weight training

[jay2012]

hi all i was wonder if anyone does weight training for there wing chun and if so do you do light weight or heavy weights cheers

[lance]

You do have options , I wondered if you saw a picture of GM Ip Man with those t kung fu rings on his wrists and doing the sil lum tao set ? Well , it ' s what I would do too . Or you have those light weight kettlebells . Dumbells too , but see if it ' ll work for you first .

[imperialtaichi]

You do have options , I wondered if you saw a picture of GM Ip Man with those t kung fu rings on his wrists and doing the sil lum tao set ? Well , it ' s what I would do too . Or you have those light weight kettlebells . Dumbells too , but see if it ' ll work for you first .

I also use the iron rings, 12 on each arm. I use heavy butterfly knives. In my other arts I use heavy Bokken, 12 foot long thick spears and hammers.

I don't focus on building muscular strength. It will happen on its own accord. I focus on how to manipulate the weight with minimal effort.

[Vajramusti]

You do have options , I wondered if you saw a picture of GM Ip Man with those t kung fu rings on his wrists and doing the sil lum tao set ? Well , it ' s what I would do too . Or you have those light weight kettlebells . Dumbells too , but see if it ' ll work for you first .

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????? Ip Man did not use iron rings. Someone gave him some rings and took a picture and then with photo shop the rings kept increasing in number in different publications. He used kwans and bjd-s for weighting wing chun motions...and the mok jong.

joy chaudhuri

[k gledhill]

The YM photo with rings is showing the natural strength of the tan angle. TST uses the same angles to impress natural strength.....without weights. We adopt this angle for 'certain' uses , one might see similar angles of SLT, combined with CK
...if you don't understand the angles you might think CK is doing uppercuts and kata.

[LoneTiger108]

The YM photo with rings is showing the natural strength of the tan angle.

Wasn't it this specific photo that was proven to be a fake??

[k gledhill]

Wasn't it this specific photo that was proven to be a fake??

Arm angle strength is real regardless, fake or not. You can hang body weight on the angle... never mind a few rings.

[trubblman]

Wasn't it this specific photo that was proven to be a fake??

It looks fake because even though his arm is slightly angled up, the weights are not sliding down to his elbow. So unless the coefficient of friction of Yip Man's skin was high enough to keep the rinks supported I would say its fake.

[lance]

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????? Ip Man did not use iron rings. Someone gave him some rings and took a picture and then with photo shop the rings kept increasing in number in different publications. He used kwans and bjd-s for weighting wing chun motions...and the mok jong.

joy chaudhuri

Joy , okay I did ' nt know that , but thanks for the information though .

[bennyvt]

ive got a periodized plan for the year which has strength, endurance, speed and agility and flexibility. Not only does it make you stronger, faster etc. It give you something else to do. Have you ever just trained for 8 hours a day doing VT. You get bored pretty quickly. Adding this into gives more motivation but you can also adapt the excercises to make them more VT-ish.
All elite athletes do some sort of strength work. Training with a partner etc is too variable to ensure results.

[sanjuro_ronin]

hi all i was wonder if anyone does weight training for there wing chun and if so do you do light weight or heavy weights cheers

There is "general strength", which is crucial for every MA, actually every person really, to have.
It allows us to lift and carry heavy things in our day-to-day lives and allows us to sometimes go beyond that when our neighbour needs help moving his sofa or fridge.
It also strengthens our bones which we are seeing is being viewed more and more as crucial as we get older.
In that regard it is very beneficial for a WC practitioner to do some type of "weight training".
Then there is "sport specific" strength training and that is the type that is unique to how a WC practitioner moves and fights.
A well balanced WC program would include BOTH.

[trubblman]

hi all i was wonder if anyone does weight training for there wing chun and if so do you do light weight or heavy weights cheers

There is weight training that is body building. Not a good idea. There is weight training for performance. That's what I do ( or at least try to do time permitting). Crossfit style workouts. Here is a good site with weight training that would be relevant for combat athletes. http://rosstraining.com/blog/ As far as iron rings on the arms, weight training has made small advancements (#sarcasm) since then.