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When ever you first learn a form, its simply a stage of memorization, sifu does this, I copy it, and eventually with practice you memorize it just like you remember your name and address… but only in the later stages do you really get to benefit and truly understand the importance of the form and how it helps you in your development.  So, what I’d like to do is share some of my experiences regarding the chum Kiu form with you.
As you know the 1st section in all the forms, holds the most important of all development and specifically, i’m talking about in chum kiu, the lan sau section with the 3 turns. It took me years to not only develop this concept, but actually, get it at a proficient level.  Believe me, its a frustrating development but necessary in every ways, in order to reach higher levels of wing chun.  SLT focus on you controlling your center, but CK’s emphasis is no making you do it in motion.  Often times, I would disregard the entire form, and only practice this section of it over and over again…. and when I felt good about it, Sifu would check it out, and then depression, prozac, and crying game shower scene back in the corner, and back to the drawing board.  But, time and time again, that center in spinning motion, at full speed and controlling it is difficult to master.  You then come to understand how difficult is it to not only hold you center in stillness, but then the next level in motion is really a step up.    I can honestly tell you that there were times, during the day, where chum kiu would be in my head, and then in the middle of the room, all of a sudden, next thing you know i’m doing about 50 turns over and over again, just to see if i can hold that center in motion.
Now as you know the intro of CK, is all the first experience to motion as well, as your intro to kicks.  And, if your a windy city wing chun student, other then phil T. who actually enjoyed the kick training process,  I’ve come to know that you never pre-mention that your gonna have a kick class in advance, otherwise no one is going to show up…. As much kicking experience i had in the past with my tae kwon do, kicking in wing chun, was night and day.  And, still kicks continue to be the pain in the ass…. literally for students when it comes to doing side kick of course .  Its hard to sorta motivate the student for kicks.  In one hand, wing chun is filled with many kicks and can use it at such a complex level that you’d think he was a tae kwon do guy.  On the other hand though, the reality is that kicks being thrown in a real fight is about .01%.  And, from historical knowledge with all the fights sifu has gotten to and won, he never once threw a kick .  But, as often stated, to know the complete art you have to know it all, and you never know when you have to go into your tool box even if you rarely use that particular tool.  In Ck you are exposed to 3 kicks, and these 3 kicks .. you have basically front kick, side kick, and jut gur.. with the variations of regular and circle front and circle side.   As you all know, I’ve said it before, you just have to get over the hump of balance. The basic drill is jing dok lop ma, if you can hold this position in stillness at wasit level, then you got it.  People ask me to do the kick, it maybe a year since the last time I’ve done it, but since I have the balance, I simply lift my leg and there you go.   I wish I could find an easier way around this development, but the reality is, you have to just do it.  I honestly believe if you did this  leg exercise for a mere 5 minutes each day both sides, regardless of age, shape and size, you can get this within a month.
The next important lesson that you finally start to pick up on CK is that the body does everything and the hands, really are just for attacking… In other words, if you use your hands to block instead of the body, you’ll be doing 2 motions instead of one.  If you simply just allow the hands to cover the center and let the body change the positioning and line of the hands, you can not only generate more force effortless with this but also cover areas of openess so much quicker.  Now what does this look like.. .from, the ultimate demonstration, watch from 26seconds – 44 seconds, and sifu demonstrates chum kiu process so brilliantlly

Notice, that his hands simply maintain a triangle, at all times, never chasing to block, but simply aimed at the individual’s centerline, and then he lets the body simply rotate from one side to another to block everything that is thrown at him… Its done to perfection, and when you can start blocking with your body, you’ll begin to look like this when you start chi saoing with other individuals.
The tip in training, is simple in all that we do….. People are so concerned with looking good, that they fail to understand that you need to go through the ugly process before you can get to the next stage.  In training, its okay to make mistakes, its okay to be frustrated, its okay to look goofy, coz in the end your training to make yourself feel better.  Often times, people asked me how did i improve so fast, and I tell them one simple thing, i never stop letting sifu be sifu and demanded criticism.   Its funny when i see people work with him, and they want to be so perfect and try to attempt to hide mistakes… you want him to correct you, you demand perfection without expecting it.. and when you come to understand that you’ll become a better person in all that you do.  Well, that’s a brief look into chum kiu, with some simple thoughts and experience.

