Internal Aspects of Wing Chun
I actually started this topic in the chat room and i saw the response that it got, so i would like to reveal it to the rest of the board. What are your thoughts on Siu Lim Tao's internal properties? I have met a variety of sifu that teach wing chun and all of them have said that Siu Lim Tao has many internal, or qigong, aspects to it. The only problem is that most people are never trained to harness, much less visualize these aspects of the form.
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Wing Chun Internal? Perhaps Define Internal EMJ
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My comprehension, Wing Chun pivots and leans into a block. Evasion and deflection instead of blocks and pressure the opponent with force, this might be called Soft. This is why some Crane styles might be thought of as internal, Also Snake styles [Note in five Animals of Shao-Lin, where each represents an aspect of the human--Bones (ligaments?, tendons), Power, Spirit, Breath, Sperm/Libido (I don't write'em). I might have read Snake characteristic to be Breath (which is associated with Internal). With Kung-Fu dumbed-down to Soft and Hard and some Soft styles or Soft styles or styles with enough focus on Soft...that style might be counted by some as Internal.-Ernie Moore Jr.
I'm considering that one cannot mimic the moves of Wing Chun without moving the center and reducing the use of Strength and still be actually doing Wing Chun--these plus how you blend into attack from defense might require or :-) inspire breathing technique. I can see Wing Chun in a bridge being Snake. To connect-as a Crane.-Ernie More Jr.
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