Interessting reading !
About once a month I train with my old Wing Tsun instructor. For those of you who don't know Wing Tsun (not Wing Chun) its a very combative system and they really do lots of sparring in all ranges.
When we train we basically just roll around and spend time on sharing ideas.
He asked me if I did any chi sao, and I said no. He then asked me about our Clinch fighting, and I told him about the way we train and showed him some of the stuff we do.
He then asked me to clinch fight with him, which was great. Only,
he totally played with me using in his words his chi sao. I was not once able to land a hit not once !
I couldn't get any position or takedown or anything !
I'm not a "clinch fighting" expert as I have only been doing it the Burton/Matt Thornton way for a little more than 2 years - but still.....
Just thought I'd share my experince with you as the tobic was "old style" training ways/drills.
Take care,
Michael.
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