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nice little video.
My understanding of turning differs from your explaination but each to thier own.
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Last edited by Phil Redmond; 11-21-2011 at 08:54 AM.
I agree with you Phil.
as for the shift or step -turn, toes or heel.... ect
In my opinion, is related or dependent on breathing phase and momentum handling in additional to applications.
So, it is actually not a "single isolate" event. it depends on how many dimension one has handling/control. and those are varies due to different level of kung fu or training one put in.
yeah i'm not a fan of shifting at all, but to each his own. Personal I turn from the waist or use footwork (each depending on the situation)
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Different way to the way in which we turn, for us the weight should be through a point directly below the ankle joint (note I said different and not right or wrong). As an observation people's stances get wider or narrower as they turn because the weight is moving forward or backward along the foot as they turn causing the feet to walk. Whether you turn on the toes or right back on the heels won't make your stance width change if you continuously do the same thing.
What fascinates me more than the vid is that there are lineages of wing Chun that have apparently completely ditched the turn, i'm intruiged by the thinking and rationale behind this if anyone wants to share
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Its like the finger pointing to the moon, don't concentrate on the finger.
The foot is not what is important, where do you guys learn this stuff?
No wonder the arts get so watered down.
Try not to pretend you are turning on ice, or rising to turn, what happens then?
Who is the master of the foot?
Anybody following a determined method thinks that it is the way. Otherwise you would be changing your training method to whatever is the flavor of the month. Having said that, you too believe in a sense that your way is the only way. The question is whether you are open to engage in a technical discussion with other people and how you choose to communicate.
The problem with something as hands-on as Ving Tsun is that it really needs to be demonstrated in a practical manner. You can write a lot theories that sound plausible in writing, yet when you put them under pressure they are just hot air. In my personal opinion, 90% of what you read here fits that category. And that is fine, a discussion forum is predominantly filled with people that are still on the search, thirsty for answers, without a fully defined road map of what lies ahead in their Ving Tsun path. There's magic in this discovery and people get excited about it, and the result are heated debates. Back to Ving Tsun being hands-on though, if you are serious about exchanging and experiencing Ving Tsun as practiced by others, the forum won't do. You have to touch hands.
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When you turn on your
- toes, you are not committed on your turning.
- heel, you are committed on your turning.
A easy test will be to ask your opponent to sweep your foot. Which way can you escape your foot out of his sweep easier?
Another way is to test yourself on frozen lake surface. Which way will make you feel safter?
The interest thing is if you turn both feet on the toes or heels, your feet will remain the same distance before and after. If you turn one foot by toes while turn other foot by heel, you will either increase or decrease the distance between your feet.
Last edited by YouKnowWho; 11-24-2011 at 12:21 AM.
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Not true in my case. I'm a martial artist first and foremost who happens to specialize in WC. Only a non combatant would think their way is the only way. No flavor of the month but I use what works under pressure if the situation warrants it regardless of where it comes from. I have other martial arts under my belt that I'll use where WC wouldn't be appropriate..
Last edited by Phil Redmond; 11-24-2011 at 08:47 AM.
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