Post by CEB on Jan 24, 2005 14:57:44 GMT -5
Weakness was a wrong choice of word. A better term would be ‘things I sucked at’.
Regarding Punching - The Wing Tsun fist I was taught struck with the full front face of the fist. My teacher could hit hard with it. He demonstrated that by distributing the force of the blow over a broad area he could hit hard and safely with it. For a teaching demo he would strike the concrete floor of his kwoon. He could also beat heck out of a mok jong. I have tried this but I can’t seem to hit with the full face of the fist. The first two knuckles of my fist are very very much larger than the rest of my knuckles that they seem two hit first. I am going to hit then I think it best to strike with an alignment that will work best when concentrating the impact what are usually my primary striking knuckles.
The other thing is that the punch’s follow through leads with the bottom of the fist going in an upward direction. Structural the bottom of the fist is the weakest part. The “boxer’s break” as it is called is when the bone in the hand behind the pinky breaks, This is the most common fracture related to boxing I don’t know how this relates to WC punching technique. I am not familiar with WC practitioner who has suffered this break. It would be interesting to know if this happens.
One way chain punch mechanics was explained to me was that chain punching was not originally a ‘punching’ but a simulation for the knives. Knives held with points downwards as to strike with the fist/handle, then to "rip upwards" with the blade in the up stroke movement, thus the reason why the last three knuckles are leading as opposed the first two knuckles. This makes sense to me because after all a woman is never going to be able to punch like a man. To do so she would need arms like a man. So it would make sense to me in an historical perspective that there were no punches in Wing Chun. A woman in the jong armed with whirling twin knives would be practically impenetrable. Women with knives are a dangerous thing. The French fish women changed the entire course of the French Revolution after killing the French royal guard at Versailles.
Stance.
Stance don’t seemed concerned with protecting the testicles only with stability, equilibrium and movement. Since Women don’t have testicles this seems to make good sense to me. The stance work can be used to lock up the muscle of the woman’s torso to generate power in a feminine way. ( i.e. Bil Jee ) Or at least do it more efficiently for a woman who lacks the arms and muscles mass of a man.
Since I am just an old Judo player and WC is not being my primary art I probably should bow out from any further discussing. I hope this made sense. Thanks
Regarding Punching - The Wing Tsun fist I was taught struck with the full front face of the fist. My teacher could hit hard with it. He demonstrated that by distributing the force of the blow over a broad area he could hit hard and safely with it. For a teaching demo he would strike the concrete floor of his kwoon. He could also beat heck out of a mok jong. I have tried this but I can’t seem to hit with the full face of the fist. The first two knuckles of my fist are very very much larger than the rest of my knuckles that they seem two hit first. I am going to hit then I think it best to strike with an alignment that will work best when concentrating the impact what are usually my primary striking knuckles.
The other thing is that the punch’s follow through leads with the bottom of the fist going in an upward direction. Structural the bottom of the fist is the weakest part. The “boxer’s break” as it is called is when the bone in the hand behind the pinky breaks, This is the most common fracture related to boxing I don’t know how this relates to WC punching technique. I am not familiar with WC practitioner who has suffered this break. It would be interesting to know if this happens.
One way chain punch mechanics was explained to me was that chain punching was not originally a ‘punching’ but a simulation for the knives. Knives held with points downwards as to strike with the fist/handle, then to "rip upwards" with the blade in the up stroke movement, thus the reason why the last three knuckles are leading as opposed the first two knuckles. This makes sense to me because after all a woman is never going to be able to punch like a man. To do so she would need arms like a man. So it would make sense to me in an historical perspective that there were no punches in Wing Chun. A woman in the jong armed with whirling twin knives would be practically impenetrable. Women with knives are a dangerous thing. The French fish women changed the entire course of the French Revolution after killing the French royal guard at Versailles.
Stance.
Stance don’t seemed concerned with protecting the testicles only with stability, equilibrium and movement. Since Women don’t have testicles this seems to make good sense to me. The stance work can be used to lock up the muscle of the woman’s torso to generate power in a feminine way. ( i.e. Bil Jee ) Or at least do it more efficiently for a woman who lacks the arms and muscles mass of a man.
Since I am just an old Judo player and WC is not being my primary art I probably should bow out from any further discussing. I hope this made sense. Thanks