wing chun centre line punch

[choylifutrocks]

Originally posted by Thai Bri
Hi Eddy,

Which art was that? I've never seen the blow anywhere, and like to think it is my very own. But if someone else thought of it first I guess I'll have to put up with it!....

Any way you put it TB, the thought was original when it came to you, therefore, it is your original thought. Had you learned the strike, and claimed it as your original work, then you would have to put up with it being un-original (hyphen?). With over 6 billion ppl on earth, it's almost impossible that anybody has a unique thought or experience. ALMOST.

[Thai Bri]

I agree. Knock $500 of your bill!

[choylifutrocks]

Originally posted by Thai Bri
I agree. Knock $500 of your bill!

Sweet!! I knew that my brown nosing would get me somewhere in life!

[RuskiRonin]

DREAMER :
What you are doing is most likely preforming a hammer strike rather then a straight punch and therefor you are shooting your elbow joint upwards and hurting it, you should throw your elbow forwards and avoid making a hammer motion. ask your instructor im sure he'l explain. your not suposed to hold back in the straight punch your suposed to go all the way forward and straight, its hard at first because you **** your elbow if you do it wrongt, we have recently been wroking alot on this in my wingchun class. first do alot of warming up and streching then start throwing your elbows forward nothing serious the fist isnt clenched - just throw it forward trying to feel the elbow, does the joint strech out forward ? or does it jump upwards ? when you feel more comfortable you can clench the fist more and add more speed as you feel you are ready for but dont excpect to master this in a day if you clench your fist and do it wrong it will add to the damage of the elbow. when you punch dont try to hit it, try to throw your elbow into the wall behinde your target and not your fist into the target...

[Nuihc]

double leg tackdown + ving chun = kick in nuts.

[Hardball]

Wing Chun + double leg takedown = splat goes the WC practitioner

Ko Soto works great against WC practioners too because they tend to leave that leg out there. But, watch out for the deadly iron palm strike or the Fut Sao.

[Hardball]

can anyone help? when I punch with my right arm it's fine, but when I do a centre line punch with my left arm it hurts my elbow and doesn't feel right.

You've got some good ideas here but I'll add one. Maybe you need a better "Warm Up" on your upper body especially your elbows." WE tend to warm up our lower bodies but forget to warm up our upper bodies.

[AlexJitsu]

Hello, I'd like to jump in here.

First of all - if you think techniques make up a system, you aren't understanding the essence of the system. I know people go on and on about "principles" and the like, but in reality, if you can't flow from one thing to the other without even thinking, you won't be able to apply it under pressure.

Also, the reason "blocking" doesn't work for some is because it isn't reflex to them, and reflex it must be.

[Hardball]

Hello, I'd like to jump in here.

First of all - if you think techniques make up a system, you aren't understanding the essence of the system. I know people go on and on about "principles" and the like, but in reality, if you can't flow from one thing to the other without even thinking, you won't be able to apply it under pressure.

Also, the reason "blocking" doesn't work for some is because it isn't reflex to them, and reflex it must be.

The "Shotokan People" dispute that flow theory on a regular basis. The have conditioned hands and conditioned feet and they can take their enemy out with one strike to a vital spot. Is flow really neccessary in combat? I don't know about you, but for me..........the answer is not always!