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My Favorite Forms
I believe that originally many styles started with a collection of techniques. Over time these techniques were compiled into training sequences which later were organized into forms. Each form then becomes a textbook to teach a series of fundamental knowledge or specific topic relating to the combative way of the style. I personally find forms easier to remember than a collection of…
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Body Structure Training
I am going to use Solo Bridge Hand Sequence No. 1 to talk about the training of body structure. There are different body structures that we can train using Solo Bridge Hand Sequence No. 1 which we nickname the 6-Linking Hands (6-LH). The first and easiest body structure to train is what I would doubt the modern Wing Chun body structure. This calls for keeping the body still while moving the…
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Solo Bridge Hand Sequence No. 1 Part 2
I call Solo Bridge Hand Sequence No. 1 as 6-Linking Hands (6-LH) since another objective for its learning is to train the hands to move continuously in a linking fashion and not freeze up when encountering resistance. As a reminder the 6 movements of the first variation of the first sequence are :-1) 6-LH-1 : Stand with right foot forward and do right punch to chin height2) 6-LH-2 : Then drop…
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Solo Bridge Hand Sequence No. 3
The third solo bridge hand uses 6 movements to teach the idea of striking the throat in quick succession. I denote this sequence as 3-NS for the three neck strikes that is found in the solo sequence. The two-hand version has a total of six neck strikes. The lessons found in 3-NS are :-1) How to keep hitting the same target relentlessly2) Borrowing the strength and response of the opponent to…
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Solo Bridge Hand Sequence No. 2
The second solo bridge hand is a sequence of 6 movements which we denote 3-WS which is short for 3-whipping strikes. 3-WS provides training for the following :- 1) Rolling block which is the most famous NGK technique; the proper NGK technique made up of the rolling block and punch is shown in the two-hand version of 3-WS 2) How to move the arm like a whip to execute three sequential…
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Solo Bridge Hand Sequence No. 1
The first solo bridge hand sequence trains the hand to move up, down, left and right. The purpose of learning how to move this way is to inform us how we can move thereon from the position that our hand is at in order to intercept the opponent’s attack that is coming from below, above, on the left or on the right of where our hand is. For the initial training we follow a prescribed pattern.…
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Solo Bridge Hand Sequences
We practice three solo bridge hand sequences. These sequences train our hand to move in accordance to certain principles and strategies. For ease of learning each solo bridge sequence has 6 movements. Each sequence focuses on a particular key theme as follows :- a) Sequence number 1 – 6 linking hands focused on the control of the 4 directions. b) Sequence number 2 – 3 whipping strikes…
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Beginning the Long Pole
After the learning of 6-ES, I thought it would be interesting for Paul to learn the long pole. The easiest pole method I know is the Shaolin 6 1/2 point pole taught by Master Leong. The form is more like a short sequence of 7 movements than a proper form. The advantage of this is that anyone can learn the sequence very, and I mean, really very quickly. Once you get the hang of it you can…
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Learning the Use of Five Major Strikes
I subscribe to a marketing newsletter. The latest newsletter begins with this quote :- “Music is essentially 12 notes between any octave – 12 notes and the octave repeats. It’s the same story told over and over, forever. All any artist can offer this world is how they see those 12 notes. That’s it.” Bobby Maine (played by Sam Elliott) in A Star is Born (2018) To me the five major strikes are…
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The Fifth Strike
The fifth strike is the Charp Chui. The term Charp means to stab. So the Charp Chui is a punch that stabs. The basic learning of Charp Chui is reminiscent of a punch that stabs repeatedly. The Charp Chui can be performed with four different fist positions. However, the fist position that is often associated with the Charp Chui is the overturned fist. I had read about the Charp Chui in books on…
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The Fourth Strike
The 4th major strike is the Sau Chui, a strike which is like using your forearm to hit your opponent’s head like a baseball bat. In PKK, the Gwa Chui, the Chau Chui and the Sau Chui are practiced together as a trio of three consecutive strikes. In SKD 3.0 I made Sau Chui a standalone technique so that we can focus exclusively on its practice. In application, the Sau Chui can be used as a follow…
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The Second & Third Strike
I use the Gwa Chui as the 2nd major strike and the Chau Chui as the 3rd major strike in SKD 3.0. The Gwa Chui is a strike using the back of the fist. The PKK Gwa Chui uses a big movement to perform the strike because the objective is to knock the opponent out with a heavy blow to the face that cuts across instead of a backfist that stuns. The Chau Chui is a diagonal hook that targets the…
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The Very First Punch
The first punch that we learn is the horizontal punch when stepping in the Two Shift Footwork. Read this post for how to practice the Two Shift Footwork. The horizontal punch is called the Yum Chui in Pok Khek Kuen. The Chinese character for Yum is the same as for Yin as in Yin-Yang. We pronounce it as Yum because this is how we say it in Cantonese. The Yin in the name refers to the facing of…
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The Very First Step
We begin the training by learning how to step. There are many ways to step but we will just cover one simple and easy stepping method. This stepping method we learn is called Two Shift Footwork. It comes from the San Sau collection of techniques taught by Master Leong who is the number two disciple of Grandmaster Nip Chee Fei. Master Leong learned Tai Chi and a collection of San Sau techniques…
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Time Sensitive Training
A number of Chinese martial arts that originated from the Ming dynasty is said to be learned by rebels for fighting government soldiers in their bid to overturn the Qing dynasty. What I don’t remember reading is the timeline to achieve this overthrowing of the government. Is this important to know? I am reading a book entitled Book and Dagger. It goes into a little known history of how scholars…
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Testing the Flow
Hold out your right arm the way I mentioned in the post “The Willow Branch Response”. Your training partner will use his right hand to push your arm to one of the following positions at random :- a) Push your right arm directly backb) Push your right arm to your leftc) Push your right arm to your rightd) Push your right arm downe) Push your right arm up Respond to his push. Redirect or…
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