Right then... In light of all the recent Chi Sao discussions, I thought I'd get one started.

I've been training WSL VT for 9 months or so now and have done some (not a lot though) chi sao.

The way we've been shown keeps everything very tight and central and everything I've been shown and told makes sense and seems to work well in class.

Over the weekend I managed to roll with someone from a totally different lineage (Sam Kwok WC to be more precise) and his style was TOTALLY different... arms wide apart, no structure (as far as fixed elbow positions etc are concerned at least)... but it seemed to be working well for him.

Now I understand that a) he's been training for years as opposed to me training for months and b) there are always going to be trade-offs to some degree or another depending on technique, but I was wondering what sort of technique do you all use?

Mat