What is the Purpose of Chi Sau

[matsu]

welcome back mate!

 

[Yoshiyahu]

Interesting I agree...Chi Sau is not the end all...you have to practice sparring and two man drills. You should also do extra conditiong exercises to make your foundation stronger...

Now in your opinion how does one build up power to punch through walls?

There is no purpose to chi sao. All our Sifus tricked us...

Seriously though, chi sao is merely a method to train our bodies to react, absorb, work, and develop energy

We build sensitivity through a variety of methods, not just chi sao. And sensitivity is not unique to wing chun

A boxer spars. A wrestler grapples. In wing chun we chi sao. It is our way of improving sructure, energy, footwork, stancework, sensitivity, confrontation, exercise and position

Chi sao is not the ultimate as many wing chunners believe. It is a very handy tool but nothing more

Like my sifu says, when that fight comes, you won't look back and wish you'd done more chi sao, you'll wish you'd train your punch to hit through walls