UK Training Camp - Day One Review

Wing Chun Training Camp – Alan Orr – Keighley June 2014

Day 1

The first day of my UK seminars went very well.

It was great to see my group of close students and friends.

We covered Structure in Chi Sao - Controlling your opponent - Flows of attacks - Power development - Angles of attack and control in Chi Sao - Defence of position and much more.

Excellent see my student Peter Irving, who always teaches me lot of new stuff as well.

Duane Harper was a great host and has a great gym.

Some abridged notes from Sai Jun Mak

Chi Sau Drills for next level development

• 8 directions rolling drill

• Rolling split hands drill

• Additional and opposite vectors – combine the previous two drills but this time the arms can press forwards or backwards in any plane.

• As a defence reaction to the above tactics – one can lock position to prevent opponent moving your structure / arms. Depending on how they react to this you can either delink to float or leak.

• Keep opponent in past or future.

• Control of one’s own base and power is all important for success in applying the above ideas.

• Tan sau should not draw back too far as this allows the opponent to delink / huen sau and strike. Better to change tan to fook sau.

• Tan can change from tan to fook to jum sau when it is drawn back. This can lead to multiple options - strike, collar tie, arm drag etc

• Ensure good basic positions whilst rolling – this is 101.

• Do not allow tan to drop

• Do not allow fook sau to ride too high on opponents bong sau. Keep contact at the wrist.

Bong / Lap sau attacks

4 Options from bong / lap attack

Close Range and Kwan Sau

• Wing Chun range is better used at almost chest to chest (just before Greco wrestling range) - best take side angle on opponent.

• Chi Sau can be used to learn how to find your way into that range

• Use that range to control their weight and structure to put them back into a longer striking range position where they are unable to defend or counter.

• Or use that range to set up better position to grapple and take down

• Use of hacking elbow to turn opponent.

• Use of kwan sau to pinball opponent from side to side if they turn back into you. Can back up with lap sau and hacking elbow also.