Tang Family Dan Chi Sau

[Marnetmar]

This is uhh...interesting.

 

[Kwan Sau]

What do you find interesting about it?

 

[Tez3]

Interesting in a 'lets have a really good discussion about it' way or interesting as in 'lets pull it apart and make fun of people posting videos on the internet' way?

 

[Marnetmar]

Interesting in a 'lets have a really good discussion about it' way or interesting as in 'lets pull it apart and make fun of people posting videos on the internet' way?

The former. The "uhh" is because I'm really not sure what to think of it.

 

[Vajramusti]

This is uhh...interesting.

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Shows differences between weng chun and Ip man wing chun chi sao. Interesting from that standpoint.
Both systems have two person hand timing drills

 

[geezer]

This is uhh...interesting.

Actually, when you break it down each of those Weng Chun dan chi movements can also occur in Yip Man WC dan chi sau when you "free it up" ... At least as I learned dan chi in the WT lineage.

For example, if your partner strikes at a downward angle from fook-sau, we similarly receive his force with dai-bong -- much as in the clip. Then if your partner should deliver an inside gate palm strike with outward pressure, we will also flow from the fook sau to "kau sau" (plucking hand) to direct the movement to the outside then continue circling our hand (huen sau) to the inside gate and strike.

However, we never do such a fast, repetitive cycle with these patterned movements. Instead we respond to the force we receive. This pattern would not teach the kind of energy we seek.



BTW I have seen very fluid and varied single arm chi-sau in many other Yip Man branches. I recall an impressive clip of Sifu Augustine Fong having a bit of fun with a senior student going one hand against two. But again, not a repetitive patterned response like this.