today, we go over how to use the “swinging gate drill” to get us into medium range and also how to use the swinging gate drill in your sensitivity training.
Swinging Gate drill is a good way to practice when to use the lop sau hand. It also allows you to get alot of repetition. This is a very effective way to deal with a boxer’s parry hand, when they go to defend your punch. I use this alot during sparring, but make sure that [...]
This concept of 3 beats in training, is IMO at the heart of all the bickering in the wing chun community. The younger, faster chunners see wing chun as “offense is the best defense”. but the older chunners see wing chun as “defense is the best offense”. because of these conflicting differences, they argue amongst [...]
so far, we’ve focused alot on developing the body structure and how to apply it to the upper body. But what about kicking? How do we develop power in our kicks? Guess what, it’s the same as always. Nothing should change, why? because Chinese Boxing is a “concept” based martial art. So whatever applies to [...]
the #3 line of attack is something that is very specific to Hawkins Cheung’s method, i have never seen it in any other wing chun method. It’s a very crafty line, and is great when combined with the “jamming” concept and in combination with the #2 line of attack.
But remember that “jamming” can only work [...]
Hawkins Cheung teaches 3 lines of attack, the first line is the centerline, this is the line that every wing chun practitioner uses and is familiar with. But the 2nd and 3rd lines are usually not part of the wing chun curriculum. These other two lines are very specific to Hawkins Cheung’s method.
The 2nd line [...]
Huen Sau or circle hand is one of the most repeated movements in siu nim tau, so it must have an important meaning. Developing a strong “front door” is a very important strategy as a Chinese Boxer, by utilizing the Huen Sau let’s a weaker or smaller individual to defend their centerline while maneuvering to [...]
Today’s video deals with the many different ways to utilize the Pak Sau movement and how to practice it with a partner or with a basketball!
Hawkins Cheung likes using basketball as a way to explain certain concepts and movements. I wanted to share one of his analogies with everyone today to help develop a good [...]
Fuk Sau can be used in many different ways, today, we will be looking at “catching” a straight punch and absorbing the energy by utilizing the fuk sau movement.
this is a very important drill especially if you are a small frame individual. make sure when you practice this drill to focus on defending your centerline [...]
this is a great way to start developing both hands while adhering to the concepts and principles and utilizing triangle footwork. basically, a “moving” siu nim tau with a partner.
in grappling, there is a saying, “position before submission” and IMO wing chun should also be about “position before striking” and not the other way around. [...]
this video is about how to handle a Boxer’s hook punch using the “short bridge” concept. It also explains the differences between the “long bridge” and the “short bridge”. it’s a rather long video, but there’s alot of good information here so i didn’t want to edit any of it. think of it more like [...]
Many questions have come up in relation to the straight punch, so i decided to address some of the common mistakes that i see people make and how to correct them. it’s a long video, i didn’t edit any of it, but it’s full of good information for everyone.
it’s 3:30am and i’m too tired to [...]
De La Riva Guard is a versatile position when on your back. Of course, in a self defense situation you don’t want to ever go to the ground, but things happen and when you do fall on your butt, you want to know an advantages and safe way to get back to your feet without [...]
The Romanian Deadlift or the Straight Leg Deadlift is a variation of the Standard Deadlift. This particular movement helps to strengthen the “core” area which is the entire “belt” area of your mid section including your lower back. remember that it isn’t about how much weight but the form and full range of motion that [...]
In my years of wing chun experience, this “shovel” concept IMO is one of the most important. Hawkins Cheung puts alot of emphasis on this concept, especially if you are a “small frame” individual. this becomes very important when you have to “hold” an opponents pressure.
hopefully you understand now why the “deadlift” and “squat” are [...]
Jon explains how to correctly perform the Deadlift exercise without hurting yourself. this is one of my favorite exercises because it involves the entire body and also strengthens the “core” and the “pelvic tilt”, which as you now know, is very important to developing the wing chun structure.
pay attention to the detail of this exercise [...]
Mike competes at his first submission grappling tournament at the Grappler’s X held in Long Beach, CA this sunday and takes Silver Medal, great job, Mike!
song is “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire
some of you already know that am a Marine Corps Veteran, i did “Search & Rescue”. I also graduated “Honorman” out of bootcamp, which means that i was always put into leadership positions, so they would send me to classes and courses on “how to lead”. it was in one of these courses that they [...]
Side Mount, Side Control, Side Position, Keep that Mofo on his Back, whatever you want to call it, is a very dominant position in grappling. what i wanted to convey is how i use many wing chun concepts and apply them to my grappling. to me, this is “chi sau” or sensitivity drills using the [...]
