Re: chum kiu lopsidedness
Originally posted by TjD
my lineages chum kiu (and i think most ip man wing chun) gets lopsided on the third section.
theres only one retreating step (before you turn into a cat stance) - which i feel is an extremely valuable piece of footwork, and only one crescent kick.
the best i've heard is that it reminds us to practice each motion separately (but i still think this is some bulldookie). are there any other reasons for this lopsidedness?
do any lineages chum kiu's do these motions with both legs?
I will take time out to anwer this question since it was one I pondered myself before finding the answers to. There is only one slanting thrust kick in the WT form as well (to the left hand side).
The reason as described in Leung Tings "Chum Kiu" book is as follows:
" The slant thrusting-kick is a 'sneaky technique' designed to attack the opponent by surprise. Like the backward pinning hand in the Siu-Nim-tau set, it is rarely applied in normal circumstances. If people are normally good at using the right arm and the right leg to attack and defend and then we practice this movement with both legs, most practitioners will automatically apply the right foot in urgent situations due to their natural habits. Therfore our founder does not teach us the right slant thrusting kick to 'force' us to practice the left leg only (normally the weaker leg). Considering this, if the WingTsun practitioner can apply a slant thrusting kick to the left side skillfully which is actually 'abnormal' to most people, this would certainly make this technique a 'surprise attack'. This is the main reason we have only one slant-thrusting kick to the left side in Chum Kiu."
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