In chi-sao stages what do you develop to strike, elbow positions or wrists ?
Elbows allow your center to be 'occupied' along your centerline while you aim your relaxed fist at the target, head etc... as you progress to striking using each arm to do this, by simply staying at angles to the fight, your forearms create a natural barrier to your self...each arm is in striking rotation along your attacking line, elbows in striking so each can be doing the job of 2 hands by simply 'being' in the way of attempted entry to your line as your still striking in rotation...each arm striking swapping for the other , angling to allow for movement ..etc...IF contact is made by the arm your contact is made WITHOUT CHASING off your line ..economy of motion your duality of technique allows you to simple focus on hitting the guy and using no thinking reactions to keep doing that simple idea going attacking longer than he can attack you. No hand grabbing over trapping etc...doing 3 moves for a statue pose attack
In chi-sao on the other hand if your using wrist deflections feeling and sticking...
Wristing involves taking your wrist/hand and removing it from pointing both at the target and using the same arm to strike in ONE BEAT doesnt matter how fast you make it you wont heave ONE doing 2 actions at the point of impact ...meaning you will deflect with wrist then strike...your alignment will moving off target then back to target .
You will have a disjointed feeling between fighting /sparring and chi-sao so you do more chi-sao because you get hit less and become untouchable a common delusion of sticky dirty clinchers.
Wrists by the nature of their 'idea' will have to chase lines of force to seek contact AWAY from your attack line and become functional by contacting first then striking...control to strike not controlling strikes, subtle difference but a world apart when fighting from no pre-conact
I was a wrister for many years so know the difference now I use the elbow development as a fighting method....elbows or wrists ?
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