Written by Sifu Ed Cruz
http://www.windycitywingchun.com

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Over the years from teaching,and observing individuals what separates the good from the great, is how well has one developed the bong sau. Clearly the most difficult of the moves to master, due to the fact that the motion leads to
injury if done incorrectly as opposed to any other hand technique.  So, where to begin, and as always  with everything
in wing chun, you start from origin…how well can you do the motion.

You’ve got to perfect the bong sau motion and know exactly how to do it to the T just like in the form. And this takes, constant and constant practice from not only knowing how the motion is shot out but also, making sure your covering your center and often times not raising your shoulder when doing the motion. How do you know its correct.  If you
know the placement of bong sau and the motion, imagine i ask you just put your bong sau out and hold it in place, and
feel what it feels like just to hold it in stillness. Listen to the amount of muscle being used at that time and where everything else is.  Now, I ask you shot out that bong sau at full speed and tell me, at the end of driving that bong sau
out at 80-mph, does it feel like the bong  when you hold it in stillness.  See, this alone time is a must… often people complain, i don’t have a partner…if you can’t do bong sau by yourself correctly, ain’t not chance in heck that your
gonna do it right with a partner… so that’s the first goal….

There are allot of drills that help you develop the bong sau from the simple to the more difficult… You could say the
most difficult of the drill is taking an onslaught of fun sau attacks and how well one can neutralize the pull of the lop sau and maintain the structure… here are some of the most common problems that ones sees if you do bong sau when you roll with people….

1) giving up on the bong sau block, often times, a certain block should be dealt with bong sau, but students give up on
the block and us wu sau or other secondary blocks immediately… remember there are levels to the triangle, and you
want your opponent to go through progressions before you have to go to emergency mode blocking

2) don’t push out with the bong sau, once you get the block out, don’t keep pushing it further out… you ’ll definitely feel kick back in the shoulder

3) don’t raise the shoulder….. that’s a no no… it should be sunk just like when you do the punch.

4) bong sau does not collapses beyond 135 degrees, you have to know how to hold the structure without using muscle.. your just gonna have to fail at this over and over again…..knowing the motion and holding structure are 2 different things… just keep failing and figuring out what works and what doesn’t

5) cover your center when doing the bong sau… the wrist has to be generally in your center line… if its too much  or too little that bong sau will still collapse and won’t be supported by your structure

6) neutralize, neutralize, and neutralize the force on the bong sau.. probably one of the hardest things to do.. if you can’t neutralize force on bong sau..then one you don’t have a bong sau, 2 you won’t be able to roll out of motions, etc, etc…..remember there are 3 blocks that i’ve seen time and time again that people can’t block…… fun sau, low lop chop and por jeong……..

In the end, start recognizing when the bong sau needs to be used… sometimes you might have a little force in there, but your gonna have to experiment… but you have to develop the bong sau

Written by Sifu Ed Cruz

6) Where’s my center?

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I’m sure everyone has done this before. Have someone do a bong sau and place it perfectly into the correct position, and then press against his bong sau. What you’ll notice is how much force that the bong sau can take, with the guy/gal putting very little effort in dealing with the force. Now offset that bong by either moving it slightly left or right, let’s just say about 1% of the center line. And see the huge difference. Notice how easily it is to collapse his bong sau with very little pressure at all. Well, in chi sao its key to be aware of the centerline for everything that you do. Thus, if your in inside gate, you need to make
sure both your tan and bong are in the proper position, if your just slightly of, just like in the example above, your opponent can take advantage of this.

