learn wing chun

About to make my dummy.

i’ve got the first sash or two of the WC curriculum down plus some chisao basics, but i haven’t been to the kwoon in forever. :|

i really do need to get back to class…

Ive been self teaching myself Wing Chun for about 6 months now and need to learn Chi sao and Chum Kui.
I dont have anybody to train with so Im guessing chi sao is out.
(step by step)

My body hurts but I have held my own with some of the big boys in the class. So.. maybe I am not as old as I think! :-)

Went to the early class to catch up on my training and it was just me and my Sifu for awhile. So we ended up doing a lot of Chi Sao.

Chi Sao or sticking hands, is a very interesting and cool sensitivity/awareness, timing and speed exercise. You have to maintain contact with your opponent/partner and through touch pick up the energy or direction of his movements. We often do it with our eyes closed and at a higher level feet are involved.

If you want to see a video on it I have attached one here where the particpants do a very good job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36l8CyJj7y4

Just wish I was better and had more time to practice. :-)

My Sifu is great though and I am privileged to have the opportunity to study with him.

the only martial art invented by a woman….and its a pretty good one. very useful and fun to practice. i want to buy a dummy for my room too.

Definitely a turning point in my life, when I decided to start learning, or rather to see if I would be allowed to learn, I realized that even if I were to be accepted I was not yet a suitable student.
Since I’ve began I’ve found a calmness I didn’t know existed before.
I do not believe I will ever actually “finish” wing chun. Truthfully, I never really want to. Some of the most enlightening/joyous/memorable memories I have are from times where a principle or concept within Wing Chun suddenly made sense it me, I really do hope I never lose the ability to keep learning and creating and thats what a whole lot of it is.

So this style intersts me. I find myself analyzing my movements when I get bored. So try I to economize them. I’d like to learn this style and then move on to something else. I think its a mistake to buy into a system. Better to take what works and keep moving.

Insightful, it said that the goal of marshal arts is to not fight. Not to avoid a fight, but to win in such a way, that your opponent respects you and does not fight with you again. I like that.