Once again very good advice for a successful application, thank you for that!🙏 Another question - traditionally VT-kicking is done with the heel, what is your opinion on this (unfortunately I couldn't quite understand what you said about this in the video)?
This is not a very accurate statement, about the kick. You dont Fall into the kick. Falling implies a lack of control... and if the OP suddenly moved their legs / body... then you would wall forwards into a weighted lead leg... that could easily be Swept / counter-kicked. The kick should be an IMPACT KICK, not a Jab kick, nor a Falling Kick, nor a Push-Through. There are exceptions.. for example.. where if the OPs leg was completely straight.. allowing you to perform a drive-through kick to Break it via Hyper-Extension. But in most cases.. a fighter isnt going to be that inexperienced, to ever have his leg be fully straightened... and as such, you wont ever be given the opportunity... for a "Drive-Through" kick. The kick should also not merely be powered by Leg Muscles. It should be like the Wing Chun handstrikes... where its relaxed until the very moment of Solid Impact... and then you tighten your entire body for a split second... to create Fajin (explosive power... using your full body mass energy). The energy isnt falling through the kick... just like your Punches dont Fall through the OPs head. They SNAP + VIBRATE... causing internal damages... when performed Properly. If you tried to Fall with your punches... and the OPs head moved out of the way... you would be leaning / falling forwards... and potentially be taken advantage of. You should never be committing mass in an Risky way. It should always remain Balanced / Stable, at all times. To develop power in these kicks... Its necessary to kick solid targets. You can do this bare-foot, kicking wall mounted sandbags, that are packed tightly with coarse grain beach sand (make sure the bag is filled as tightly as possible, for extremely minimum absorption). And for heavier practice.. put on a pair of Kung Fu slippers, or even better.. a pair of real leather sole dress shoes, and kick a telephone pole, tree, wooden dummy core, etc. These kicks should be performed from both the Rear Leg positions, and the short range LEAD leg positions. My routine was four 15 minute, non-stop Sets. Two sets from the left and right rear leg positions, and two sets from the lead leg positions. You want to maintain full speed, full acceleration, and full impact potentials.. for every kick. You should be just as FAST in RETURNING your foot back to the floor... as your kicks are in Executing forwards. Each kick should STING the bottom of your foot, from each and every impact. If at ANY TIME... you are slowing your pace / speeds, and or lightening your kicks impacts as you are working on any of your sets... you still have a lot of work to do. Also, while you are kicking, your breath should be matching the pace, and intensity, of each kick. Breath out when kicking, and quickly inhale, as you are Returning your leg back towards the ground. Your lungs should be full, by the time your foot touches the ground. You should NEVER be holding your breath, at any point in time. NOR should you ever GRUNT, or be making any vocalized sounds. Only natural Breath sounds... from air movements. As said.. you should remain relaxed.. until the point of solid impact... and then Tense all of your body up for a fraction of a second, then relax again.. and quickly retract back to the floor. Your foot should return to the EXACT SPOT, and the EXACT ANGLE, from which it left.... every single time. Take about 2 to 3 minutes rest max, between each set. Relax your legs, lightly swinging them back, forth, in circles, and shaking them out a few times.. to get the bloodflow back into them. This is critical to maintaining your flexibility, and good bloodflow. You dont want to develop Stiff / Ded muscles. When you do the Short Range lead leg kicks... you will feel like you have No real power at all. This will remain the case, until you have developed short range power potentials. This will take a few months worth of regular work, to attain. You should do this drill, every other day... consecutively for a minimum of 3 months time. The progression will likely be very slow / insignificant, for the first month and some change... before you start to notice difference. You should be able to double your acceleration speed, and quadruple your short range impact potentials. Its only then, when you can consider your kicks to be at Masterclass level. This is what the Ancient Wing Chun / Kung Fu fighters, would have been at, when they were actually fighting. You didnt want to be anywhere near their kicks... as if you ate a single one... the fight would be Over with. When you do reach Masterclass