I have noticed that until now, I have made improvements in keeping the mind at the back – in the spine. However this has its limitations. When someone holds my hand tightly, half of my attention goes to the hand. I am able to keep roughly half of my attention in the spine. Because of …
Things have become hectic. There are schools advocating one art excessively without seeing how well it holds up against others or even amongst the art’s own lineages. When you go to schools they state, “Forget what you have learned. Let me teach you from the ground up according to my style.” As if style can …
I am quite flabbergasted on seeing how my fellow practitioners refuse to acknowledge energy, instead, relying on the term “mind.” There is a difference, yes. And that difference is enough to alter the understanding and conceptualization of what is going on, what one is attempting to do, and the ability of one to attain it. …
Theory of internal 1) This is primarily what I focus on. Binary. There is only tension and relaxation. Tension refers to using muscular force. Relaxation refers to “dead” weight of the arms. Then the mind comes into play, directing attention to various points of the body to: a) fill that particular area with energy, b) use …
Ok, in this post I am going to really get right into it. If there are any thoughts, I would suggest re-reading this post and then practicing what I mentioned (the concepts, not the techniques). If there is further doubt, shoot a comment and I will attempt to answer as best as I can (based …
So, I was watching a video made by Sifu Mark Spence of The Chi Sau Club school in Australia. In it he explains that he is slowly getting the hang of what CST did. It is not permanent but it is slowly getting there. A very interesting thing that he mentions at the end of …
I wanted to share a few more insights in the following posts. Yes, I have not regularly been making posts on this blog. But the reason is that there really is no reason to do so – for me. You see, I have gone from contemplating about things to doing them – at least in …
Greetings. It has been awhile. The primary reason is because I introspect amidst my training routine. I don’t find it necessary to document everything I go through. There are some that are comfortable doing this but I have never found it satisfying. So! What is new? I found the “key” to unlocking the internal system. …
Where to kick: In Wing Chun we focus on straight kicks with the height being below the hip and the knee being in the center of the body. In this lineage joints and relaxed movements are focused on more. So everything should move effortlessly. 1) Upper body. Although the focus is the lower body, the …
A couple of weeks ago, I asked both Sifus what an ideal training routine would be? Here are their responses: Sifu Eddie Chan I think an ideal training routine is one that suits you, and you should know better than others. As a sharing, I used to “apply” the wing chun way in my everyday …
