third student degree

[kle1n]

i am going for my third student degree this friday in wing chun. I trained only at home in the last month and I am not sure how I will do. But I think i can make it

 

I am always so nervous during the grade tests.when i do forms you can see my arms shaking, because we do them kinda slow.

[Drunken Monkey]

just curious.

 

what does your club define as 'third degree'?

 

what are the other two?

[aefibird]

Good luck with your test kle1n! I hope you do well.

[Drunken Monkey]

sorry, in my attempt to be brief and to the point i totally missed how my last post could've been seen to be rude...

 

i apologise if you, or anyone read it in this way.

 

as most people here know, i'm a wing chun guy and i'm always fascinated by how different people teach wing chun, how they structure their class, etc etc.

 

that is why i asked.

 

not because i was suggesting any form of criticism.

 

anyway.

 

we usually start our class with warms ups with sets of punching.

 

depending on how many people turn up, this would mean anything from 500 to 1000 cycles.

 

after this, as you can imagine, ou arms are always shaking.

 

this also makes chi sau interesting as after the forms and drills our arms are absolute jelly.

 

bong/lap drills hurt and poon sau feels like our arms are not our own....

 

believe it or not the best way to stop the shaking is to well, relax.

 

what i mean is, relax your breathing.

 

concerntrate on your breathing and concerntrate on keeping your breathing steady and deep, from your stomach (hate to say it but from your dan tien region...)

 

don't forget to drop your shoulders.

 

remember, one of the five wing chun uses of energy is to 'lose' energy so release everything from your shoulders, your stomach, your back...

 

can't really comment anymore cos i'm not entirely sure what you'll be tested on, nor am i sure that we are even taught the same things in the same way.