People usually think that in order to learn well, one needs a good or great teacher. That may be true in some cases, but there is a real difference in what people think they need and what they actually need. Generally, what is thought of as a good or great teacher is the ability to […]
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Note: This is a purely copy-paste post from here because the original website is continually down. I don’t know if they shut down or what, but I read these articles when I was younger, and they are damn good to retain. On April 30, 2021 By craigsands24In Blog Posts, The Path Read Time: 41 mins
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It seems I must make a post to clarify, simplify, and explain what internal training consists of. The components involved include: 1) Concentration of the Mind2) Relaxation3) Forward Intention or Forward Pressure; Triangulation4) Internal Circuit5) Refinement In order to do any or all of these things, Concentration of the Mind is needed. You may have
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
If you don’t practice at your own level – speed, force, direction, angle, etc – you end up doing this nonsense. This is a complete and utter waste of time.
Basically, the smaller girl is trying to stab/ slash the taller one. In the face, in the neck, in the body. You have to switch to aggressiveness once something like this happens. It isn’t going to stop if you are swatting it away. Consequences will have to be dealt with later – no matter what
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Some references I use: 1) Adam Chanhttps://youtube.com/user/adamchan1 2) Chi Sau Clubhttps://youtube.com/c/ChiSauClub 3) John Cooganhttps://youtube.com/c/SifuJohnCogan 4) Fight Sciencehttps://youtube.com/c/londonwingchun 5) Shanghai Wing Chunhttps://youtube.com/c/ShanghaiWingChun
Internal techniques are mental techniques. What is being done is using the mind to connect the body and generate energy. There are various types of techniques. Below I have listed two: filling the chest and piercing the chest.
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Don’t do this – air drills (drills in the air)/ drill being completed in the air. The reason is that it loses its seriousness. It becomes theoretical as opposed to practical. Also, the guys in the back aren’t keeping their structure. Don’t do that, either.
After training for a while and getting your skill level up, if you want to get better at precise movements, then understanding and practicing specific actions is the way to go. However, practicing these actions will take up the entire class time. So the skill has to be relatively high in order to compensate for
