Quote Originally Posted by k gledhill View Post
Those aren't VT options. Typical attempt to assign basic chi sao to combat.
Coming from the man whose video examples are chi sao. And the one video, that kung fu quest one, that has "light" sparring that young man is trying to fight with chi sao as well.

The "redirection" in chi sao is for developmental to learn how to re-face with a balanced structure(if one trains that way). The application for when there is no arm contact is a "balanced" response to an opponent when you F up. Your chi sao partner is simply trying to force you to turn through contact. In a real situation it might be loss of balance, good footwork from the opponent, a nice solid hit, etc. Like I've tried to explain before, proper chum kiu rotation "sinks" the bridge with or without contact and works off of opposing forces. To know if one is truly doing it balanced without contact, one must "test" it with contact.