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great documentary sifu Orr ! Thank you for sharing this, this made my day! Thanks again.... respect

thanks a lot for sharing !!!!

The way of Wing Chun! The suffocate the bridge sticking etc

Sifu - what's your opinion on CST wing chun? How are they able to generate immence force without using the ground or move their joints freely even if someone grabs them tightly?

Solid instruction!

Intresting, we do this all the time , balance is a very over looked aspect in most wing chun schools they have very poor balance and because the balance is bad so is the footwork. In these videos alan is the heavier guy moving forward most of the time . Can we see a much heavier training partner using more resistance. Being allowed to do all the moving forwards so we can see the applications of stances and footwork whilst being forced back whilst remaining in the stand up style . Thank you ☯️

Hi Alan the kick at 4:34, is it similar to this type of kick? th-cam.com/video/Ge9KwO6eAX0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=HXEiqcTHBpBw0qn3

Hi sifu, would you use more whipping or straight punches against a very tall opponent? I have shoulder subluxations in both shoulders due to loose ligaments, so I'm not sure how to deal with a tall opponent without the use of looping and whipping punches which could damage my shoulders. So far I've been trying to use straight punches to the head and whipping punches to the body, but I feel my offense is very limited as the angles of attack to my opponent's head isn't varied.

Hi sifu, could you share some clinch sparring videos/tips against an opponent who consistently tries to break out and push their way out of the clinch?

Hi sifu would you recommend running for cardio in wing chun?

Yeah man put Josh up against anyone, he's like a man on a mission and josh you are a pleasure to watch!!

Josh i wish you all the best luck for many future fights and you do Middlesbrough proud, nice 1 ❤ your favourite fights.one of the best 😮

1:44 Hi sifu I remember seeing sifu Robert Chu using a 'shaving' defence against a low kick. Could you do a video on that please? Thank you

Very interesting i agree with this .

Agree with this

"HIT EM! HIT EM! HIT EM! HIT EM! HIT EM! HIT EM! HIT EM! HIT EM! " - NPC Fan

Interesting take.. almost a Mix between chi sau, pushing hands in tai chi and sparring.. interesting training approach

Hi Alan what are some counters that you would do if somebody caught your lifting kick like the way you have done at 1:44?

Very good video, beautifully shot! Great footage of HK too. I find your comments on John Kaufman and Nima King to be very interesting. I'm from the WSL lineage under Sifu Dwight Hennings but I have done some of Nima's online course. What you said about Kaufman not giving any drills for developing the CST way of internal power... From the little that I know, taigong+"rising up" is almost their most basic skill. There isn't a good way to regress that skill into smaller pieces that are easier to learn. So people kinda feel around in the dark until they get it. I liken it to teaching a kid to whistle. You can't exactly show how where the tongue goes, etc, so the kid has to experiment until he finally gets it. At least with whistling, you will get immediate feedback when you succeed. With the internal stuff, you get indirect feedback with partner drills and pressure tests. Regarding Nima's school's way of doing chisau, it seems to me that they want to use the bridge to connect to and control the opponent's centre. Other lineages might consider it chasing hands but it's their expression of chasing centre.

Interesting video, thanks for sharing. Btw did you see "Power of Qi" movie with Adam Mizner. It is now available in YT after a long time hard to find. What's your opinion on it? Because definitely it seems that there is something more and deeper. Would like to hear what you think. 😊 Have a nice day!

🎉❤thx

That was good. I liked the idea of less effort, more capitalize on his energy. Letting him pass, covering and sinking. Nice instruction. ☺️💯🙏

RIP Jim 🙏

Really good. Thank.

Sifu, i just wanted to say, that we are very grateful, that you are sharing your wisdom, knowledge and perspective with us, if you could maybe explain how to develop this kind of sinking power, how to become really "heavy like a mountain" in the right moment as a training progression, that would be great. Thank you so much for everything you are doing for the martial art world, you are a living legacy Sir!

Thanks Alan - do you think there could be a high level sticking skill that even genuine skilled people can't delink from? That seems to be what some Tai Chi teachers are suggesting, and that the strategy of 'stick adhere join follow' is about this...

Great vid!

