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I've been looking on the net for a while for a clear, decent explanation on methods for these techniques, and when they might be used. The only thing I've seen on these are on a Bruce Lee biography when he's seen practicing sticking hands. It looked pretty impressive, so any info about this technique would be greatly appreciated.

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Sticking hands or chi sao is a close range kung fu method demonstrated in Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Praying Mantis and others. Essentially it involves keeping contact with the arms and/or legs of your opponent as they attack and using this contact to sense how to overcome them. Chi sao can be practised in set forms or freestyle, using one, two, three or all of your limbs. A simple example of a set exercise would be for the opponent to attack with a straight left punch, which you then parry with pak sao (slaping hand) and then hook onto his arm with fok sao. As your opponent retracts his punch you follow his momentum and move in to strike with the reverse of the fok sau. In free chi sau you frequently use pushing or pulling attacks to uproot and overbalance your opponent. If the opponent is about to push you over you can sense this through your arms, and can use your arms to parry the attack and pull him past your, overextending him. Chi sau is basically a sensitivity exercise that allows you to know your opponents move before he makes it.
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Thanks very much for your replies. This is definitely something I am very interested in and would like to look into further. If only I could borrow this part from Wing Chun to incorporate into my Tae Kwon Do. Hmmm, there are no Kung Fu schools in my area anyway and I'm not a fan of learning from videos and books, but do you know of a good comprehensive book or video into Chi Sau which me and my partner might be able to practice from?

 

Thanks once more :smile: :nod:

Jack

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You may also want to look at the Filipino training method called "Higot Hubud Lubud" or simply "Hubud" for short. It is similar in many ways to Chi-Sao but the emphasis is on the use & control of weapons as well as unarmed applications.

 

 

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Jack, that is exactly what i am trying to figure out. Actually I have found a coupla things in WingTsun that I am hoping to work into my TKD studies. Not just the Chi-Sao but the leg work and excercises as well.

 

Aikidoka, there is a saying in WingTsun, something that basically is that ur arms are like springs and glue, u dont happen to know it do you? I believe it has 3 parts to it.

If you think you can't, then you must. If you must, you will.

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Any Kung Fu/Wing Chun practicioners care to tell me practice drills for Chi Sao? I'd really like to be able to incorporate this method of training into my current schedule and practice it with my friend, but there are no Kung Fu schools in my city.

Jack

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There is only one way to learn Chi Sau - through one on one practice with a skilled instructor. It can't be learnt from books or videos or experimentation, masters from other styles tried to learn it from slow motion videos when it first became well known, but were unable to. Chi Sau must be learnt first hand, otherwise you just get jerky wrestling matches - sorry Jack.

 

 

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