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Graham why don't you actually try reading my post first before
Yes I will endeavour to read them next time :confused:
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Apprehension in any form of fighting leads to injuries, it is just magnified in weapons fighting because of teh consequences of a single blow.
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Fair enough if true, WSL had his own way of doing things
Guess being the operative word, I could say the same about WSL (but i wouldn't out of respect) as none of us were there. Sigung's training has changed as he has gotten older, as he is now 90 he has less interest in fighting and more interest in the health benefits of Wing Chun, it hasn't always been this way.
I would say it has. Ip Chun has never been known as a fighter and his ideas on Wing Chun have never been my cuppa. Each to his own I guess.
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You know this how? Were you taught the knives by Ip Chun? Seriously who taught you the knives, other than PB I'd genuinely be interested to know?
No I wasn't taught by Ip Chun but I was taught within his lineage. I have also watched Ip Chun play knives in the flesh, listened to what he said about them and watch his applications and they are not good................for me.
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Nothing wrong with what I was taught or what my sifu was taught. If you mean do we train the knives outside of the form, then yes - both against targets and in sparring.
That's good.
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As for where the knife form fits into the system, it has multiple facets. In addition to its primary goal of learning to fight with the weapons (which is different to fighting empty handed), it teaches new footwork and angling, it refines elbow control, builds energy and improves power delivery in hand techniques, gives a workout to the wrists and shoulders, improves dexterity and much more.
Ok, you say elbow control? Are saying you control knives from the elbow as we do in empty hand?
What "energy" ?