This tutorial keeps growing…
i’ve now included a “Physical Fitness – Exercises” category in the drop down menu. It will pertain to exercises, conditioning, nutrition etc…that i personally follow and that works for me to enhance my martial arts training.
Today’s subject has to do with “how to do the squat movement” correctly, to avoid injury. you [...]
Julius is a good friend of mine and what makes him great for this video is that he is not a Wing Chun guy, on the contrary, he is a “brawler” and a grappler, aggressive and very very athletic. I asked him to join us for the video because so many wing chun videos out [...]
developing “rooting” power is a VERY difficult “little idea” to tackle, and can be a very “advanced” concept which also opens up whole new set of “questions”, and to be honest, most instructors don’t have a clear and concise way to teach this concept or don’t fully understand the concept or worse, they contradict themselves [...]
Knowing how to shrimp is a very important movement, because it is used in many different situations. The concepts of how to shrimp are very similar to the wing chun structure, especially, how the elbows are used to maintain proper body structure.
you can practice this by doing the shrimp movement down the length of a [...]
this is something that i feel is lacking during wing chun sensitivity training, so i thought i would address it. Make sure that you are going slow enough with your partner so that you can constantly do the “checklist” that i talk about in the video.
find someone, anyone, to train with, there’s no other way [...]
First of all, please let me know if there are any problems technically with the video quality. Okay, back to the Fuk!
Fuk Sau is often referred to as the “controlling hand”. And if you understand the shape, you can see why they would call it that. Fuk Sau was really challenging to keep on a [...]
When Hawkins Cheung teaches, he rarely ever uses Wing Chun terminology. It never really occurred to me why he didn’t do it until one day he explained himself. He wanted us to find our own “tan sau”, “fook sau” etc…he would say that if i labeled this position and give it a name, you’ll become [...]
This is one of my favorite clips from the “Kung Fu” series. The reason i like it so much is that it coincides with what makes my “method” of teaching and training unique. My primary goal is to “listen” rather than “talk”.
“listen” meaning developing sensitivity in your training, “talk” is all the punching, kicking, elbows, [...]
Welcome to the website! It’s finally up and running…sort of.
There’s still alot of content that will be added as time moves along. But I wanted to get things rock’n and roll’n. What’s great is that all of you get to experience the changes and growth right along with me.
Just like you though, i will be [...]
some of you already know that am a Marine Corps Veteran, i did “Search & Rescue”. I also graduated “Honorman” out of bootcamp, which means that i was always put into leadership positions, so they would send me to classes and courses on “how to lead”. it was in one of these courses that they addressed the “chain of command” and it’s importance.
“chain of command” is basically how communication is passed from private all the way up to the president, or in reverse. there was a very specific order in which communication had to follow or else you “broke the chain of command” and that was a big no no in the military.
this concept was interesting to me and i’ve never forgotten it. i applied it to the “three sticks” so that you get a deeper understanding of “body structure” and how the “three sticks” communicate with each other.
the concept is very simple but just like i always say, “simple does not mean easy”. the drill that we show in the video is very important to learn so make sure to practice it with a partner.
this concept should also be applied to your siu nim tau form, in other words, make sure that the “general” is “giving the orders”, the “captain” relays the orders, and the “special forces” do the orders. the hands should never move until the “general” initiates first, keep that in mind.
i also teach this concept to my “submission grappling” students, and you can probably see how it applies there as well.
practice and most importantly, have fun!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
very helpfull.
these videos just keep getting more and more interresting, and i feel my structure getting better and better as i try to use your concepts in my daily training.
thanks alot jin.
michael
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Jin Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
thanks, Michael, sounds like you’re picking it up, keep going!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
3 remarks:
- Very important drill to practice that you can’t really find anywhere else on youtube, for example. Thanks to Jin to highlight this specific drill that basically helps to learn how to respond to pressure as “a whole entity”, with your body, rather than just arms/hands.
- When doing this drill, I was taught slightly differently in that: when you receive forward pressure, you keep the right angle (forearm-arm) along with your body integrity and yes, walk back only if you can’t stand the pressure. And avoiding to colaps, if possible, unlike you are saying here.
- When doing this drill, I was also slightly differently in that: when you receive pulling pressure, you keep the right angle (forearm-arm) along with your body integrity and yes, walk forward only if you can’t stand the pressure, BUT, the person pulling you should receive your whole body weight in his own body. So that the stronger and faster the person pulls, the faster and stronger this person gets the rebound of your body weight into his/her body.
