mook jong man
Senior Master
Most people would probably be familiar with this exercise if they have been doing chi sau for a while , it is called Running Palms .
The purpose of the exercise is to teach you not to use force against force , not to oppose resistance but to go around the resistance .
For those people that don't know the exercise here's how you do it.
Its best to start from single chi sau if you haven't done it before and in a static position .
One partner in tan sau and the other in fook sau , the one in fook sau does a forceful downward motion and the partner in tan sau instead of fighting the force , simply lets his hand flop down at the wrist and lets the force go past his hand and then he strikes through while the other guys hand is still going down .
That is how you deal with someone pushing down , but what about some one pushing outwards ?
One partner in fook sau and the other in tan sau , the person in tan sau does a forceful movement outward and instead of fighting the force the guy in fook sau simply lets his hand flop outward at the wrist like a hinge and lets the force go past his arm and then his hand can spring back in for a horizontal palm strike to the rib cage or punch , palm to the centerline .
After a while have your partner start pushing outwards or downwards randomly during the normal chi sau cycle , for those people doing double sticking hands also do it random while rolling and the partner can also push down and outwards simultaneously with both hands occasionally .
Remember to stay relaxed and focused towards the centerline with springy force and particularly against the outward force don't let your fook sau be taken off the centerline , stay relaxed at the wrist and run palms .
happy training
The purpose of the exercise is to teach you not to use force against force , not to oppose resistance but to go around the resistance .
For those people that don't know the exercise here's how you do it.
Its best to start from single chi sau if you haven't done it before and in a static position .
One partner in tan sau and the other in fook sau , the one in fook sau does a forceful downward motion and the partner in tan sau instead of fighting the force , simply lets his hand flop down at the wrist and lets the force go past his hand and then he strikes through while the other guys hand is still going down .
That is how you deal with someone pushing down , but what about some one pushing outwards ?
One partner in fook sau and the other in tan sau , the person in tan sau does a forceful movement outward and instead of fighting the force the guy in fook sau simply lets his hand flop outward at the wrist like a hinge and lets the force go past his arm and then his hand can spring back in for a horizontal palm strike to the rib cage or punch , palm to the centerline .
After a while have your partner start pushing outwards or downwards randomly during the normal chi sau cycle , for those people doing double sticking hands also do it random while rolling and the partner can also push down and outwards simultaneously with both hands occasionally .
Remember to stay relaxed and focused towards the centerline with springy force and particularly against the outward force don't let your fook sau be taken off the centerline , stay relaxed at the wrist and run palms .
happy training