This exposé series of videos on internal wing chun that Sifu Alan has been posting throughout summer 2024 has - in my opinion - done more to bolster the art over the course of a few weeks than over 90% of the internet content on wing chun released over the past twenty years at a minimum. Without a doubt, I agree with Sifu Alan and can relate to development in layers, my notions can change and evolve quite drastically as I learn and grow as an individual. As a student, learning to understand the goals and purpose of the art in addition to skill development and critical thinking have all been crucial tools for my progress. Receiving information from an instructor, practicing, reflecting on progress, critiquing and adapting new behaviours over time is the reality of new skill acquisition, it is that simple and a lot of the internal crowd try to make it about some kind of unique forgotten technology that only they have. I’ve come to realize over the years being a student of the arts, that whether it is wing chun, boxing, jiujitsu, music, painting, writing, cooking, climbing, etc - they are all interrelated in that we approach them ecologically with problem solving, muscle dynamics and some kind of form with a baseline of principles and fundamentals with which to refer to and perhaps one day grow beyond of entirely as a practitioner. It is truly that simple, it is not some woo-woo ancient esoteric nonsense behind a pay-wall that the internal crowd likes to tout.

That treasure ❤

"Internal" is in all M.arts, it is the nucleus of ALL of them. Understanding how to ‘connect’ the body to utilise your maximum potential is the challenge, and that ability to ’connect/disconnect’ at will is the goal.

Great Series !, My understanding of Wing Chun has gotten Better, listening to your series . Thank you

Thankyou for kindly sharing a solid demonstration and an articulate explanation of what internal training is and that we still need the external. I like that you call them obvious skill and hidden skill, it's a very good way of putting it especially for a western mind. I'll be honest and say I went too far down the rabbit hole of internal training and becoming a bit woo woo after doing what I can describe as a very external system of Wing Chun. So naturally it made sense to learn the internal stuff. But now I've realised you need both as a whole for it to work to it's full potential. As you mentioned about Yin Yang early in the video, I think it's really important for any practitioner who's unaware to fully understand this important principle 🙏

Lovely clear demonstration. Thanks for sharing. 🙂🙏🏼👊🏼

Finally some real wing chun compared to just talking about the "energy" and "skeletal structure" and "1700 internal wing chun". Everyone wants to feel special lol

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Excellent as always 👍

Excellent as always 👍

Practical physics.Alan and Adam Chan break it down so well.

Totally agree about the hypnotism thing and exploiting people. That is what certain others are doing. Always love the way you train. However, I do have some different opinions on the pedagogy, that people can learn quicker when you roll just under them sometimes or at least pass through that for a min or so. The inexperienced still need the visual as they integrate it into the body. Can confirm you are very controlled and although there is a sound, it's a soft impact. On that other person we are not naming, I bet you he has injured people. And internally in a very significant way too<-conjecture, yes, but I've seen him hurt people with my own eyes.

Never get bored of your sharing, we are kindred spirits in this art. Playing with my neighborhood tough guy taught me this years ago. His noncompliance taught me control is very important in real world applications. W.C. and BJJ are very similar in this regard. Sifu as always thanks for all your sharing, you are truly a gem. 🙏🏼

Amen bro 🙏🦾

Nice to see that there is still some good Wing Chun content on the internet, alot of useful information here. This has been a good series.

Excellent. As there are no secrets, just lot of small things to discover! Nice sharing 👍🏻

thx I like woo woo lol, thank you so much.

A step further into short strike multiple attack direction! Great Job!

Great realistic real world Sharing. Nothing mysterious, live training . Real handling and close body handling! Hard work! No woo woo!

1:50 Hi Alan what are some counters you would do if someone caught your kick like that or like how the thai kickboxers wrap their arms around your leg?

With regards to the woo woo stuff, being one of the heavy critics of "chi bullshido" I've always said that the problem isn't "internal arts", it's not "chi use" nor "tai chi" itself, it's the specific claims of supposed abilities that don't comport with reality, every explaination you've shown in this series of videos was a true, sober explaination of how these skills are actually used! Great videos, more people should recognize how it actually works, common pseudo scientific super power claims hurt the reputation of kung fu, these videos have been a great service to chinese martial arts! Great work🙏💪

well, there are things that are really hard to explain, in terms of the body effects over the receiver - people usually think that the hopping is fake, but there are some energies that are much worse, like An - press down, that makes one's center of mass go down - not only taichi guys, but many japanese arts and other chinese internal arts have that - once you touch the guy with such dantien (or whatever) control, you feel like a 1000 kg stone was put in your arms and you can't resist but fall to the ground.

This series so far is a blast!