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That's all cool G. But what do you call this double handed posture then? Have you even got a name for it in PBVT?
Does it matter what I call it? It's the concept behind it that is important! It's not an application but rather something for the new beginner to start thinking about with reference to the fixed elbow position and the behaiour of the ving tsun punch. SLT = small idea. There is nothing small about anything I have read yet. Its all a mish mash of BS!!! All of the actions in SLT are there to correct problems and address mistakes that we are prone to making. These errors need to be ironed out so that Chum Kiu can function properly. The crossing action is fundamentally about the controlling of the elbow as it is everywhere else in the forms. When a person with no prior knowledge views these movements without any prior knowledge of how and why we can turn them into anything we want!!!!
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I can understand why people relate it to kwan, and know 'when' it becomes kwan, but ultimately to me it will always simply be gaansau toiwan - cultivating arm to push and encircle. You will also see this method as the basis for all 'taichi' pushing hands, but you must know this already right?? You've researched other CMA systems?
Ving Tsun is not Tai chi!!! I can't stand those that try and combine the two!!!
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Now I'm not saying that any students would have been told that in their early training. They're simply crossing arms to identify their centre line, and there is nothing wrong in that.
In a round about way I agree with that statement!
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What I'm talking of is sharing ideas as a student progresses and my suggestion to you is to look seriously at how PB learnt from WSL.
I have no worries about how much information was shared between PB and WSL. In fact PB is one of a very few of his students that shared his thinking and that comes from WSL's own family and friends. Get over it!!
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PB may never have been told anything like this if he hadn't progressed in a way WSL wanted.
Grab those straws mate!!! You'l have nothing left to hang onto soon!!!
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This happened in the Lee Shing family too. Many students passed through LS without even seeing the 1st form, let alone understanding the meaning of specific terms and, what I like to call, 'signature' postures of Wing Chun. My Sifu was a lucky one, and I consider myself to be lucky too because this stuff is WC101 basic understanding. You must see that, no?
I will tell you this Spencer...I have seen your Sifu move. I have seen other students of Lee Shing and I have watched your videos and ideas and I do not consider any of you to be lucky.
I'd like to bow out of this thread now because I'm actually getting annoyed with your WC101 nonsense!!
Take care petal!! xxx
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