Originally Posted by
LFJ
@tc101
Also, in fighting with VT there is bound to be a clash of limbs due to our punching structure. This is deliberate. It is impractical to think of dominating centerline with no contact, picking shots in the air like a boxer. That is not what I'm saying. But rather than making contact to utilize "sensitivity" and gain control, we use intersecting attack lines to cut the opponent off, make it difficult for them to recover, and clear the line while striking. That to us is 'lin siu daai da'.
The concept of kiu here is basically gok-dou (angle), how we take the line to strike, like crossing a 'bridge'- a path to the other side. From the opponent's side this is dominating them over their sei-gok (dead angles), created by errors they make themselves (kiu loi kiu seung gwo - when a bridge appears, cross it) or by our force (mou kiu ji jou kiu- if there is no bridge, create it yourself). I don't know how much these "terms" are necessarily translated into English. But that is the basis of this strategy that is used- and not only by PB. It is simply that his students are most widespread around the world and there are more videos of him and his students.