KungFuLuvva

yess...i've noticed many similarities in wing chun and aikido. wing chun never ducks or evades if thats what you meant, but we do shift at angles while blocking to help take more power off the opposing punch. a lot of the movements look similar but in aikido you would block and wrap, while in wing chun you would block and strike. at least thats my understanding between the two, but i do know that wing chun is very aggresive.

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in any style of wing chun, the bottom 3 knuckles are used every time and it may look like boxing punches are more powerful but this is a common misconception. it takes while to develope a proper wing chun punch but it is well worth it. it travels relaxed in a straight line making it much more energy efficiant. this may look weaker but a wing chun punch can maximize its damage at a range of just a few inches. thats why it has the reputation of being the most dangerous art up close. look up some of bruce lee's famous 1 inch punches, those are actually wing chun punches. if developed well enough, the punch can give enough explosive power from the elbows to send the guy flying 5 feet back from just inches away. they just have a different type of power, for example, when you hit a punching bag with a boxing punch, it will swing away from you as if you where to push it. a wing chun punch would make it vibrate really hard as apposed to pushing it. you do not need to throw your whole body into your whole body into your punch, you'd just be wasting energy. think of it like throwing a ball. would you tense your whole arm up and throw your whole body into it? of course not, you'd prlly end up hurting a muscle. relaxation is the key.

wing chun punches appear to be weaker but once that centerline punch is trained well enough, it has a lot of hidden explosive power. we learn to use elbow energy as apposed to throwing our shoulders into it.

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i'm starting out in wing chun and i noticed that when i try to do some of the fast chain punches i some times hold my breathe or dont breathe correctly and this makes me tired verry very fast. i was wondering if anyone could explain how to measure your breaths or has a good breathing technique while punching, kicking, ect...

In my experience sparring with Wing-Chun practitioners, they did not adapt the had posture to deal with my attacking the limbs. i'd have to say that is not true to the wing chun system. my dad and i are both wing chun practitioners and i've seen him spar against a sifu from some other kung fu (forgot which kind) and my dad started with the basic extended arm and the sifu punched really hard at the fingers of the extended arm and my dad just lowered his hand an inch down and the sifu was completely vulnerable to a series of attacks. What i'm trying to say is that wing chun is not this stiff system where your completely mechanical and cant certain things. wing chun is just a tool that you use when you fight. after all we're all individual people and your art wont fight for you, its just there for you to use. its like a guy that concentrates so hard on getting his form right that he forgets to punch. so if your able to hit their limbs then their just not using the system how it was ment to be used.