Medium Range Concept

Medium Range Concept

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

Swinging Gate Drill

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 [...]

3 Beats in Training

3 Beats in Training

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 [...]

Kicking Structure Basics

Kicking Structure Basics

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 [...]

#3 Line of Attack

#3 Line of Attack

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 [...]

#2 Line Of Attack

#2 Line Of Attack

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 (basics)

Huen Sau (basics)

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 [...]

Pak Sau Basketball

Pak Sau Basketball

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 Drill

Fuk Sau Drill

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 [...]

Facing Drill

Facing Drill

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. [...]

Short Bridge Concept

Short Bridge Concept

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 [...]

Punching Action

Punching Action

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

De La Riva Guard

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 [...]

Romanian Deadlift

Romanian Deadlift

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 [...]

“Shovel” Concept

“Shovel” Concept

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 [...]

Taking the “Dead” out of “Deadlift”

Taking the “Dead” out of “Deadlift”

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’s Tournament

Mike’s Tournament

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

Chain of Command

Chain of Command

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 [...]

Controlling Side Mount

Controlling Side Mount

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 [...]

Power Of The Squat

Power Of The Squat

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 [...]

Importance of Body Structure

Importance of Body Structure

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 [...]

Setting The Anchors

Setting The Anchors

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 [...]

How to Shrimp

How to Shrimp

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 [...]

Responding vs. Reacting

Responding vs. Reacting

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 [...]

Fuk Sau Basics

Fuk Sau Basics

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 [...]

Using The “Clock”

Using The “Clock”

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 [...]

Art Of Listening

Art Of Listening

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, [...]

intro

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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 [...]

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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 a better “position” to be able to attack their opponents center. Also note that Huen sau can be practiced from “inside” your opponents arm to “outside” his arm, or just the opposite, from “outside” your opponents arm to “inside” his arm.

It’s very important that when you practice Huen Sau, especially when practicing the form, that you do not let your elbow (hallway) swing outwards when performing the action.

29 Responses to “Huen Sau (basics)”

  1. Zoltan Says:

    Hey jin Can you tell me anyways of growing taller?

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    Jin Reply:

    lol..you’re questions always make me giggle. hmm..i really don’t know, isn’t height basically determined by genetics?

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    SarahSunwalker Reply:

    Aparently, you can add a few inches in Japan. Some of the women over there get their bones stretched or something in cosmetic surgery. Not sure if it’s good for you though. Like having plastic boobs; some people think it’s popular, but it’s fucking ridiculouhs fitness wise,.

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    Aletifer Reply:

    I’ve heard of something similar with the Chinese. Lotus shoes, they were called. Real bad for your body.

    As for growing taller, Wheaties maybe? ^_^ Seriously though, I always thought of height as something you can work with. Shorter people have a lower center of gravity, taller people have a longer reach, etc. I wouldn’t sweat it.

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    zoltan Reply:

    lol whats with the lotus shoes?

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    Zoltan Reply:

    wheaties?

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  2. punknil Says:

    Thank you Jin for all the amazing work you do in all these videos. I feel ashamed that in a form ive repeated thousands of times ive always discarded the huen sau as stylistic fluff. Your ability as a teacher is inspiring.

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    Jin Reply:

    “stylistic fluff” lol..i like that. don’t worry, i used to be the same way, but now you can focus on correcting your “perspective” when practicing, keep at it!

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    jorgearenas Reply:

    Jin your a Happy Willow..

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    Jin Reply:

    thanks!

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  3. ejay Says:

    as we all know wing chun movements came from animals, but what animal does huen sau? thank you again for this wonderful and amazing video sifu jin:)

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    Alan Reply:

    Huen sao makes me think of a snake…doesnt it?

    Nice drill, and of course nice concept explanation :)

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    ejay Reply:

    yeah, sort of, thanks for suggesting alan:)

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  4. elijah Says:

    hell yeah
    i never practice the rist roll, but its so important!
    thanks again!

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    Jin Reply:

    hey Elijah, yes, keeping someone out with a “strong front door” is key!

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  5. Saj Says:

    Nice Jin – I have found combining the heun sau with jat sau(su lim tao form middle section very effective in chi sao

    Thanks
    Saj

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    Jin Reply:

    yessum..very classic follow-up to huen sau. i use pak sau follow up to huen alot as well. keep it up!

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  6. Facundo Says:

    Hi Jin
    one question???
    In your video of siu nim tau, after the punch you do 2 huen sau, first (inside to the outside) and second is (to the outside but you are in an outside position a priori of the movement).
    thanks for the video, My girlfriend start practice with me!!!
    I am a handycrafter from Argentina Jin.
    Facundo

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  7. Facundo Says:

    Hi Jin
    Sorry Jin I correct the question, above is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    one question???
    In your video of siu nim tau, after the punch you do 2 huen sau, first (inside to the outside) and second is (to the “inside” but you are in an “inside” position a priori of the movement).
    thanks for the video, My girlfriend start practice with me!!!
    I am a handycrafter from Argentina Jin.
    Facundo

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  8. Zoltan Says:

    Lols.Cause if the guy is taller then me i will be f**ked.i am only 5′3 inch tall.

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    Jin Reply:

    no, this is an advantage for you, because you are already “lower” than your opponent, which makes it easier for you to use the “shovel” method.

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  9. To Dai Says:

    Hi Jin,

    I’ve got a question regarding the video. When my partner and I train I’m never able to get to my partners arm (after doing the hand circle as shown in the video) before her arm reaches full extension and thus is able to hit me. I tried it several times but the circling simply takes to long. Am I doing something wrong? My partner and I had a discussion about if blocking with tan sau and then ‘pushing’ the striking arm downward is more efficient in this situation. Thank you very much in advance.

    Greetings,

    Martin

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    Jin Reply:

    hey Martin, nice question, here’s my advice, put your hands behind your back, don’t use them. and rely on your triangle footwork to get the best “position”. practice like this, and then later incorporate the Huen Sau movement.

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    To Dai Reply:

    hey Jin, thanks for your early reply. took me a while to figure out how to practice huen sau with the hands behind my back…so I watched your videos regarding the triangle footwork and the huen sau(basics) once again. then I realized that I totally overlocked the footwork the first time is saw the huen sau video. thanks again your answer helped a lot.

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  10. Mark Says:

    Sifuuuuu!
    HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and all your students! (in person or on the web)

    Great lesson as always!
    No offense … but Brook is always distracting my lessons. lol She’s a cutie! lol But seriously … she’s distracting my lessons … lol Yea Brook! =^D

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    Jin Reply:

    lol..yeah, i’ve known her for so long, she’s all grown up now!

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  11. Taiofellie Says:

    Very practical application of the Huen Sau technique. Is there any wrist exercises to strenghten the wrist for this technique?

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    Jin Reply:

    practice the form and think of “stretching and dropping” as you do all the wrist movements. also practice on a wooden dummy arm. there are some exercises i do with weight, i’ll see about making a video on it when i get some time.

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  12. RnR Says:

    Armageddon it!

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