Shape or Action?

[BPWT]

Some might have us believe the system is so very simple. No bridging, just punch! Contact and redirect, you say? No. Just punch!

To each their own. At least, for the moment, all the name calling seems to have quietened down.

[Minghequan]

Tan & Bong: They are techniques. Apply them or not but don't get all hung up on them. Use them where needed ... it's not meant to be that hard or technical!

[Vajramusti]

Tan & Bong: They are techniques. Apply them or not but don't get all hung up on them. Use them where needed ... it's not meant to be that hard or technical!

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Are you teaching wing chun these days?

[guy b.]

SNT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKJD...hannel&list=UL

Move catalog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVCLQ...=ULxnKJDv43CjA

Look for "kiu sau" in the move description.

You can also see two bong sau's - hok bong sau, ying bong sau - in the 3rd section.

Thanks for posting

[Ozzy Dave]

Tan & Bong: They are techniques. Apply them or not but don't get all hung up on them. Use them where needed ... it's not meant to be that hard or technical!

That's like saying swallow and float are straight techniques in White Crane...

Dave

[LFJ]

Okay, so private, one-to-one lessons with Yip Man means looking through a window.

That means having a good cover story.

[LFJ]

So then, if I am understanding what you are saying, a bridge does not involve physical contact, is this correct??

For now I will leave it with the question above.

As I explained, it is silly to take the analogy literally and try to construct a physical 'bridge' with your opponent. It refers simply to the function of a bridge which is to facilitate crossing to the other side. You don't redirect a bridge, you cross it. It is an open path to be taken; in fighting, an attack line. Physical contact is having crossed the bridge, i.e. hit the target.

Of course physical contact with the opponent's arms will be inevitable in fighting, but we employ tactical footwork and angling to 'cut off' the opponent's line while creating a superior one ourselves. That's the principle of 'lin siu dai da', explained below.

By the way, this is the link I meant to send: http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/foru...&postcount=442

[LFJ]

Really LFJ? That explains alot!!!!

Holy sh!t, that's fncking hilarious! I had copied that to mess with a friend on Facebook and still had the link loaded. I wasn't trying to be an idiot...

This is the link I meant to post: http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/foru...&postcount=442

[KPM]

Holy sh!t, that's fncking hilarious! I had copied that to mess with a friend on Facebook and still had the link loaded. I wasn't trying to be an idiot...

This is the link I meant to post: http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/foru...&postcount=442

Ok. That makes better sense!

[guy b.]

As I explained, it is silly to take the analogy literally and try to construct a physical 'bridge' with your opponent. It refers simply to the function of a bridge which is to facilitate crossing to the other side. You don't redirect a bridge, you cross it. It is an open path to be taken; in fighting, an attack line. Physical contact is having crossed the bridge, i.e. hit the target.

Really not sure how people do wing chun without this understanding