It has been awhile since I last made a post. The activities still continue: rising, doing the forms, kicking practices and practicing on a heavy punching bag. The heavy punching bag is quite good for doing chi sau alone. It is not the best but it readily assists in sensitivity – noting where the weight …
My training is going half-way nowadays. I figured that after a Vipassana session, I could get back on track with relative ease. That and I could move to more impressive measures such as isometric kung fu exercises – horse stance, zhan zhuang with tan saus, separating the joints. It hasn’t worked out that way. Every …
From what I understand, chi sau is the movement – usually of hands – once a bridge – connection, contact – with the opponent has been created. This process is usually used to 1) improve sensitivity 2) improve reaction 3) allow for focus upon multiple variables – in cases of “drawn-out” battles. I have seen …
