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Very "different".......

Hendrik, some of the stuff you mention may be above my head. I do agree that both approaches will have pros and cons, but my lineage's attitude is that going forward will have less cons and more...

Well, the difference in performing the forward way, one will need a different mindset and skills such as fine tuned sensitivity and "listening" abilities, that allow the defender to react...

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I agree. My point was the same as yours. There are different ways to do the same thing. We do it by avoiding going back.

That is not how we do man sau in our lineage, but of course, not all lineages do things equally.


Maybe my previous posts were not too clear. Chi sao for us is a training tool to among other...

In our lineage of Wing Chun, the intensity of Chi sao practice increases as the student develops. This ends up in the use fists, palms, elbow, legs, knees and feet, as striking and Chin-na/Kumna...

No one is arguing about that, just that the direction of the "movement" can also be forward (NOT backward).....;)

Again, the serious kung fu students should investigate this concept further as...

Find a real kung fu school and spar with them the way you would spar a boxer and see how far it will get you.

The kung fu strategy I talk about is about fighting for real. It is applicable for sparring, but at the end of the day it is to close down the adversary and finish him, before he manages to pull a...

A moving mountain of force should never go back.;)

IMHO, things like the central line theory and the straight line approach are not complicated, but to use them successfully in combat one needs a "little bit" of complicated training, including the...

Would you call the "idea" of not going back, simple? Or, the idea of "embracing" force?

Yes, you can refer to the directness and "straight" line approach of Wing Chun, as simple, and perhaps...

Kung fu = Hard work

No one said that understanding real kung fu concepts would be easy....

It is pretty obvious that she was going back because of his pressure. However, my sifu would do the same to me and tell me off every time I went back. He would show me how NOT to go back during...

What attribute, the running away one? How can one accept and "embrace" incoming force when one is letting it overwhelm him?

Seriously, that is not the way I have been taught in Wing Chun, nor...

I believe that they could use more angling when in a defensive mode. They could also avoid going back every time pressure builds, but then I am using my own distinct references as regards the WC I...