7) Fok sau woes and painful bongs
Probably the most difficult thing in the beginning to deal with is that of fok sau.  The most difficult thing is maintaining forward pressure upon the roll, and the most common mistake is pressing downward with the fok sau. Notice the Siu Lim Tao is the blue print for the motions of all the moves, and if you do 3 fok sau’s in SLT, you’ll notice that this is the CORRECT motion that you do when chi saoing as well. The best way to deal with the downward press, is to adjust the elbow. Remember, that elbow leads the motion, thus if the elbow is raised and is almost on equal level of the wrist, the downward pressure will occur, if you sink the elbow, this will fix the problem.  As for the bong sau woes this occurs because of poor structure as well as tension being placed at the point of contact.  Thus, if the opponent pushes against
your bong and you end up pushing back, you’ll immediately feel it at the shoulder, and if you maintain that for a couple minutes, you’ll see the usual, I need to take a break coz my shoulder is killing me.  Its true that fok saus are difficult to understand, but at the same time bong sau might be tougher since it’s a lot easier to injure oneself when you do an correct bong.

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Have you ever seen this happen. Your chi saoing with someone and he gets a good hit on you. So your ego’s all bruised and you ‘re like, bitch I’m going to force a hit no matter what next thing you know you have 2 idiots using muscle, zero structure, and just hitting each other back and forth. What’s this called? It is called a waste of time.  In the end what you are developing is bad habits. Remember, chi sao helps you to develop so many things, from timing, to energy, understanding the distance, to learning how to stick. If you break the rules of chi sao and fail to learn from it, your wasting time. The reason you got hit, is because your structure sucked, eat the humble pie, and work with your partner to recreate the scenario again, and learn how to deal with the oncoming force.  Learn to control your ego and while you may lose in the beginning if your partner uses muscle, you’ll eventually over take him when you develop the skill to deal with the force without muscle.  Often times in training, you’ll need to take steps back in order to progress forward.  Once you come to understand that you’ll have the mental toughness to push forward.

9) More defense

Any idiot can attack, every art has deadly moves. All to often you see the martial art practioners, just doing chain punch after chain punch while their dummy partner goes along with it.  If you practice like that you’ll be in for a rude awakening if you ever have to actually use it on a partner that’s unwilling to bend over for you.  But the test of your true skill is how good your defense is. Allot of times when I practice, I literally just allow the opponent to attack one after the other. It truly is a test of skill to be able to take whatever he throws at you and redirect it constantly.  Remember, attacking is a simple skill that doesn’t take that long to develop, on the other hand defense is something that really can impress others. Spend more time working on your defense when chi saoing.

10) Control

Man, there’s nothing like getting a good solid hit on your partner, right? The fact is your partner is your best friend, and without a partner you can never get better in this martial art. Thus, if you decide your ego needs a boosting by smacking him down, what your displaying is such a low level of this martial art.  The fact is, every attack you do when chi saoing should be controlled.  When you end up looking like the everyday joe, and tap, or smack each other at full force, you won’t be able to control that force in the heat of the battle.  More than anything, you’ll end up going for the home run and hoping that lady luck is on your side
and that the hit connects.  If it connects lucky you, if you miss, your toast.  There’s nothing more impressive, than going full speed with an attack and stopping just inches away from your opponent.  That my friend is skill.  This martial art is all about control, if you can control yourself, then you can control others.

Go back to the first five tips from here

Written by sifu Ed Cruz
http://www.windycitywingchun.com

1) Your hands are only as good as your stance

. Let’s start of with probably the most important thing before you get into chi sao. If you want to improve  your chi sao significantly then make sure you’ve got a solid YGKYM.  All to often, I see people jumping into chi sao, when they can’t even find their own center of balance. Thus, imagine one of those huge red wood trees, in Return of the Jedi, how strong would that tree be, if its roots were decaying? Obviously, it wouldn’t take that much force to knock it over. There are several ways to test your YGKYM stance. The first being just sitting in your stance for about 5 – 15 minutes, if you can last at least 10 minutes without any aches or pains anywhere, then you’ll know you’ve found you center. The 2nd way is have a partner push against your chest slightly and see whether or not you can actually root against the force. If you can’t handle a light push, then you aren’t going to be able to handle the oncoming force with your stance during chi sao. 2) Recipe for tan, bong, fok?

