Martial Arts Home Training by Mike Young

Author:Mike Young
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0-8048-3170-X
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

CHAPTER 8

THE PRECISION BLOCKING STICK

Many years ago, after not training with my Wing Chun instructor for almost a year, I went back to his house to sharpen up my Wing Chun skills. After several hours of an intensive workout, he brought out a device he said he had been using since I had been away from practice. My instructor claimed that this device had helped his new students develop the precision blocking skills needed to execute effective Wing Chun blocks.

I observed that the device was nothing more than three PVC pipes, duct-taped together, and I wondered how this device could develop the precise movements of the Wing Chun blocks. My instructor then proceeded to demonstrate how he used this simple device to obtain the desired results. First, he had me stand in the Wing Chun “guard,” or “ready,” position. My instructor then slowly thrust the pipes at me, aiming the tip of the pipes straight at the upper midline of my chest. It was up to me to block the pipes with any Wing Chun block combined with a quick body pivot. After the first block, my instructor told me to hold the blocking position and corrected me on the little intricacies and nuances that make Wing Chun blocks so economical and effective. As my instructor kept thrusting the pipes at me, every time I blocked incorrectly, he would stop and place me in the proper position. I found that the straightness of the pipes added to the proper mechanics of an effective block (see fig. 54).

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