too much vertical punching
Hi,
Nothing wrong with training and using the vertical punch. However, the nun is leading us to more sophisticated ways of fighting.
I know a lot of schools feel you use a deflection then punch 8 times down center line. That is not wrong but if that is what you want to do why train in Wing Chun? I think if that were the mentality of my school that I would switch to boxing so I could mix in other punches.
Also, does your school have you practice footwork while throwing all these punches? Because, nobody will stay in place for 8 hits. After 1 or 2 they will be moving backwards, its important to keep it real. Practice your footwork, dart forward while punching.
Lastly, the form repeats things 3x. I dont know where 8 came from. The nun is showing us we can do combos in 3. so 3,6,9,12 etc. Will you be standing still to receive 9 punches?
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Originally Posted by
Jaybo
Hi guys
I have been training for a few months now. Last nights sesson was a killer. With punching weights we did 5 punches to the count, we did pyramid building from 10 to 50 then back down (i.e. 10 x 5, 20 x 5, 30 x 5 etc), followed by 100 (x 5). inbetween each set, we did a quick drill. This totals nearly 2000 punches. What is gained by punching to this degree? surely 50(x5) is plenty as a warm up? I guess it is for building the muscles that we punch with, i.e biceps, triceps and back?