Tan, bong, fok sau oh my.  These are the main ingredients when doing chi sao, thus it is key to know how to do these moves correctly, and to understand how they are put together structurally. Now, I’m not going to dive into detail about each one, coz that would be an entire article on its own.  But keep in mind some simple rules.  Tan sau should be flat, do the test for yourself and see if you can feel the difference between a flat tan and one that isn’t. Imagine a tan being a bridge between you and an opponent, can a bridge connect 2 points being up. Of course not! Bong sau, key thing is make sure your elbow is higher than your wrist and make sure that the hands/fingers continue in the direction of your forearm. Finally fok sau, probably the most difficult one of the 3, be aware of the point of contact.  In addition to all that make sure you know when these 3 structures are off your centerline, in time this will play a vital role when chi saoing. Why is it important for you to know the structure of each of these moves? Imagine them to be your TV antenna, if the antenna is just slightly off, your reception won’t be that good. If you tan isn’t in the right position, then that will decrease your level of sensitivity.

3) I’m ready to fight? Ah, jumping ahead of ourselves once again.  Before you get into those prodigal son battles,  make sure first and foremost, that your roll is decent. While chi sao may seem like 2 guys facing each other working a steering wheel, it is in fact a constant forward motion, instead of what appears to be a circular movement What’s the difference? If you have a circular movement and force is pushed slightly against it, if you remove the force, your hand will remain in the same position and continue its circular movement. On the other hand, imagine your hand as a spring, waiting for the pressure to be removed. Once the pressure is no longer there, the hand will automatically move forward. Thus, you won’t even have to think when to attack. Key note though, is that the forward pressure doesn’t need to be initiated by you, if your structure is correct for tan, bong, and fok, the structure along will maintain that forward pressure.  All to often people, either have no forward motion or over emphasize it too much.  Remember chi sao is a drill to developing fighting skills, if you end up fighting during this drill you lose all the development that you want to get.  If you need to fight, then go just spar and get it out of your system and leave the chi sao to developing some real skill. 4) Equality for both sides In the beginning when doing chi sao, picture it as if you were doing push ups against the wall. Notice in order to keep your body square you need to push equally on both sides of your arms. Well, when you start doing chi sao its sorta like the same thing. You want to be able to maintain equal energies on both sides when your rolling. Literally, regardless of what position you are in: inside gate – bong sau and tan sau
outside gate – double fok sau
chi sao – tan sau and fok sau or bong sau and fok sau – thus being in both inside and outside when rolling The wrist for the most part are lined up with each other for both arms. The importance of equal energy, well it is because of the inequalities of the forward drill when doing chi sao, that your opponent can use that to his advantage.  And remember your doing a drill motion, and in order to do that you need both sides to be equal and aimed at the opponents center. 5) Tension vs. Energy Mommy, what’s the difference between tension and energy? One of the most recurring problems when doing chi sao, is differentiating between tension and energy. When you use tension it involves muscle, which reduces your sensitivity significantly. Thus, have you ever rolled with someone who was really tense, then all of a sudden just pulled your arm away from his. You’ll notice when its tension the hand just stays there doing nothing at all. But if it was energy, the hand automatically shoots out towards you. That’s the difference between the 2, and how you can tell one from another.  Tension is uncontrolled, while proper structure lets the energy run through your motion.

The other 5 tip to improving your chi sao here

Written by Sifu Ed Cruz http://www.windycitywingchun.com

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Just as one thinks of sticky hands along with this martial art, you can also add the center line punch to that as well. Understanding and perfecting the center line punch is a must for those who want to improve in the art. The center line punch is not just a way of hitting an opponent but the mother of all motions in this martial art.  It’s key to get this motion correctly or risk damaging your joints if you punch wrong. Through my experience I’d say 95% or more of the this martial’s art community end up popping there punches. Therefore, I’ll explain the ABC’s to doing it correctly, so you can be on your way to mastering it.

