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    Power Basics

    What are some exercises to increase your wing chun engine power...

    ie what leg work, arm strengthing, body conditioning and cardio can you incoporate into your wing chun to increase your punching power over time?
    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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    Basic Olympic lifts for strength training, HIIT for cardio, bag work, and the mook yan Jong form to make sure structures are good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yoshiyahu View Post
    What are some exercises to increase your wing chun engine power...

    ie what leg work, arm strengthing, body conditioning and cardio can you incoporate into your wing chun to increase your punching power over time?

    ... yoga ball ... and sniff high octane gas to feed your WC engine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wtxs View Post
    ... yoga ball ... and sniff high octane gas to feed your WC engine.
    I would atleast thought kettle bells, squats push ups and sit ups and other core exercises...i guess you dont do any of that....never used a yoga ball...i think a bowling ball would be more beneficial!
    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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    You need not go to any extremes for this. Simple exercises work well to keep you limber and fit, and you can do exercises that pertain mostly to the pushing muscles to give greater punching strength. I use a Total Gym and it is more than enough. Good enough for Chuck Norris, good enough for me. You can focus to greatly upon strength. Not saying strength is not a good thing, but you can focus too much on it. More important is the ability to maintain structure and apply your weapons with skill and precission. Do your forms slowly and your exercises slowly. You get more out of it.
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    Depends on what you want the power for. Your WC system should have given you all you need.
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    Strengthen your stance...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yoshiyahu View Post
    What are some exercises to increase your wing chun engine power...

    ie what leg work, arm strengthing, body conditioning and cardio can you incoporate into your wing chun to increase your punching power over time?
    Which engine are you wanting to develop?, external or internal ?, external is developed by resistence exercises, internal is developed opposite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trubblman View Post
    Strengthen your stance...
    Yep. Know your YJKYM. There's a lot more to it than meet the eyes.
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    Power basics for putting power into the punch? I've always liked the good ol two person drill of chong choi vs chong choi. Distance yourself from you partner so that your fingertips with your arms pointing straight out can barely touch his chest. Get in YJKYM facing each other square. Start Chong choi'ing. Every punch has resistance from another Chong choi so you have to at least punch w/ intent and also fight for the center. At the same time, as more power goes into the punches, you have to maintain your stance, which will hopefully force you to sink deeper. It's a drill that can literally be trained from the first day on, but I still think that it's benefits are great. Plus it conditions your arms pretty nicely as well and I'm sure there are countless variations to the drills (ex: doing it w/ walking, and even that has variations)
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    practice SNT and use a wall bag
    The people I know who hit hardest have relatively small arms but can relax and explode focusing their strike to the jic seen. Punching power ultimately comes from speed and penetration.
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    Practice breathing, in the YJKYM.

    Breathe in and fill your dantian. Breathe out, do the "Kim Yeung" and fill your fist with your breath. Do it regularly and your fists become as heavy as hammers.

    When you fight, no need to think or breathe etc. Your fists are natually heavy. As long as you stay relaxed when you hit, your opponent would feel like he just got hit by a couple of hammers.
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    How long do you practice that exercise?


    Quote Originally Posted by imperialtaichi View Post
    Practice breathing, in the YJKYM.

    Breathe in and fill your dantian. Breathe out, do the "Kim Yeung" and fill your fist with your breath. Do it regularly and your fists become as heavy as hammers.

    When you fight, no need to think or breathe etc. Your fists are natually heavy. As long as you stay relaxed when you hit, your opponent would feel like he just got hit by a couple of hammers.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Yoshiyahu View Post
    How long do you practice that exercise?
    No more than 3 breaths at a time.
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    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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