We started off this weeks lesson with another combo drill, It starts blocking a low hook by dropping the elbow, whilst synchronising a counter cross at your opponents face. Synchronisation is imperative for the element of surprise. You can then raise your elbow and release an uppercut, followed by a haymaker.
I felt comfortable with this combo and liked the way it chopped and changed the different angles to get around your opponents guard.
We then went on to pummelling the heavy bag with roundhouse kicks, this was good practise and helps build lower body and core strength (in other words an absolute killer).
We then moved on to light sparring with a twist, only one of us was allowed to use our hands. This was excellent for training upper body movement, reflex actions and footwork.
As I noted in a previous blog, I found it really helps if you tune into the bobbing, weaving and general rhythm of San Shou fighting (as far as the boxing element is concerned anyway).
As the lesson ended Sifu Mark rounded us up and informed us of a San Shou (San Da) Kickboxing tournament coming up. My initial reaction was excitement as he explained lots of different clubs are entering and that it will be held in a Shoalin temple on a three foot raised platform. I haven’t got much experience but relish the fact of being involved in this.
It’s hard to really test Wing Chun fighting unless your in a real situation and feel under threat, just for the pure fact that a lot of the strikes are very dangerous. San Shou on the other hand, although in its own right a lethal style of fighting, it can be fought in competition and this to me has to be the ultimate test and I’m well up for it (i'd be a fool not to be a bit nervous though).
http://www.londonwingchun.co.uk/
Day One of Project San Shou
In my humble opinion Wing Chun is a very special martial art that focuses on fighting for a self defence context. Being tired of the criticism levelled against the style of fighting that I hold true to my heart, I started an experiment to prove that the skills of Wing Chun can be transferred to any other environment of fighting.
Of course, we’ve had to make adaptations to our training and approach to fighting, but to fight in the ring you have to utilise universal fighting methods. Effectively, I’ve taken ordinary Wing Chun students and instructed them in a range of skills that require timing, distance judgement and true fighting spirit. Over a period of time they’ve learnt to kick, punch and wrestle like any other fighter, but with one difference they’ve kept the concepts of Wing Chun in the forefront of their minds.
The concept of this experiment is simple: all martial arts must have a common variable to function effectively. If we train and prepare these variables, then any Martial Art is comparable to each other.
I hope over the period of time that you’ll find this Blog informative enough to follow our progression to the final destination. We’ll share our highs and lows, good techniques, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and more importantly our eventual success in competition format.
You’ll follow the progress of Student A in his own words, and I will drop in from time to time to share my experiences on coaching Wing Chun fighters for a whole new world of combat.
So here goes the journey of a Wing Chun Fighter…
http://www.londonwingchun.co.uk./sanshou.html
Of course, we’ve had to make adaptations to our training and approach to fighting, but to fight in the ring you have to utilise universal fighting methods. Effectively, I’ve taken ordinary Wing Chun students and instructed them in a range of skills that require timing, distance judgement and true fighting spirit. Over a period of time they’ve learnt to kick, punch and wrestle like any other fighter, but with one difference they’ve kept the concepts of Wing Chun in the forefront of their minds.
The concept of this experiment is simple: all martial arts must have a common variable to function effectively. If we train and prepare these variables, then any Martial Art is comparable to each other.
I hope over the period of time that you’ll find this Blog informative enough to follow our progression to the final destination. We’ll share our highs and lows, good techniques, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and more importantly our eventual success in competition format.
You’ll follow the progress of Student A in his own words, and I will drop in from time to time to share my experiences on coaching Wing Chun fighters for a whole new world of combat.
So here goes the journey of a Wing Chun Fighter…
http://www.londonwingchun.co.uk./sanshou.html
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