As evidenced by your inability to point to something that wasn't consistent.
No, that's how YOU look at it. Chi sao IS a clinch (or more accurately, a representation of one).To most, "Clinching" refers to "The Clinch" which most take to mean locking up with your opponent in a clinch... VT does not trap its own hands..... PERIOD!
Just more assertions . . . .VT does not lock up, nor does it clinch in the conventional sense of the term....
VT does remove obstructions, it can jam it can grab but no not clinch in the conventional sense.. All one needs to do to see that is look at the tools and moves in the forms.. VT is about CHANGE and changing momentary controls that are linked.. Change is VT!
It's easy to confuse terms in print.. What one person thinks "attach" means, what one person thinks "clinch" means may not be what others think..
WCK has a method, and that method comes to us from the ancestors. I didn't make it up. The movements in the forms are ALL bridge hands -- get it, BRIDGE hands. BRIDGE. Contact. Attached.
Yes, those are wrestlers.Here's what VT is not:
I am not talking about "reaching for a limb" or reaching for anything. You join by striking -- as the kuit tells us "see form, strike form, . . ." and "hand goes out does not come back. . ."VT is about landing powerful strikes to destroy and disrupt.. Extended, yet momentary "contact" is used when needed, e.g. IF they are in (or come back into) our space preventing the former.. When they are not in that space then reaching for a limb is not what VT is about.. Reaching for a limb that is leaving the line is a major "faux pas" in this art no matter what you call it. Yes, VT controls but how it controls and which tools are used are dependent on what the opponent does and in no case does any of it involve "the clinch".
The first method of the faat is daap, ride or join. In other words, make and keep contact. Or, as the kuit tells us, "if there is no bridge, create one . . ."The Faat also does not refer to VT "clinching" either.. If you think it does, then your interpretation of the faat is, well, odd.. There is no clear intent in the faat of VT "Clinching"....
WCK's preferred range is where I can control my opponent while striking him.VT's Preferred range is the range at which you can strike your opponent with both arms and legs without taking a step...
I'll be happy to show you -- just come visit me. I went across the country numerous times, paid a lot of money, put in loads of hard work, etc. to learn. So, if you want to learn, make an effort.T you fail to address any specifics of how you apply your method and you refuse to post any video of your supposed "unique" interpretation... IMO this is simply because you know that if seen no one would be buying any of it...as VT.. Or, maybe you are using the art just as some here advocate, but, we'll never know because you won't show, or tell..