1) We generally focus on detail-oriented drills for the majority of classes. These could be as simple as examining how to defend against a hooking punch - what can go wrong for us? where can it go wrong? Or another example would be the signature WT Chi-Sao sections...
2) I want everyone to realize what they have in them, what they can take home with them, or what they need to improve on. I want to answer the question, "If someone attacked you at this very moment, what can you do?" It's interesting - some people laugh to mask their nervousness, some tense up, and some can punch away no problem.
But there's something intrinsically interesting in all this basics training. You need the details, the time to explore all the facets of a movement, the what-if's. And that means, you also need to slow the exercises down, to pinpoint where things fall apart, at what point is your technique successful or failure.
When you get the details down, it only helps your basics training.
You can't have the basics without the details, and certainly you can't have the details without the basics. Can it get any more yin/yang than that??
It truly goes to show that you only really start to understand student level 1 when you reach technician grade 2.
As annoying as this is, there's something very kung fu about it.
Until then.
2 comments:
You can't train for every situation, so that's where the mind comes in. Science has proved that when tennis players think about playing tennis - using visualization techniques, etc - that the same part of their brain lights up as when they're playing tennis.
That's how we all get really good at something - but thinking about it all of the time. Folks in WC class generally suck because they don't think about their Chun outside of class.
So that's what I tell my students/training partners: think about Wing Chun. Use the power of visualizing in your mind's eye attacks and defenses.
All the best!
PS - I enjoy reading your blog. Keep it up!
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