vertical punch with 1-5 joints
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shaolin_allan
For those of you who had previous martial arts experience, when you started learning wing chun what parts of the system did you find yourself to have the most trouble learning or adapting to? For me coming from other styles such as karate and taekwondo I had a lot of trouble at first with the fighting stance footwork for the advancing steps. Also it was difficult getting used to the punching without turning my hips to generate the power.
I was taught that you punch using 1-5 joints. If you're in bridge hands and you punch with the front hand using wrist only you are practicing or using Bruce Lee's one inch punch. You start with the elbow and then fire the wrist and use those two joints. you can start with the shoulder turn into a side body, fire the elbow then the wrist. Or you can use all 5 joints and start by twisting the ankle, twist the hips, turn your shoulder into a side body, shot the elbow and torque the wrist. Now that punch has traveled 10 feet or so depending on your height and now has a lot of power behind a punch that seems to traveling a short distance.