level at this kick... you have to be extremely careful when you apply it in any sparring events. Even at a mere 10 to 15%... you can cause severe injuries, even against a forwards bend knee (typical lead leg stance, of a fighter). I used about 10% on a very experienced, and very DISRESPECTFUL sport fighter. Kicked just above or below his knee (cant recall exactly), and dropped him instantly. He was screaming and crying a river of tears. It took a month for him to fully recover from the resulting internal injury. Obviously, I felt bad about it, and apologized.. despite his former disrespect. I also had only intended to give a small Taste... but internal power at Masterclass levels.. is so extremely powerful, that even mild levels of it, are still very dangerous / destructive. Also note.. his leg wasnt straightened. He stepped towards me, and had a forwards weighted, lead leg bent-knee stance. I also used my short range LEAD leg to kick... rather than using the rear leg. The Concept of "Falling" is good for a beginner to quickly understand Mass Energy... but, on the other hand.. its not really how the kick is actually performed. As for how Yipman was shown performing the forms... Realize that Yipman was on the very edge of passing away. He was very weak, and could barely perform the forms at all. I believe he passed away, mere days after recording these forms. I believe id heard, that he also lacked the energy and ability to perform All of the WC forms. It was a miracle that we got any footage of him doing these forms.. because for most of his life, he was against spreading this knowledge to strangers, and potentially... foreigners. I believe it took a lot of convincing, for him to realize the importance of recording the forms... before his passing.
@@robbanbobban2 Thats some amazing Assumptions, from someone that knows ZIP about me... what Ive studied, Mastered... and Experienced against countless fighters in heavy contact matches, and a few REAL barefist encounters. Your ego is too easily Bruised... and your mind is way too Closed. Martial arts, is not just about making the Body Superior. Its also about changing the Mind, and Developing "Internal Strength" (Of Character, Morals, Values.. etc). If you are so easily Upset Emotionally... then you still have a Lot more work to be done. As a Masterclass level fighter myself... with 31 yrs of HARDCORE experience... I still would never say that I knew it all. I still have an open mind. I still accept new information, and can accept and admit.. when I get things wrong. Im also fine with accepting Constructive Criticism. My Ego has no real value... as The Truth, is FAR more Important, and Valuable. Learn from the Wisdom that is Shared... rather than simply shutting down, via Biased Bubbles. Or dont... and choose to limit your depth of knowledge, and progression / potentials. Realize, that its not so much that the man was wrong... but more so, that the description wasnt entirely Accurate. He may be doing the kick correctly.. but the description, doesnt fully match what is actually taking place. Teaching is actually an Artform within itself. Its often easy for certain people to copy physical movements, without fully understanding each individual component of these actions. You tend to perform them fast, without much "Thought" involved. However.. when you have to teach these things to someone else... you have to become aware of every tiny Detail... and then, also need to figure out the best way to convey that awareness.. into spoken words. Its not uncommon, for people to make mistakes about how they are feeling something... or in how they Describe what they are feeling. Heck... Ive seen Teachers describe something one way... while physically doing it another way... due to a lack of full awareness. Ive also been in similar states, early on in my own progression, and when I was teaching a few students, in Private. I also happen to be a Perfectionist, as well as a good mechanic (fixing mechanical things), and an Artist (pencil / paintings). All of this, and more... has helped me to be able to figure out complex interactions, and to describe them in the most effective of ways, that people would easily understand. Of course, many of my descriptions have went through a lot of revisions, since Ive often argued online with others. The more you argue against strong opposition.. the stronger your arguments end up becoming + the better your descriptions become.
Thank you Sifu for sharing these tips
One of the best parts of wing chun, the kicks!
Once again very good advice for a successful application, thank you for that!🙏
Another question - traditionally VT-kicking is done with the heel, what is your opinion on this (unfortunately I couldn't quite understand what you said about this in the video)?
