Alot of stuff in wing chun is common fighting knowledge...
Its just the wording is all wrong.
Upon impact you tighten the fist. But not while your arm is being shot out at your opponent.
Imagine your arm is like a whip. You throw the whip out but the whip is not stiff or hard it goes out relax. But when the whip cracks the target, ie flesh it does so with great damage and impact. Imagine your fist are inceniaries bullets. Your body is the gun. You thrust your fist at your opponent upon impact the bullets explode. But the bullet doesn't change at all while in the air. its still in its natrual state. You launch or thrust your fist at your opponent but do not tense up because it cause you to slow down or loose velocity. The power inpart comes from the speed or velocity at which you thrust your fist.
The snap at end comes when you make contact tighen your fist upon impact. If your fist remains loose you will hurt your hand. Try this on wall bag first. The wall bag teaches you how to punch correctly. If your doing it wrong your wrist will be sore.
Relax your joints. thrust your fist out like a shock put or ball being thrown in the air.
just my two cents!
Originally Posted by
WingChunABQ
"Don't use muscle" was one of those mantras at the first WC school I studied in. It was always a bit puzzling to me because without muscle, we couldn't even hold our heads up let alone do kung fu. I came to understand that it means "use structure to generate power".
Is "don't use muscle" something that's been highly emphasized for others as well?
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"