References I use

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

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.

Don’t do this!

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.

Specific Training

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 …

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2 Points

Ok. This is a good, short clip regarding 2 main points: 1) Center of mass. Increased relaxation results in greater sensitivity and awareness of the body. One internal method to utilize – move, manipulate – the body is to keep focus on the center of mass – located below the navel – and connect the …

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High Level Teachings

[From the video]: So this is an interesting predicament. The concept is nice – it is correct, gives instruction on what to do and it is at quite a high level – meaning that this is not something that is readily found. The issue, however, is that the students are not able to understand the …

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Practice, Practice, Practice

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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Teaching

There are definitely different ways of teaching. There are some instructors want a relatively decent or high level of relaxation when they start teaching advanced forms such as Chum Kui. But from what I found is that the movements of advanced forms occur naturally and happen when one manages to maintain relaxation. Not just manage, …

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