Simplicity

I am coming across a more, basic concept in regards to improving my wing chun.

There are too many ideas and technicalities being expressed. I highly doubt Ip Man taught in such a manner. To get what CST had, it is much better (for me, in my opinion) to do the three things advocated by Ip Man. These are 1) do it absent force, 2) do it slowly & 3) relax arms and legs

The tai gong, seng and intention come into these 3 things. Doing it without force is practicing intention and relaxation. Doing it slowly showcases the joints and emphasizes relaxation. And relaxing the limbs is the rising because it keeps the muscles down and skeletal structure up

We (I) don’t need the technicalities. It is interesting to focus on the joints but that’s not the goal. Using joints without building internal energy – the seng – has its limits.

The shapes, too, are nice but one must discover them in the course of experience. It is not simply being handed shapes and relaxing into them. That is too long of a path.

My views are changing once more.

I started doing Taiji training in March of this year. I am now finding that I am able to transmit energy. At first it was feeble but now it is constant. However right now it is quite low. It is low in terms of there not being enough power to effectively move or disrupt someone. The current energy level is just a constant flow going from me to the other person.

The reason why this post is being updated is because I now have a semblance of an idea of how Grandmaster CST was able to transmit energy. It occurred because throughout his training of SNT, he was constantly sinking the chi. As one sinks – and then mobilizes – the energy, it becomes an assisting force. I am quite baffled by how no one in this lineage is explicitly and plainly explaining this though. Sinking and mobilizing chi is required for one to move as CST had. I am seeing this quite clearly in my pursuit of Taiji.