Wing Chun Double Palm Attack (Po Pai)

Lo Man Kam Federation Sifu Richard Doell demonstrates Wing Chun Popai. 詠 春 拳 功 夫

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[obscure323]

I'm a fairly new wing chun student, so I am asking out of a TRUE spirit of learning, not to be disrespectful in anyway. The very first technique is a push; however, it appears that if the opponent were larger than oneself, it would require a great deal of effort to push him off of his horse. Does this not violate "Don't fight force with force."? Am I missing something?

[MrRad999]

In the contact phase of popai we need to often store energy using our Wing Chun stance. Popai in itself has no real energy. Instead it is the opponents strength that allows you to throw or uproot him. In this respect Wing Chun is similar to Tai Chi in that we are ideally completely soft yet using our flexible pliable movements we are able to throw our opponent.

[MrRad999]

A popai is often used as setup with a larger opponent to make him use strength thereby creating a situation where we can "pak sao" or "lop sao" and perhaps popai again. The key point is that chi sao is not a dead exercise and popai itself has many variations.

[MrRad999]

Don't knock geeks. Some of the geekiest guys are terrors on the mat. In any event he recently styled his hair and is looking more "GQ ish" for all you fashion types out there. I usually post these videos in Chinese mostly for my Chinese students to learn something and not because I'm trying to sell my Wing Chun DVD etc or look cool in a kung fu sense. Although that is an idea worth pursuing considering the poor quality of instruction DVD's out there.

[obscure323]

@Handspoken Ok, I got you. So it is not fighting direct force with direct force, rather applying force at an angle that is advantageous to our assault. Am I right?

[obscure323]

@Donkyfishy Good point.

[Donkyfishy]

@obscure323

Some force is always going to be required, cant punch somebody if you dont use some strength : ) but when executed correctly you will be using a few things* to even the odds on the matter of force v force (its a concept/principle not absolute mandate). * 1. stance & structure 2. Angles/footwork 3. Timing & unbalancing.

[jhaer27]

poor guy.. haha

[pascalinlondon]

Why should geeks not train?

i like this video ... looks like all in good humor.