mook jong man
Senior Master
See that seems kind of strange. OK you pad up get your target right. But approximating the kick say during sparring should be fine.it is still going to stop the leg and do the job it is supposed to do. Where a kick to nothing would not achieve that and you get unrealistic feedback.
Same way I could front kick people in the face. But I drop the kick because eating a heel with you nose sucks more than a person should have to put up with.
Unless he starts kicking me in the knee or something.
Even with that video of master Wong he is not chopping guys knees out.
Well it's just like in chi sau sparring I don't punch my partner in the jaw , I pull the strike back.
In a rapid striking art like Wing Chun you have to develop control , otherwise you will quickly run out of partners.
The range is not messed up with the kick in the non contact version because we barely extend the heel , the leg just comes up from the ground in the same angle as what the legs are normally when in the stance.
In the contact version we just release it and expand the angle.
In regards to the precise targeting of the kick and why it is important , think of somebody in a fighting stance , what is usually the first part of the body that is presented to you as they advance towards you.
The knee and shin are usually the closest targets right , which ties in with the Wing Chun principles of directness , and economy of movement.
The second reason is that targeting the knee/shin keeps the opponent just out of his punching range , but also still allows our arms to have tactile contact with his arms so that we can monitor him and feel what his next move will be and probably start trapping.
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