What are some exercises to increase your wing chun engine power...
ie what leg work, arm strengthing, body conditioning and cardio can you incoporate into your wing chun to increase your punching power over time?
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What are some exercises to increase your wing chun engine power...
ie what leg work, arm strengthing, body conditioning and cardio can you incoporate into your wing chun to increase your punching power over time?
Basic Olympic lifts for strength training, HIIT for cardio, bag work, and the mook yan Jong form to make sure structures are good.
You need not go to any extremes for this. Simple exercises work well to keep you limber and fit, and you can do exercises that pertain mostly to the pushing muscles to give greater punching strength. I use a Total Gym and it is more than enough. Good enough for Chuck Norris, good enough for me. You can focus to greatly upon strength. Not saying strength is not a good thing, but you can focus too much on it. More important is the ability to maintain structure and apply your weapons with skill and precission. Do your forms slowly and your exercises slowly. You get more out of it.
Depends on what you want the power for. Your WC system should have given you all you need.
Strengthen your stance...
Power basics for putting power into the punch? I've always liked the good ol two person drill of chong choi vs chong choi. Distance yourself from you partner so that your fingertips with your arms pointing straight out can barely touch his chest. Get in YJKYM facing each other square. Start Chong choi'ing. Every punch has resistance from another Chong choi so you have to at least punch w/ intent and also fight for the center. At the same time, as more power goes into the punches, you have to maintain your stance, which will hopefully force you to sink deeper. It's a drill that can literally be trained from the first day on, but I still think that it's benefits are great. Plus it conditions your arms pretty nicely as well and I'm sure there are countless variations to the drills (ex: doing it w/ walking, and even that has variations)
practice SNT and use a wall bag
The people I know who hit hardest have relatively small arms but can relax and explode focusing their strike to the jic seen. Punching power ultimately comes from speed and penetration.
Practice breathing, in the YJKYM.
Breathe in and fill your dantian. Breathe out, do the "Kim Yeung" and fill your fist with your breath. Do it regularly and your fists become as heavy as hammers.
When you fight, no need to think or breathe etc. Your fists are natually heavy. As long as you stay relaxed when you hit, your opponent would feel like he just got hit by a couple of hammers.