UK Training Camp Day 3 Review

UK Training Camp Day 3

Excellent day, we cover more advanced Principles and Concepts of the Chu Sau Lei Wing Chun System.

Some abridged notes from Sai Jun Mak

Chi Sau

• Link de-link drill in 8 directions.

• When delinking don’t waste the opportunity to strike.

• When rolling do not drop tan sau otherwise not possible to scoop the palm strike.

• Aim for the defending side shoulder when palm striking – if they defend it’s still possible to strike their centre.

• strength – it is possible to float their balance. This is because the fulcrum point of the arms cannot adjust to maintain their base. Their arms become a lever for the whole body.

• Floating is better than pulling (jut sao) as their proprioception is less active because they are not as aware that their balance is falling forwards.

• You can wait for the opponent to lock up or you can cause them to stiffen up by pressing them first – if they have poor structure they are more likely to tense the upper body when pressed and they will press back with a high centre of gravity.

• Use your legs / base to hold their tension and weight for a split second before releasing to strike.

4 Defences for the Lap Sao attack

Basic Drills

Boxing Drills

• Jab (spring) exchange drill. Move around strike one for one. Take time. Defend with pak, jum, cover, huen or slip. Absorb strike into body / stance

• Jab, hook (spring / whip) exchange drill. Defend hook with Jum or Tan to spread

• Jab, hook, cross (Thrust) exchange drill

• As above but any order e.g. cross, jab, hook or jab, cross, hook

• As above but can double or triple the same punch e.g. jab, jab, hook

• Body shot exchange drill – any 4 body shots

• 4 punch combo - one of them to be a body shot e.g. jab, cross, left hook body, left hook head

• Inside / outside double jab drill – good to practice feinting to open guard also.

• 1 handed sparring drill

• Toe to toe body sparring

• 4 strike body shot with lan sao drill. Use lan sao to bump, turn and set up.

• Light flow sparring drill for learning– make sure both people use equal speed, power, intensity otherwise drill won’t work!

• Counter striking drill – transition defence to offence

- Pak opponents jab then counter strike

- counter strikes (overhand, spring, pierce, thrust)

- Jum / cover opponents cross then counter with bounce punch

- Catch / Jum opponents uppercut then counter with hook

- Huen sau opponents jab or straight line body shot then counter (overhand)

• Sparring – light or heavy body / light head or heavy body / head