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Should be "無影腳", buddy.
@@魔王巴恩 意思是一样的
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我知。我只係唔鍾意簡體字.
主要因為我講廣東話
@@魔王巴恩 都是中文 不要自己搞特殊。。广东话也是华语。。。 do not make fool of yourself .... to western people you are all chinese
@ its all same ,, it is chinese . do not make fool of yourself
This is not a very accurate statement, about the kick. You dont Fall into the kick. Falling implies a lack of control... and if the OP suddenly moved their legs / body... then you would wall forwards into a weighted lead leg... that could easily be Swept / counter-kicked.
The kick should be an IMPACT KICK, not a Jab kick, nor a Falling Kick, nor a Push-Through. There are exceptions.. for example.. where if the OPs leg was completely straight.. allowing you to perform a drive-through kick to Break it via Hyper-Extension. But in most cases.. a fighter isnt going to be that inexperienced, to ever have his leg be fully straightened... and as such, you wont ever be given the opportunity... for a "Drive-Through" kick.
The kick should also not merely be powered by Leg Muscles. It should be like the Wing Chun handstrikes... where its relaxed until the very moment of Solid Impact... and then you tighten your entire body for a split second... to create Fajin (explosive power... using your full body mass energy). The energy isnt falling through the kick... just like your Punches dont Fall through the OPs head. They SNAP + VIBRATE... causing internal damages... when performed Properly. If you tried to Fall with your punches... and the OPs head moved out of the way... you would be leaning / falling forwards... and potentially be taken advantage of. You should never be committing mass in an Risky way. It should always remain Balanced / Stable, at all times.
To develop power in these kicks... Its necessary to kick solid targets. You can do this bare-foot, kicking wall mounted sandbags, that are packed tightly with coarse grain beach sand (make sure the bag is filled as tightly as possible, for extremely minimum absorption). And for heavier practice.. put on a pair of Kung Fu slippers, or even better.. a pair of real leather sole dress shoes, and kick a telephone pole, tree, wooden dummy core, etc. These kicks should be performed from both the Rear Leg positions, and the short range LEAD leg positions.
My routine was four 15 minute, non-stop Sets. Two sets from the left and right rear leg positions, and two sets from the lead leg positions. You want to maintain full speed, full acceleration, and full impact potentials.. for every kick. You should be just as FAST in RETURNING your foot back to the floor... as your kicks are in Executing forwards. Each kick should STING the bottom of your foot, from each and every impact. If at ANY TIME... you are slowing your pace / speeds, and or lightening your kicks impacts as you are working on any of your sets... you still have a lot of work to do.
Also, while you are kicking, your breath should be matching the pace, and intensity, of each kick. Breath out when kicking, and quickly inhale, as you are Returning your leg back towards the ground. Your lungs should be full, by the time your foot touches the ground. You should NEVER be holding your breath, at any point in time. NOR should you ever GRUNT, or be making any vocalized sounds. Only natural Breath sounds... from air movements. As said.. you should remain relaxed.. until the point of solid impact... and then Tense all of your body up for a fraction of a second, then relax again.. and quickly retract back to the floor. Your foot should return to the EXACT SPOT, and the EXACT ANGLE, from which it left.... every single time.
Take about 2 to 3 minutes rest max, between each set. Relax your legs, lightly swinging them back, forth, in circles, and shaking them out a few times.. to get the bloodflow back into them. This is critical to maintaining your flexibility, and good bloodflow. You dont want to develop Stiff / Ded muscles.
When you do the Short Range lead leg kicks... you will feel like you have No real power at all. This will remain the case, until you have developed short range power potentials. This will take a few months worth of regular work, to attain. You should do this drill, every other day... consecutively for a minimum of 3 months time. The progression will likely be very slow / insignificant, for the first month and some change... before you start to notice difference. You should be able to double your acceleration speed, and quadruple your short range impact potentials. Its only then, when you can consider your kicks to be at Masterclass level. This is what the Ancient Wing Chun / Kung Fu fighters, would have been at, when they were actually fighting. You didnt want to be anywhere near their kicks... as if you ate a single one... the fight would be Over with.
