an illustrate example, a robotic arm with only a single joint is not adaptive and it has coarse in aligment. it has to make big movement, big displacement, and long time to perform a task such as --- back off one inch and then strike the target one inch to the left after the back off.
while a robotic arm with six joints will adaptively accurately and take much less time to perform the ---- back off one inch and strike the target one inch on the left after the back off.
Similarly, Snake in WCK means that function capability of the multiple joints robotic hand. This type of machine is also refer to as the Snake engine.
Same with snake, crane is just a symbol, it means instantaneous applied power capability.
As an illustrate example, using the same six joints robotic arm, instantaneous applied power means, one can applied torque in any of the six joints or all joints at the same time.
Thus, the fusion of the snake's adaptive and accurate fine alignment ability and the crane's instantaneous applied power capability yield the uniqueness of force vector/power and momentum handling ability. Which is refer as the Wing Chun inch or short jin.
With the Wing Chun short power as the platform, it give birth to the snake reel technics such as wrap, trap, hold, and grap , the glappling type of technics ; and the crane withstand technics such as withstand, bounce, split, and pulse, the strike type of technics.
this platform also give birth to both the full body power which is refer to big jin and localization power which is refer to small jin. And, also the ability to do force vectors balancing handling via visualization.
The above characteristic provide WCK the ability to sense, stick, adapt, freeze, disrupt, and strike. To realize the concept of
"Avoid strong point attack weak spot can be analogy as the snake . When it was attacked on the head, it avoids the head attack and counter with its tail. When it was attacked on the tail. It avoids the tail attact and counter with its head. When it was attacked on the stomach. It avoids the stomach and counter with both the head and tail. WCK is using "borrow force to destroy force, close body stick reeling, inch power" to realize the principle of avoid strong point attack weak spot."
In WCK these snake and crane are introduced and developed in the Siu lin Tau set as the foundation of the WCK. That is the uniqueness of WCK which is different then other styles of TCMA.