When you think of the motion of center line punch, imagine yourself sawing a piece of wood. Thus, its simply a push and pull motion. The key thing to remember is that the elbow is doing all the work, nothing else. Elbow power is from pushing and pulling, elbow leads the motion. Chair kuen means pull and punch. In the beginning, we normally start the beginner by placing his fist roughly 6 inches away from the sternum. There are 2 reasons for this. First of all, this gives the beginner a sense of awareness of where his centerline is. (Eventually, this will not be necessary once you know where your center is located). Second, if the fist is to close to the sternum, then the elbow cannot be behind it, in order to push. (Thus, the rough distance of 6 inches from the sternum.) Prior to the punch, the fist is in a relaxed state, if there’s any tension
its only between the index and the thumb pressing upon each other. And, tension is simply defined as the neutral point between to relaxed or to tight, that’s what it means in the world of this martial art. In addition to that the fist that you are making it should be held at a slight 45 degree angle.  The beginner should not be fixated on having a clenched fist. As Sifu Fong had instructed me, "the more power you do the less power you’ll get, you just want the hand naturally in place.   If you force it in the beginning you won’t develop that snapping power." In other words, the power is not going to be generated from tension or muscle. It is the push and the follow through that creates that explosive energy.  What happens when you use muscle? Picture this, if I’m going to run someone over with a car, at the moment I hit him,
I don’t hit the breaks, instead I keep accelerating through him.  When you use muscle at the end of a punch, its like putting the brakes on before the hit. Even as I mention this time and time again, many still feel like they need to put that extra umph at the end, which is incorrect. The way to gauge yourself is the tension you feel with your fist prior to the punch, is the same tension you should carry at the end of the motion. While the punch originates at the sternum level, it will travel on an incline at the same height of your shoulder. Now this is very important to remember. Failure to do the punch properly can lead to injury to the tendons or joints by the elbow. Remember, when you push with the elbow your simply stretching the joints.  If you punch at the same level, you’ll end up popping your elbow. Obviously, that’s bad, thus the
path is from the sternum and a rise to the shoulder once you fully extend. At the same time, while the fist begins at a 45 degree angle, it ends with a 1/4 turn from the starting point.  The drilling motion is only slight but yet necessary. Overturn the punch and your initial point of contact will be made with the middle knuckle, which is weak structurally and could break the wrist upon impact. The rise in the forearm when punching allows for an uprooting motion, when directed towards the opponent.

Now remember that the punch has 2 drilling motions in one. There is the horizontal turn in the punch, as well as the vertical motion of the wrist. When done properly both interconnect with one another. A common mistake by most individuals is to over emphasize the vertical wrist motion. Keep in mind if you do the motion correctly, you don’t need to emphasize the drill motion of the wrist.  When you over emphasize the wrist snap, instead of punching through your opponent your energy then sails upward and unfocused. The end result of anything is a natural motion, all to often if its not attempting to put more power in the punch, it’ll be trying to snap the wrist. This mentally has to be trained, on not focusing on the power, but focusing on the motion. Often, I’ve given the example of someone driving a car, if you can maintain the car on a straight path you can increase the speed and the impact, but if you have no control over that
car, you won’t be able to generate the true power.

The final hit may seem as if the bottom three knuckles are making the contact on the target. But in reality, the entire fist hits the opponent, the main force is coming from the 3 bottom knuckles.  To better understand, imagine a nail by itself, if laid onto of a chair, its pretty unstable.  However, surround the nail with cotton and then it becomes stable.  Thus, your fist when it hits is also relaxed, the knuckles represent the nail, and the fist is the cotton surrounding it.  When the fist hits the target, the fingers naturally squeeze in through the force, while the knuckles then drive through to the opponent.  You might be asking why the entire fist? Well, imagine the fist as a triangle, if you were to hit the target with anything but the flat surface of the triangle, the side without the support would collapse. However, if the triangle hits the target flatly, then both sides would be supported. Here’s a list of common mistakes to watch out for:
1) Popping the elbow – This is the number one mistake and serious cause for injury. If the final motion
of the elbow goes up instead of forward, your popping.
2) Over emphasis in the wrist snap – Simple rule to remember, tension always stays the same from beginning
to end.
3) Punch is elbow lead, not shoulder or hand – Don’t let the shoulder rise when doing the punch, it needs
to be the solid base from which the elbow pushes from
4) Isolate the arm from the body- All to often you see individuals rising with their punch instead of
created a solid stance for it.
5) Fist is to tight before the punch and after the punch – If you can imagine that you have a grape while
starting the punch, and when you finish the motion you don’t crush it.
6) Over extending the punch and not keeping square – The body needs to remain square, our game is to able
to use 2 hands equally.
7) Too much emphasis on the punch, it comes out naturally – If you try to hit hard, you’ll end up using
muscle and kill your own power. You have to concentrate on the motion to generate the power.
Well, I hope this gets you started with the right mechanical motion of the punch. As a student of this martial art, this is one area of basics that you need to master.

