frank c

at #9074

Oh, I’m dumb. I just realized there are more than 3 modules. And you already have videos going through the entire form past module 3. Never mind xD

frank c

at #4023

I just saw this video today, and it reminded me of this old post. I asked you in this thread about hitting a hook upward with a bong sao. Check out 0:46. Anderson hits the hook upward with his bong. Can you believe he is blocking hooks like that? lol

frank c

at #3742

I’d actually much rather prefer using a bong sao to hit hooks upwards instead of biu sao. It’s so much easier.

frank c

at #3741

Thanks for the video. Bringing the bicep up over the ear is one of the techniques I use now. I have to test the biu sao against strong hooks to see if I can stop them. What did you think about what i was saying the other day? About using a bong sao like a tak sao, and just hitting his hook up into the air with it.

frank c

at #3719

Better to be a a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

If someone doesn’t know how to fight, they are like a duck in a forest with wolves. Maybe they will go their entire life without getting eaten by a wolf, but it’s a sad way to live, completely dependent upon the hospitality of others.

I want to be a good fighter, that’s why I practice wing chun.

But it’s not the only reason.

It’s fun, it’s good exercise, helps you feel the Qi running through your body, can post videos on facebook of your practice and get a lot of likes, why not lol.

frank c

at #3716

“Also, regarding your question, why would you want to enter a situation of danger knowing full well that you are not permitted to use half of your arsenal?”

So I can get better at fighting. When I use to do muay thai, we would spar in class, and after getting punched in the face a few times, I became a lot more confident, and people that weighed 200 more pounds than me started to look a lot smaller.

Someone attributed a quote to ip man once that said “if you want to get better at fighting, you have to get into a lot of fights”. I don’t know if this was a fake ip man quote, but regardless I think it’s true.

Anderson silva saw a funky muay boran elbow in a tony jaa movie, and he told his mma teacher that he wanted to use it in the ring. His teacher said that would never work in a real fight, and didn’t want him to practice it. So he just went home and practiced it anyways, then knocked someone out with it in one of his fights. I saw another dude running on the side of the cage in an mma fight, then doing a 360 flying kick off of it and knocking someone out lol. I also see the famous muay thai fighter saenchai using an old traditional muay boran technique called the cartwheel kick, and he flies around the ring with it, literally kicking people in the face while he is standing on his hands. I think they can pull off this stuff because they’ve fought so much that everything becomes a lot easier. It’s no big deal anymore. And that’s a mind set that i’d like to get to.

frank c

at #3706

Do you think that i could enter something like this with wing chun and win? I wouldn’t be able to use my kicks to the knee/groin, nor my strikes to the eyes, or throat. But couldn’t i just palm strike people in the head, and use my wing chun blocks to win? Some of the guys in this video throw the most bizarre elbows and knees from the oddest angles, i don’t even know how i would block some of them.

frank c

at #3696

Thanks. I dont think anything happened in my area. Weather is ok here.

And yeah, I made a facebook just to post in the group. But didn’t find anyone. Really hard to find a partner. Someone was interested from craigslist, but ehhh, i dont really want to meet up with some random dude on that website lol.

frank c

at #3688

Yes, it helps. Thank you:) I’ve been practicing with the fingers open lately.

Do you know anyone in Florida that might want to be my Chi sao partner? I made a facebook to ask in the group, no luck. Kind of feel like im not going to get far in my wing chun without chi sao.

frank c

at #3586

Hahaha. Thanks. It would be awesome if we got to train together. I really want to get better at wing chun.

I’ve been watching more videos recently, and it looks like you hit with the side of your arm with fak sao, and not the hand like I thought before. If that is the case than that makes more sense. But if you are actually hitting with the side of the hand sometimes, I still don’t understand how it won’t smack your fingers together. Maybe if you caught him with just your hand in the neck or something, and the fingers didn’t touch. But the aim would have to be perfect lol.

Btw, I’ve been conditioning my fingers for biu sao eye strikes. I keep my fingers bent, and let them cave in when they hit a solid object so they don’t break. Could you take a look at the video below and tell me if its right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGOpQ5vfkDc&feature=youtu.be

frank c

at #3805

And yeah, looking forward to it. Thanks.

frank c

at #3804

Like this

Or this

Like the stuff in aikido

I think the first video, the disarm is actually an aikido technique

Not for tap outs. But to disarm weapons, or break bones.

frank c

at #3736

Oh, I meant a bong sau not a biu sao. Using bong sau to block a hook by hitting it upwards.

frank c

at #3734

Thanks 🙂

Can I just use a biu sao for a hook? I was thinking the other day, why don’t I just use the elbow to knock the hook upward. But then I thought, wait a minute, that is kind of like a biu sao. So I looked it up, and actually read about using the biu sao as a tak sao, and just knocking the hook upward. Seems like the simplest defense against a hook.

frank c

at #3732

Yes, I read it. Thanks.

I’ve been having some doubts lately about my ability to block hook punches. Could you make a video demonstrating the proper technique for it? Without the turning stance, or any body turning at all. I’m having trouble figuring out how wacking someone on the wrist with a biu sao while he is doing a strong hook is actually going to stop him. Seems like he would just overpower me and go through my arm.

And In the video could you show exactly where in his arm I’m suppose to be hitting with the biu sao.