Originally Posted by
k gledhill
The attention to a lesser known WU SAO. Why do we start by repeating wu sao so many times ? Because it has a higher chance of being done incorrectly. What energy in the wu sao ? Everyone sees an iceberg by the tip out of the water. An iceberg is moving so slowly it looks stationary. It looks weak and just up in the air, but you run into it and its solid structure is or major body is under it, but moving dynamically.
When people see a wu sao in vt it is this "iceberg" concept. The wu sao won't collapse in on itself and can by very strong shortening lever become a very powerful tool in the arsenal. Smaller ,weaker sized people ( Yip Man / WSL ) could use this idea to create interceptions on their centers and manipulate force easily, IF force was attempted. If not you just see the tip of the iceberg. Yip Man was known to walk past students doing SLT as if he was passing them and suddenly slap the wu sao to see if they were using energy correctly or anticipating the slap etc.... My old sifu was a student of Yip Man and
Also did this wu sao check by slapping or nudging it suddenly. WSL also did this to Philipp and he to us ; )
He passed on a simple test from Leung Jan, Wong Wa Bo, Leung Bik, Yip Man, WSL ,PB, me.
If you know wu sao then the tan and Jum punching ideas in unison with wu become clear . None leave the line, they just recycle with coordination of forces.