Written by Sifu Ed Cruz
http://www.windycitywingchun.com

.Now the second secret to becoming good in this martial art, is controlling  your ego. Ego, without a doubt is probably the number one obstacle that you will have to overcome. You would think that martial artist in general would have less ego. But the reality is, that ego does exist, even more so if you are a w. chun practitioner. The truth is the best martial artist have the biggest ego’s, which helps propel them to that level, but the best also know how to control that ego and put it in check. In the end, there’s a balance to all that we do, and ego is no different.

This martial art is about to knowing yourself, about learning how to control yourself but all to often, I have seen this countless times before. You’d have two people chi saoing, one guy gets a hit by the other and then the one who got hit gets a bruised ego from that. Next thing you know you have a sparring match in chi sao, and if you understand chi sao, then you’ll know that they ‘re wasting their time. You see, the way I teach is if your chi saoing and you get it, it’s because you did something wrong. Instead you should take the time to go over what you did wrong with your partner, and learn from the moment, but instead, more practitioners just want to settle the score with a hit.

I remember when I was about 6 to 7 months into this martial art. I was chi saoing a guy who had over a year on me. I was doing actually pretty good, picking my hits here and there, and, I guess this pretty much pissed him off, cause I was fairly new in the art and doing so well. Anyway, he decided to let one of his punches follow through with no control. Well, I pretty much ate a solid punch to the eye and had to get stitches. Besides the fact, that he was a total prick, this guy had massive ego. Anyway, today my skill level is where it is today because I have controlled my ego, as for him, you can say he’s gathering dust.

All to often, people use chi sao as a tool to feel good about themselves. They believe, that if I hit my opponent really hard that ‘ll show of my skill. The way I chi sao is I go regular speed with power with whomever I practice. But just before I ‘m about to hit someone, I stop an inch or so from ever laying hands on him. Chi sao is about control, not about who can hit who first or the hardest. But I ‘m willing to bet that the majority use chi sao in this brutal fashion of tag, thus, it’s not common to see, someone who invested 15 to 25 years in the art, who are more impressed with their hand speed and their ability to hit. When your chi sao is at a higher level, you already know that you have a hit, without even having to take it. You see, that’s your ego not having to go out and prove to your opponent that you ‘re better than him. Believe me, your opponent will know skill when they try to attack and they can’t even move their hands to do so.

Earlier I talked about those individuals who brag about the years the ‘ve been in the art. Well, guess what that’s ego talking. And those that brag 99% of the time can’t walk the talk.

This martial art is all about common sense, and the reality is, there is no secret technique to develop quick sensitivity over night, to become good in the art you need to practice the way correctly and control the ego.

Written by sifu Ed Cruz

http://www.windycitywingchun.com

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Have you ever gone through a Martial Arts magazines, and seen ads for books or videos, that state, “the hidden secret techniques of Wing Chun.” Well, your in for some luck today, coz the first 30 viewers of this website will receive free information, on the secret techniques of this martial art, by yours truly.

Well, the first secret to w. chun is practice….. uh, your probably saying no duh, right now. But let, me finish my statement, practice the way correctly. What exactly do I mean by that.

I’ll lead by example, and give you different meanings regarding the word, “practice.”

