mook jong man
Senior Master
Does anybody else practice single arm chi sau from a side on position ?
I got turned onto it a few years ago by a senior instructor who is very much into the RBSD training and he said that it is worth training it from the side as well.
The point being that in reality we are not always going to be attacked from front on , and may not have enough time to square up to the attacker .
We may have to work from where we are and try to apply something from the side with one arm , such as a Fak Sau etc
Most of the time the Fak Sau will sweep any incoming punch off to the side and strike through to the attackers throat , which is great , but what if your technique is blocked.
Then you will find yourself having to apply your chi sau from this unfavourable side position with one arm as you attempt to orientate your body around to the more favourable square on position.
I think its worth training occasionally , having tried it out a few times I find that it does wear you out a bit more muscular wise than conventional chi sau , probably has something to do with the body mass not being square on behind the technique to give support to it.
Just like normal single sticking hands except you stand side by side facing the same direction, so your right arm to his left or vice versa , you should also practice the other configuration as well right arm to his right arm or left to left so that your arms are touching on the outside of the wrists and you are side by side but facing in opposite directions.
When your feeling comfortable with the movements you can start breaking contact and start throwing strikes and engaging in some one arm sparring from the side , with your spare hand bring it right across near your shoulder into a Wu sau to protect the temple and the side of your face .
Make sure you give equal training to both your arms and in the different configurations right to right , right to left and vice versa etc.
Keep your guard up people and have a -
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR :cheers:
I got turned onto it a few years ago by a senior instructor who is very much into the RBSD training and he said that it is worth training it from the side as well.
The point being that in reality we are not always going to be attacked from front on , and may not have enough time to square up to the attacker .
We may have to work from where we are and try to apply something from the side with one arm , such as a Fak Sau etc
Most of the time the Fak Sau will sweep any incoming punch off to the side and strike through to the attackers throat , which is great , but what if your technique is blocked.
Then you will find yourself having to apply your chi sau from this unfavourable side position with one arm as you attempt to orientate your body around to the more favourable square on position.
I think its worth training occasionally , having tried it out a few times I find that it does wear you out a bit more muscular wise than conventional chi sau , probably has something to do with the body mass not being square on behind the technique to give support to it.
Just like normal single sticking hands except you stand side by side facing the same direction, so your right arm to his left or vice versa , you should also practice the other configuration as well right arm to his right arm or left to left so that your arms are touching on the outside of the wrists and you are side by side but facing in opposite directions.
When your feeling comfortable with the movements you can start breaking contact and start throwing strikes and engaging in some one arm sparring from the side , with your spare hand bring it right across near your shoulder into a Wu sau to protect the temple and the side of your face .
Make sure you give equal training to both your arms and in the different configurations right to right , right to left and vice versa etc.
Keep your guard up people and have a -
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR :cheers:
