Chapter 150 The Essence of Wing Chun
Looking at Xu Feng's movements, Ip Man's poker face was filled with horror.
Back then, he learned Wing Chun with Master Chen Huashun, and it took him three months to learn how to ask for directions!
And now, Xu Feng had completely understood it within an hour!
Is it...I'm too stupid?
Or is this kid Xu Feng too genius?
Alas, it’s really the next wave of the Yangtze River pushes the previous wave.
Ip Man sighed quietly.
"Master, is this OK?" Xu Feng asked Ye Wen for directions.
Ip Man deliberately cleared his throat with a stern face, "It's a sloppy, it's a little worse than being a teacher back then."
Xu Feng grinned and said, "Master, then you can teach me the other twelve tricks."
Ip Man thought for a while, "Okay, I want to see how much you can learn in an afternoon."
He stood in front of the wooden stake again and set off.
"The second move, clap."
"The force of Wing Chun fist is divided into long bridge force and short bridge force. The so-called bridge refers to the forearm. The elbow stretching makes the bridge hand reach the distal end of the body, which is the long bridge. The elbow keeps bent, and the bridge hand moves proximal to the body is called a short bridge. Whether it is a long bridge or a short bridge, you need to practice the bottom force of the elbow. Clapping is a good move to eliminate the opponent's moves and is a defense of short bridge force."
"Open the horse, with two-character pincers. Change the right fist to the palm, turn the wrist, make the palm facing the right, and point upwards. Use the shoulders and elbows to exert force, exert force on the outside of the palm, and slap horizontally to the front left, and look forward to the front of both eyes."
"It should be noted that the shoulders should be balanced. When elbows bent, the forearm should be kept horizontal. After slapping the palm, the outside of the palm does not need to exceed the outside of the shoulder. The thumb of the clapping hand should be kept at a distance of about 15-20 cm from the body."
"The third move: spread your hands."
"Spreading your hands is also an action to resolve the opponent's offensive, but it is a long bridge exerting force."
"Key points of moves: use the two-character pinch Yangma as the starting style. Change the right fist to the palm, and the palm is facing upward. When clamping the right hand, use the bottom of the elbow to exert force, exert force at the tip of the finger, spread the palm through the midline of the body and look forward and upward, looking forward with your eyes."
"Please note that your shoulders should be balanced. Bend your elbows and return to the middle. After spreading your hands, your forearm, wrist, palm, and fingers form a straight line. The height of your fingertips is between the jaw and the tip of your nose."
"The fourth move: slinger--"
Seeing Ye Wen's movements, Xu Feng's eyes lit up, "Master, this move is very similar to the white crane in my tiger and crane double-shaped fist, flapping its wings!"
Ip Man smiled and said, "That's right, it's very similar, but not."
"The movement of elbows and dropping the hand is exactly the opposite of spreading the hand, so it is best to convert the hand and elbows and elbows to do it. The hand is a purely digestible action. When we usually encounter attacks, we usually have the movement of raising our arms to block it. It is a conditioned reflex, and Wing Chun has absorbed it and optimized it."
"Train: open the horse, with two-character pincers. Change the right fist to the palm, with the palm facing upwards, keep the arm bent and elbows upwards, and turn the wrist to make the palm facing inwards. elbows exert force, raise it diagonally upwards, rotate the wrists inwards so that the palm facing outwards, and insert the fingers diagonally downwards forwards."
"Note: the elbow is raised upwards, with the tip of the elbow slightly higher than the shoulders. The forearm, wrist, palm and finger form a straight line, about 45 angles to the ground. The palm is facing the midline of the body."
"The 5th move: Circle."
"The Circle Hand is a technique that our Wing Chun uses widely, and is used to change the position of the hand, such as turning from the other party's outer door to the inner door, or turning from the inner door to the outer door."
Xu Feng saw that Ip Man did it and asked in confusion: "Master, this action is very simple."
If this move is worth learning, then radio gymnastics can be called a martial arts secret... Xu Feng secretly complained in his heart.
Ip Man smiled and said, "It's simple, but you may not know how to use it. As long as you know when to use it, it will be considered a true understanding."
"The so-called circle moves are not attacking moves, nor are they eliminated defenses, but also connections, and connections between changing moves."
"In Wing Chun, the door is divided into inner door and outer door. Let me give you an example. I attack the enemy with a straight punch. If the enemy's hand is in the position outside the back of my fist, then the enemy is in my outer door, and my hand is in the enemy's inner door."
"On the contrary, if the enemy's hand is in the position inside my fist, then the enemy is my inner door, and my hand is in the outer door of the enemy."
"People from the outside world think that the essence of Wing Chun is to be quick, accurate and ruthless. This is right, but it is actually not right."
"Quick, accurate and ruthless, is the style of describing Wing Chun."
"But in addition to Wing Chun, there are other boxing techniques that can be fast, accurate and ruthless, such as Western fighting, karate in Sang Kingdom, Taekwondo in Shin Kingdom, Taekwondo in Siam Kingdom, etc.."
"So, the true essence of Wing Chun is not fast, accurate, ruthless, but... to eliminate and beat."
"Encourage and beat..." Xu Feng took a deep breath and savored these four words carefully.
"That's right, when you look at any martial arts now, it's not just about killing and fighting, only Wing Chun."
"Whether Western fighting, karate, or our traditional martial arts, attack is attack, and defense is defense, especially Hongjiaquan, which is open and close, and is extremely powerful. The essence of your tiger and crane double-shaped fist is to beat hard if you can beat it, and dodge if you can't, right?"
Xu Feng nodded in admiration, bowed and said, "Master, you are such a god!"
Xu Feng used three moves in front of Ip Man, "Tiger and Crane Double-shaped Fist", and Ip Man could see it thoroughly and clearly.
Ip Man smiled faintly, "Actually, the martial arts of each family are not much different. Attack is attack, defense is defense, and attack is clear. You punch me, I raise my hand to defend, I see if you have time to be a flaw, I will hit you... But Wing Chun is not. The essence of Wing Chun is to eliminate and beat him."
"The so-called elimination means elimination."
"Wing Chun's defense has never been rigidly protecting the key points of the body, but using moves to resolve the enemy's attacks and at the same time to attack the key points of the enemy!"
Isn’t this the essence of Jeet Kune Do flow of consciousness?
Xu Feng suddenly felt like he was clearing away the fog and seeing the sunny day!
Listening to Ip Man's explanation, Xu Feng was so excited that he had goose bumps all over!
No wonder Bruce Lee later became a master!
The starting point of life is really important!
Ip Man continued to say: "So, from this point of view, Wing Chun does not have the usual defensive moves. Wing Chun's so-called defensive moves are also attacking moves in the eyes of outsiders, but Wing Chun's defensive moves are still fundamentally different from Wing Chun's killer moves."
"When converting between defense moves and killer moves, you need to use what you call [simple cannot be simpler] circle hand."
"When will you change your moves and what level it will change depends on how your circle player uses it."
Chapter completed!