Okay, you’ve just come from your w. chun class and learned something as basic as the punch. Now it’ll be a good several days before your next class, so you spend at least an hour everyday practicing the punch. Over and over you go over the punch, and the minutes turns to hours, and you’ve logged in some good practice time. A weeks rolled by and your ready to show of the fruits of labor. The next thing you know your doing your punches, and literally, being corrected nonstop after each punch. What’s wrong? You spent all this time practicing, right? Well, that’s what I call wasted time. Practicing without knowing the way. Its sorta like doing your homework everyday incorrectly, and then by the time you have a test, guess what, you fail!

One of the things I stress to my students on a consistent basis, is knowing the way. I literally tell them I’d rather have them practice 10 minutes a day correctly, then spend an hour every day, doing the moves incorrectly. Quality not quantity is the measure of what you should be looking for.

Now, that you know the way, I’ll speak of another way to practice. I often have student tell me, man you make it look so easy. How do you do it? Well, I tell them I practice religiously everyday. I’ll let you in on a little secret. Have you ever met a Martial artist, who then brags, “yeah, I’ve been in the art for 15/20/30 years.” And, then you end up sparring him, and he ends up sucking ass. Well, think about it, I’m sure it happens in your gym. Some guy that you see come in once a month, a year rolls by, and the next thing you know. He’s shown up 12 times the entire year, and then says, he’s notched an entire year of the art under his belt. Believe me, its not the number of years you spend in the art, its the number of dedicated and consistent hours you spend practicing the way correctly. Believe me, I’m so unimpressed by individuals who brag of there years. Through my 9 years of this martial art, I’ve run into countless “year braggers” who have all eaten humble pie after I’ve chi saoed with them. And believe me it s a dish served best cold

Thus, the formula for success is always the same regardless of what you do. If you want to be good in something, you have to practice at it. Thus, want to be good in dancing, math, singing, etc, etc, then you have to sacrifice the hours. Thismartial art is no different from anything else. Look at Sifu Fong, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Jerry Rice and they make everything look easy.   That’s because spectators only see the end product.  But, if you follow these individuals in there every day lives, you see that they spend countless hours perfecting there craft. No one ever show cases the blood, sweat, and tears that a superstar puts into their game. For example, I’ve heard of Jerry Rices workout routine, after winning the Superbowl, his season didn’t end there, he quickly went back to work improving his skills while others were taking months of and relaxing. Tiger Woods even mentioned that all his friends like to play golf, but he enjoys the part they all hate, the part that involves developing the drive or practicing the putting. But yet, like all American’s today, they just want to do it, without knowing how to do it.

Now the 2nd secret…

Written by sifu Ed Cruz
http://www.windycitywingchun.com

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Martial artist sifu Lucas Kastrounis was born in Athens. He has been living in London from 1985. His sifu was Nino Bernando in London and sifu Lucas was taught the w.chun martial art by him and also, Cali Escrima/Jeet kune do until 2009. Sifu Lucas has trained with masters in martial arts escrima and jeet kune do like Dan Innosanto and Larry Charchel (Bruce Lee’s students). Nino Bernando was the first representative of master Wong shun Leung in Europe and sifu Lucas met master Wong shun Leung in Nino’s martial art school (seminar) in 1986.  In 1992, sifu Lucas found his school in Reading of England, “The Reading Academy of Wing chun & Kali / JKD” schools can be found in England, in France and in Greece (Agrinio, Patra, Rodo). This martial art is perfect.

w. chun Kung Fu Yuen sao , uppercut boxing punch,

Lap Sao/Wooden Dummy & Counter/Kick

Trainining Video The first 10 moves of The Wooden Dummy

Chi -Sao Maintain the body structure.

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At this martial art video, you will see sifu Nardo, who demonstrates the second form of w.chun chum kil.
This martial art is perfect.

Sifu Nardo – w. chun, Chum Kil

Sifu Nardo – W. Chun, Chi Gwan

Sifu Nardo – w. chun, chi sao

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Martial artists, the two brothers keep training in their favorite martial art and make video in order to learn something from them. The best martial art is at the following videos.

w. chun: Calogero Zaffuto

W. chun: Carmelo Zaffuto

Explosive w. chun (part 2)