Does Your WC use elbow strikes and knees?
Is there a different distance for elbowing someone oppose to chain punch?
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Does Your WC use elbow strikes and knees?
Is there a different distance for elbowing someone oppose to chain punch?
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Why not ask your sifu all these questions?
Answer yes and yes.
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Would be fine with me.
Last edited by Vajramusti; 11-01-2011 at 03:38 PM.
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no & no......
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I will copy and email this to my wife. Hopefully she will believe it and I can continue to have fun.
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Yes, many elbow and knee attacks!
Of course there is. Usually when you are in punching distance, you punch or palm strike. Only when you are in range then elbows (and knees) become relevant.
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You are kidding right? There are no elbow or knee strikes in Philip Bayer Wing Chun?
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As to the first question, I dont see any knees in VT but if you get a chance to connect with a knee, seize it.
As to the second question, to quote gary lam, if you can punch why you use elbow? Don't make sense - Elbow for close distance only.
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I love elbows. The only problem with elbows is that if you are in range to strike someone with elbows, you are also in range to receive them. Same goes for knees.
A ground specialist takes you to the ground, because thats where he is better than you. If you are an elbows expert, take your opponent to your elbow range. If your punching is better, keep him at the punching range.
Make your opponent play your game; don't play theirs.
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1. The Tiger Tail Kick 虎尾腳 has knee techniques hidden in it.
2. Two ways to deal with the opponent. The defensive way is to strike him out and run; the other way is to bring him in, stop him from escaping and butcher him. Elbows become a very useful tool when you want to butcher him in close range.
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yes and yes
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Does your wing chun have elbow strikes?
The Flow is relentless like a raging ocean with crashing waves devasting anything in its path.
"Kick Like Thunder, Strike Like Lighting, Fist Hard as Stones."
"Wing Chun flows around overwhelming force and finds openings with its constant flow of forward energy."
"Always Attack, Be Aggressive always Attack first, Be Relentless. Continue with out ceasing. Flow Like Water, Move like the wind, Attack Like Fire. Consume and overwhelm your Adversary until he is No More"
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The knee is half way up the leg, and the elbow is half way up the arm. This makes them extremely short weapons. neither one are to be considered as a primary weapon, but a weapon for in very close and in situations where you can not actually do a kick or a punch. The elbow does not empart near the power you might think it does either. It is too short. In fact, it should only be used in an emergency, like when someone grabs your wrist or grabs you around the neck or body from behind. It is better than nothing in such cases, and can inflict some injury. In a close struggle with someone you can pull him down and attack him with your knees, but I would never deliberately try to move in to use it as a primary weapon.
The knee and elbow are indeed a part of Wing Chun. It has it's place and it has it's proper use. Just like the bong sao. I have seen people use this as a primary block or parry, then bring it back with a tan sao. It should not be used in such a way. The gong sao is for when your arms are in the wrong position or the hands are down in the lower gate. It is just an elbow/forearm sweep that fills in for other techniques of block or parry. The same with the dropping elbow or forearm drop. They all have a use and a purpose. For emergency use only. Knees and elbows are like that.
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Old Chinese saying said, "You prefer to receive 10 punches than to revceive 1 elbow."
Last edited by YouKnowWho; 11-01-2011 at 06:51 PM.
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