When you do reach Masterclass level at this kick... you have to be extremely careful when you apply it in any sparring events. Even at a mere 10 to 15%... you can cause severe injuries, even against a forwards bend knee (typical lead leg stance, of a fighter). I used about 10% on a very experienced, and very DISRESPECTFUL sport fighter. Kicked just above or below his knee (cant recall exactly), and dropped him instantly. He was screaming and crying a river of tears. It took a month for him to fully recover from the resulting internal injury. Obviously, I felt bad about it, and apologized.. despite his former disrespect. I also had only intended to give a small Taste... but internal power at Masterclass levels.. is so extremely powerful, that even mild levels of it, are still very dangerous / destructive. Also note.. his leg wasnt straightened. He stepped towards me, and had a forwards weighted, lead leg bent-knee stance. I also used my short range LEAD leg to kick... rather than using the rear leg.
The Concept of "Falling" is good for a beginner to quickly understand Mass Energy... but, on the other hand.. its not really how the kick is actually performed. As for how Yipman was shown performing the forms... Realize that Yipman was on the very edge of passing away. He was very weak, and could barely perform the forms at all. I believe he passed away, mere days after recording these forms. I believe id heard, that he also lacked the energy and ability to perform All of the WC forms. It was a miracle that we got any footage of him doing these forms.. because for most of his life, he was against spreading this knowledge to strangers, and potentially... foreigners. I believe it took a lot of convincing, for him to realize the importance of recording the forms... before his passing.
That's a lot of text directed at someone who knows a lot more about Kung Fu than you ever will.
@@robbanbobban2 Thats some amazing Assumptions, from someone that knows ZIP about me... what Ive studied, Mastered... and Experienced against countless fighters in heavy contact matches, and a few REAL barefist encounters.
Your ego is too easily Bruised... and your mind is way too Closed. Martial arts, is not just about making the Body Superior. Its also about changing the Mind, and Developing "Internal Strength" (Of Character, Morals, Values.. etc).
If you are so easily Upset Emotionally... then you still have a Lot more work to be done.
As a Masterclass level fighter myself... with 31 yrs of HARDCORE experience... I still would never say that I knew it all. I still have an open mind. I still accept new information, and can accept and admit.. when I get things wrong. Im also fine with accepting Constructive Criticism. My Ego has no real value... as The Truth, is FAR more Important, and Valuable.
Learn from the Wisdom that is Shared... rather than simply shutting down, via Biased Bubbles. Or dont... and choose to limit your depth of knowledge, and progression / potentials.
Realize, that its not so much that the man was wrong... but more so, that the description wasnt entirely Accurate. He may be doing the kick correctly.. but the description, doesnt fully match what is actually taking place.
Teaching is actually an Artform within itself. Its often easy for certain people to copy physical movements, without fully understanding each individual component of these actions. You tend to perform them fast, without much "Thought" involved.
However.. when you have to teach these things to someone else... you have to become aware of every tiny Detail... and then, also need to figure out the best way to convey that awareness.. into spoken words.
Its not uncommon, for people to make mistakes about how they are feeling something... or in how they Describe what they are feeling.
Heck... Ive seen Teachers describe something one way... while physically doing it another way... due to a lack of full awareness.
Ive also been in similar states, early on in my own progression, and when I was teaching a few students, in Private.
I also happen to be a Perfectionist, as well as a good mechanic (fixing mechanical things), and an Artist (pencil / paintings). All of this, and more... has helped me to be able to figure out complex interactions, and to describe them in the most effective of ways, that people would easily understand.
Of course, many of my descriptions have went through a lot of revisions, since Ive often argued online with others. The more you argue against strong opposition.. the stronger your arguments end up becoming + the better your descriptions become.
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