mook jong man
Senior Master
If any of you blokes practice a four corner deflection drill , you might want to ramp up the intensity by trying this.
In the typical four corner deflection drill the partner starts attacking his Wing Chun partner by throwing -
1. A left roundhouse punch to the head .
2. Then a right roundhouse punch to the head.
3. Then a left uppercut punch to the stomach.
4. Then a right uppercut punch to the stomach.
Its called four corner because its like the attacks are coming from the four points of a square .
The partner does these attacks one after the other in sequence , the Wing Chun defender counter attacks each strike with a deflection and his own centerline punch.
Use whatever deflection you use in your lineage to counter such punches , and work on snapping your punch out as soon as you see the attack coming.
The attacking partner starts off slowly throwing his punches taking quite a circular path , then he gradually starts attacking faster and faster and making his punches less and less circular.
But not aimed directly down the centerline , you already are used to straightline attacks.
As he attacks faster and faster , the paths his punches are taking are becoming tighter and tighter , you will find that it becomes quite difficult to execute simultaneous counter attack , and keep up with his hands.
The normal avenue for you to attack through becomes a lot smaller and his strikes seem to be all coming in at once.
In short it becomes a chaotic mess of hands , which is what we want .
Something similar to a brawl.
Its important that your partner is attacking you as fast as he possibly can.
Now at this point you could just start blasting straight through with chain punching and trying to run him down and overwhelm him with speed , not a bad option at all .
But you could already do that before couldn't you ?
Why not take the harder option and try to increase your skill level , it takes a bit of courage walking forward into the mouth of the shark.
But one things for sure while his arms are free and you are hanging back not directly affecting his balance , you are eventually going to be hit.
Just go forward and try and intercept both his arms with your Chi sau this is what it is for , start rotating , stick to them , control them and strike through using your elbow positions to keep yourself safe from his strike as you hit through , tie him up and shut him down.
You will probably end up with both hands on the inside , doesn't matter rotate , stick , gain control and strike through
Keep moving forward all the way to gain stick and force him off balance with your stance.
After a bit of practice you will gain confidence in walking in against punches and find that you can use your Chi sau as a rotating type of shield against some very hard to deal with strikes.
You will also have gone up a notch in skill level rather than just trying to blast your way through his arms with chain punching.
In the typical four corner deflection drill the partner starts attacking his Wing Chun partner by throwing -
1. A left roundhouse punch to the head .
2. Then a right roundhouse punch to the head.
3. Then a left uppercut punch to the stomach.
4. Then a right uppercut punch to the stomach.
Its called four corner because its like the attacks are coming from the four points of a square .
The partner does these attacks one after the other in sequence , the Wing Chun defender counter attacks each strike with a deflection and his own centerline punch.
Use whatever deflection you use in your lineage to counter such punches , and work on snapping your punch out as soon as you see the attack coming.
The attacking partner starts off slowly throwing his punches taking quite a circular path , then he gradually starts attacking faster and faster and making his punches less and less circular.
But not aimed directly down the centerline , you already are used to straightline attacks.
As he attacks faster and faster , the paths his punches are taking are becoming tighter and tighter , you will find that it becomes quite difficult to execute simultaneous counter attack , and keep up with his hands.
The normal avenue for you to attack through becomes a lot smaller and his strikes seem to be all coming in at once.
In short it becomes a chaotic mess of hands , which is what we want .
Something similar to a brawl.
Its important that your partner is attacking you as fast as he possibly can.
Now at this point you could just start blasting straight through with chain punching and trying to run him down and overwhelm him with speed , not a bad option at all .
But you could already do that before couldn't you ?
Why not take the harder option and try to increase your skill level , it takes a bit of courage walking forward into the mouth of the shark.
But one things for sure while his arms are free and you are hanging back not directly affecting his balance , you are eventually going to be hit.
Just go forward and try and intercept both his arms with your Chi sau this is what it is for , start rotating , stick to them , control them and strike through using your elbow positions to keep yourself safe from his strike as you hit through , tie him up and shut him down.
You will probably end up with both hands on the inside , doesn't matter rotate , stick , gain control and strike through
Keep moving forward all the way to gain stick and force him off balance with your stance.
After a bit of practice you will gain confidence in walking in against punches and find that you can use your Chi sau as a rotating type of shield against some very hard to deal with strikes.
You will also have gone up a notch in skill level rather than just trying to blast your way through his arms with chain punching.