Wing Chun Qi Gong

[azwingchun]

I have seen various schools Wing Chun schools that do many different Qi Gong exercises. The obvious is the SLT Qi Gong, does anyone know of or practice any Qi Gong with the other forms such as in Chum Kiu, Bui Gee or even the pole or knife forms? The reason I ask this is because I have been taught this in other forms other than in SLT and wanted to see if anyone else was taught this as well. Or maybe other sets outside of the forms. :cool:

[dlew308]

Is there any danger in doing qi gong as part of SLT etc? Would there be a difference in doing qi gong before one starts practicing instead of during forms?

[kungfu cowboy]

I have heard rumors of spontaneous combustion.

"If do right, no can defense!"----Mr. Miyagi

[dlew308]

har har :p

[dlew308]

I was reading how you develop qi doing SLT very slow. I will ask my Sifu about this. We've done Qi Gong before SLT before, I found it very fun.

[aelward]

I saw this demonstration tape of German WT, and they have apparently developed a WT qigong for healing. The demonstration consisted of a guy using his WT skills to beat up bad guys, but getting a little hurt in the process. Along comes a WT Qigong practitioner who uses it to heal him up so he can fight again.

Not an interesting plot, but a fun watch all the same. Unfortunatley, I don't know the name of the tape.

JK-
"Sex on TV doesn't hurt unless you fall off."

[whippinghand]

As I understand it, it all comes down to how you breath with each movement. Not just in and out, but variations of them.

So, to answer the question, yes, it is practised in the other forms.

[azwingchun]

Not sure if I asked my question properly, so here it goes again. We all know of the Qi Gong in SLT (pretty basic), but what about the other 4 forms (including weapons). We do Qi Gong in Bui Gee, do any of you do this? How about in the Chum Kiu, the pole form, and even possibly the knive form? I have been told that within the 3 main forms that there are anywhere between 3-6 different Qi Gong sets within them not counting the ones in the weapon forms. Or maybe you Wing Chun people out there have some outside the forms?

[whippinghand]

Yes, Qigong is to be practised in all facets of the art.

[popsider]

I don't think all lineages of wing chun even have qigong in SLT let alone other forms.

[dlew308]

We need Big Blue, I mean RR, to answer :)

[WCWC]

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Grandmaster Kwok will conduct a seminar in Chi Gong for Healing on October 10th, 2010 at the Belmont Shores
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the Samuel Kwok Wing Chun Martial Art Association extends to affiliates across six continents.
Grandmaster Kwok has practiced Chi Gong concurrently to Wing Chun Kung Fu for forty years and considers it
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harness internal power for thousand of years. A strike thrown with concentrated and channeled energy is
considered far more effective than an “empty” strike.

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[Yoshiyahu]

Does your Wing Chun have Chi Kung Exercises outside of Sil Lim Tau?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEoFkCm7WOQ

One Wing Chun Exercise I practice is:

[Yoshiyahu]

Are there any more videos of the others?

1.Rising arms begins by expanding the whole body vertically, from toes to fingers.

2.Yielding breath works on stretching the whole body in a slightly different way, bending the wrists backwars. This form is often used to link the others together when practiced in sequence.


3.Side-to-side waist turns the hips and torso of a practitioner, working the waist (an important component trained for power in the boxing system) in a horizontal manner.


4.Side diaphram bends, works the waist and also involves stretching the intercostal muscles (used heavily in the sinking and rising methods of wing chun kuen).

5.Single hoof, so named because it focuses on one hand at a time, is almost identical to the threading exercises seen in systems like baguazhang. This helps work the flexibility of the bridges and the balance in conjunction with the backwards and forwards movement of the waist.

6. Expanding chest serves to fortify the chest which is often "sunken" in wing chun kuen boxing, stretching through the pectorals and shoulders, and continues the whole body work of the yielding breath.

7. Dropping power is also seen in the hei gung of other arts. The skyward reaching of the arms, combined with a complete squatting and rising of the legs, works the entire body and end the series with the practitioner feeling fully invigorated.

8.Overturning arms completes the body of the exercises, reaching out and over in the horizontal plane. Following this, both the back and the dan tian are usually stimulated.

[EternalSpring]

Does your Wing Chun have Chi Kung Exercises outside of Sil Lim Tau?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEoFkCm7WOQ

One Wing Chun Exercise I practice is:

interesting, looking at the link, I was taught that drill using a cup of water on each hand rather than a plant, and it wasn't a chi kung drill but rather a double broadsword drill. still cool to see that it's a chi kung drill as well.