Wing Chung

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Yeah, I hear that most time. Even from individuals who ought to know better. You almost certainly do as well, specifically if you do footwork for Wing Chun. Wing Chun, or "Chinese Dancing" is a soft style with a strong philosophical bent into it. The name originally originated in the ideograms for "Ever Spring", and it's really appropriate. I used to be getting sick and tired of walking with bruises and pulled muscles, and needed to change to a softer style as i was recovering. I love Kung Fu styles, so learning Wing Chun was like falling a log. Only without as much falling, or as much punches to the sternum. Although the joint locks did remind me I had been performing a real martial-art. (One piece of advice - anybody who says "Hey, let me explain to you a joint lock!" is a sadist. Just say "no". Really.) In some ways, Wing Chun is much like early forms exercises you are doing for Kung Fu, only carried with their logical extreme, as opposed to used because the fundamentals of the hard style.



What drew me to Wing Chung, aside from the sprained wrist in my primary punching hand, was the fluid footwork that it is practitioners had. Well, OK. It was the fluid footwork i saw in Jet Li's movies, while looking forward to the cast in the future off. Even so, just from watching the movies, I saw immediate uses for Wing Chun footwork during my repertoire of techniques once my wrist healed. Wing Chun footwork concentrates on balance - way more as compared to a strong kicking style, which can add very exposed trying to get a circle kick.



Specifically, the footwork demands that you simply relax the lowest stance, although not one that's so low that your mobility gets hampered. Now, I know, everyone would you martial arts has an idea on this stance, or that stance. And unless you're working in front of the mirror, you'll perform the sloppiest stance you can get away with without your sparring partner kicking that you simply another one. Things i found interesting about Wing Chun is that the form drills (San Sik is the thing that they're called) REALLY emphasize fluid motions. Without a doubt, doing the work right - you are going to sweat. And also the muscles inside your quads and hams are going to burn...but my word, is the outcome worth it. Those forms become routine, like they're learned from your knees and hips, and you do them - after the pain has gone away.

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Needless to say, everyone will probably be referring to your dance steps, but Wing Chun footwork will pay for itself nicely - since entering it, I've been far more alert to how my bent knees increase my reach with punches and elbow strikes, and it's been a great deal harder to throw me for the mat in Jiu Jitsu. The parts I've were required to compensate for from the footwork I've learned have been around in mobility. It's sometimes possible to "plant" too much - which makes it tempting to destroy stance to give pursuit, specially when you're flowing from the down block and seeking to transition in to a kick - when this occurs, the Wing Chun footwork needs to kind of "skip a beat" as you move to a harder Kung Fu kick.