Using Soft to Overcome Hard

[stonecrusher69]

In this video I demonstrate how soft can over come hard, and Wing Chun structure is not the ultimate. Using yuen ging or soft power can be more devastating then hard or ngang ging.

[Reborn Mantis]

In this video I demonstrate how soft can over come hard, and Wing Chun structure is not the ultimate. Using yuen ging or soft power can be more devastating then hard or ngang ging.

Have you conditioned your forearms over the years?

Is that why it was so painful for the guy trying to hit you?

[stonecrusher69]

Have you conditioned your forearms over the years?

Is that why it was so painful for the guy trying to hit you?

Hi Reborn Mantis, No I don't do any conditioning in my bridges. As you can see in my video it's not necessary. Wing Chun uses a softer method,yet the bridge is stronger then the one who conditions their bridges..

[LFJ]

Remember when Frank Shamrock just held his arm up against Cung Le's round kick. Didn't work out so well.

[YouKnowWho]

At 1.44, the left arm is used to block a right haymaker. This just remind me a tournament sparring in Hong Kong back in the 70th. A WC guy used his left Tan Shou to block a CLF guy's haymaker. The haymaker not only knock through the WC guy's left Tan Shou, it also hit on the WC guy's head and knocked him down. After that tournament, the WC guy went back to Ip Man (my friend was Ip Man's student and was in the class at the moment). Ip Man then told him to use right Tan Shou plus a body rotation to the left to deal with the right haymaker. IMO, the haymaker with body spinning can be very powerful and cannot be block with a single arm. This has nothing to do with style but simple physics.

IMO, the haymaker is just like the roundhouse kick. It can be blocked if you move in and "squeeze the space". Trying to use your Peng Jin to block a haymaker (or roundhouse kick) may not be enough through my personal experience.

[PalmStriker]

Excellent haymaker demo !

[LFJ]

Ip Man then told him to use right Tan Shou plus a body rotation to the left to deal with the right haymaker.

Highly doubt that... That's even dumber.

[stonecrusher69]

Remember when Frank Shamrock just held his arm up against Cung Le's round kick. Didn't work out so well.

Their is a limit to everything,you just have to know your limitation.

[JPinAZ]

Their is a limit to everything,you just have to know your limitation.

Very true! I am assuming that you have tested the limits of this idea against skilled kickers of more equal size really trying to drive thru you. And also against a puncher your size really trying to hit you. I bring this up as, while I understand this is a demo, your partner is almost half your size. While he is clearly giving some effort by his reaction to the 'block', it is also clear he is apprehensive of really trying to hit you and pulling short on his attacks (maybe after the sting of the first one is felt? lol).

Either way, this idea would be much better proven against a skilled TKD or MT kicker of a few years. I know several MT guys with only a few years exp. that can generate a LOT of force with their kicks. Some make impact so powerful against a pad it feels and sounds similar to a baseball bat being swung. With that in mind, I would find it harder to believe they can be defended against at the full apex of the kick with this without stepping in or cutting the kick off first. Not saying you can't do it, but I'm sure you can agree it would be a lot more useful of a demo if doing it against someone your size with more or equal experience!

Wing Chun being an art of simplicity, I am assuming you have or can teach this to your student. Since you have a lot of clips, maybe you could make the next one showing your student doing the same thing against you? I think this would type of demo would hold a lot of weight proving the theory, as well as show this skill isn't just based on years of experience but can be also be taught and used by typical students.

Thanks.