Know Your Game Wing Chun Training 101

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May 152010
 

As you begin to develop in your wing chun training you will start to develop your own style of fighting.  Wing Chun allows many variations and flexibility as part of its concepts.    The main area to focus on is to concentrate on your strength and lessen your weaknesses.Conversely you want to prevent your opponents strengths and exploit their weaknesess.  During the dynamics of a fight ..Even in real life or ina tournament do not get drawn into playing the other guys game -or style if fighting.  You want to be able to dictate how the contest is fought and won.  Not be controlled by your opponents  rules.  You won’t learn this just by practicing onthe wing chun dummy

For example if your opponent is bigger and has a longer reach, they will generally be slower moving and want to keep you at a distance to be at their most effective.By keeping you out of range they can inflict the most damage yet remain unscathed.  If you are more swift and proficient  close range fighting ( ala wing chun) you want to keep things dynamic and get in close to nullify your opponents reach and cramp them up.You dont want to get into a fight dependant on strenght is your opponent is stronger than you.  This is a weakness of yours and a strength of your opponents and falling into this trap you are heading down a path of defeat. This is a key concept of Wing Chun Training

Knowing the your game  or strength allows you to develop your own style to focus on your strengths.  This whole strategy involves when you are in an exchanging in an  altercation with your opponent or even when you are out of range and perhaps being provoked .

Don’t be suckered on or provoked by verbal stoushes when you’re out with friends.  That may be his way of getting your to approach him & be isolated ..he may look to sucker punch and even have fiends jump you..–he is looking to fight playing his game playing by his rules

Know your territory and pay attention to your surrounding and always focus on maximizing your strengths.


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Breathing for Martial Arts Training

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Feb 182010
 

One of the most crucial elements of martial arts training is breathing correctly. This is important because the underlying philosophy is that proper breathing results in your body getting cleansed from within. All toxic wastes such as carbon dioxide get eliminated due to this cleansing and are replaced by fresh oxygen and nutrients.

If you are just starting to discover the importance of breathing in your martial arts training, you will find the following exercises very useful.

The most basic methods of learning how to breathe properly are Attention Breathing and Abdominal Breathing.

While practicing either of these techniques make sure you focus on breathing through your nose. Normally just breathing through the nose is difficult when you are practicing martial arts exercises. However, for the purpose of these breathing techniques it is essential you use just your nose. While breathing, imagine you are creating a closed circuit by breathing in through your nose and then again breathing out the same way. Every time you breathe through your moth, the circuit gets broken and the energy gets dissipated.

You need to be aware of the fact that everyone does not breathe in the same manner. Children breathe differently from older people. When people are excited they will tend to breathe more rapidly as compared to when they are depressed. When you are at peace, your breathing will be deep and slow.

The Attention Breathing method is about focusing your attention on the natural flow of your breath. You do not need to do anything to change it. You only need to take note of the way the breathing process is occurring within your body. You can do this by feeling the air when it enters your nostrils, then circulates through your lungs and finally gets exhaled. As you concentrate and feel the movement of the air through your body, your breathing will become smoother and more even.

If you feel your concentration waning, try and focus back. Practice this method for at least five minutes at the same time every day. Once you get used to this, try and practice it at other times during the course of the day. Gradually, without your realizing it, this awareness will become integrated into your life.

Abdominal Breathing is one of the easiest breathing techniques to master as it is actually different to do it incorrectly. The basic concept behind this method is to fill up your lungs with air completely. This is important since we usually tend to breathe with just the upper half of our lungs. The Abdominal Breathing method helps in expanding the capacity of your lungs.

To practice this technique, breathe in through the nose. Expand your abdomen slowly and allow the air to fill your lower lungs. Do this in a smooth and gentle manner. Once your abdomen is full, breathe out through the nose and keep pulling your abdomen in slowly. As you inhale, your abdomen should expand and with each exhalation your abdomen should contract. Repeat this method in sets of ten.

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