Of course, this also implies to avoid “giving too much of oneself” at the same time….tricky.
Anyway, different approaches I guess.
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Jin Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:09 pm
hey bro, yea, we’ll get into more “structure” testing such as the one you are describing in the future. but for now, i have to keep things simple for everyone.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Awesome drill Sifu. One question, when you have someone pull on your hand you state that we should anchor at that time and if the pressure from the pull continues we should then move forward. Shouldn’t we be anchored all of the time as you talk about in the anchoring video.
Thanks in advance.
Scott
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Jin Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
hey Scott, yea, as you move forward, you maintain your anchor, this way you’re always “heavy” to your opponent. and you are always in control of the changes.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Sifu,
One more question, I would like to donate money to show my appreciation for your incredible work on this tutorial. Would it be alright to send you a check and if so how would I go about doing this?
Thanks.
Scott
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Jin Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
hey Scott, thanks for wanting to donate, i appreciate it! you can message me by using the “contact” tab at the top of the page. thanks again!
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October 24th, 2009 at 1:38 am
such magnificent concept sifu jin thank you:)
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October 24th, 2009 at 11:13 am
WRONG WEB SITE ON YOUTUBE! A DOT IS MISSING!
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Jin Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
thanks, fixed it
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October 24th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
great vid jin. and nice hair dude…!!
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Jin Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
lol..thanks
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October 24th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I think that this concept will be the most difficult for me to work on. I don’t like to “give ground,” so to speak. It’s all a visual thing, though; just because I move backward doesn’t mean I’ve lost ground, because I still have structure. The tough part is convincing my pride of what my reason already knows.
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October 24th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
thanks ur soo helpful!!
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October 25th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Hey Jin, I really love how to explain stuff with real life examples, amazing brain you have
I’m waiting to see how will you explain the 3rd form, where the general tells the captain: “well, the special forces sucks, do it by yourself!” and the captain goes rampage
Thanks for your precious time and effort, keep following you!
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Federico Reply:
October 25th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Sorry, I meant “how YOU explain” not “how TO explain”! It’s time to go to bed..
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October 26th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
“Simple does not mean easy…”
I nice metaphor for the entire WC system!
Thankyou Jin.
Waz
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October 26th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Speaking of metaphors, the kuen kuit would provide some GREAT subject material for your vids… this latest perhaps
- As long as you are sticking to your opponent, you are unlikely to lose. A well trained waist can prevent loss of balance.
My favourite of the moment
“The eyes beaming courage will often neutralise the situation”
(~:
Waz
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Jin Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
nice
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October 26th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Hey Jin,
Why do you tense your 3rd stick to keep the 70 degree angle? My understanding is that it should always be relaxed. If someone pulls your arm shouldn’t you let them so they will slip off and then u can strike with that arm they pulled?
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amidat Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Sifu,
My question is also along that line… I thought the body never allows itself to be moved by the 3rd stick? (front door, hallway, master bedroom)
If someone pulls my Tan with a Fuk, I’m crashing their master bedroom.
Did I misunderstand that concept?
Paul
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Jin Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
yea, that’s correct, you want to crash into their bedroom if they pull. this drill is about “developing structure” and moving with your entire body structure. how this concept applies into “application” is a different subject. but we’ll get into more and more application in the future. most important is to develop the “structure” using these types of drills. that way you are always moving with the entire body.
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Jin Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
think of this drill like “weight lifting” to develop strong “muscles”. we’re using this drill to develop strong “body structure”.
that way, later, when you enter someones master bedroom, you crash in like a “tank”.
October 28th, 2009 at 2:14 am
HI Jin,
Fantastic analogising once again, the importance of this video can not be stressed enough as without delivering on this the rest is pointless!
What analogy will you think of next, I wonder!! : o )
Thanks
Saj
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Jin Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 10:56 am
lol…i was once told by Dan Inosanto, that a good instructor has to teach on “three levels”, to cater to the different ways people learn, and that’s “visually”, “kinesthetic”, and “auditory”. hard to pull off in videos, but that’s why i like to use analogies.
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October 29th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Jin,
I like this drill, but I don’t have any available training partners. So I’m wondering, could I practice this by myself? Or does it really only work with someone else?
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November 13th, 2009 at 7:58 am
i cnt watch this video here.
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November 20th, 2009 at 7:57 am
can u post this on youtube?I cnt watch this particular video here.
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January 21st, 2010 at 5:15 am
Jin ,the best videos on the net!
Simply Awesome!
Thanks a lot sifu
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