wingchun_videoblog Hook defense

Disclaimer: The wing chun defensive techniques displayed in this video series were taught to us by our Sifu and we do not claim to hold any claim to them by our own devices. The information in this series is meant to help the wing chun community as a whole to better equip themselves for real fighting and to show a basic look into the type of performance based training and drills that we use to increase our own fighting skills.Please take from this series what you wish and we hope it will be useful for those that wish to apply our training methods with their own techniques to better the standing of our art in the martial arts community as a whole.

So now for this months installment we're going to show you our method of defending against a hooking punch coming from around. You may have techniques that work as well. If you can apply the drilling method we use and your method holds up under the pressure of alive drilling then you have wing chun live theory too. This is the intro where we introduce the technique and the theory along with static drilling.

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[Scythehalotrial]

Thanks for posting this! Would this also work against (very) tight hooks? Your opponent's hooked a bit wider than yours at 1.56. I'm still struggeling to find a wing chun hook defense so if you got any more of these tips and vids please upload ;)

[gageX2z]

@Scythehalotrial It depends. I've had alot of questions about smaller arc hooks with this video so I'm probably goign to make another follow up vid. Basically, the thing is if he throws a tighter clean hook you won';t have the time to fully extend teh biu sao. So in this case you have to modify the intent to block the bicep by pushing forward instead of using the forearm. I'll explain further in my followup video, subscribe and be on the look out :)

[altermann1ify]

Man, that poor guys arms have to be red and swollen. I have tried this block before many many times in boxing. Every time I used it, what happened was his punch would either go around my arm and hit me, or simply plow my arm out of the way. Maybe I'm not turning my body right, or something. I dunno. Cool video tho!

[gageX2z]

@altermann1ify it's easy to mess this up. the key is your stance. you need to have your wieght on the back leg and have your feet spaced correctly. You also need to push the blocking arm out forwards in addition to just throwing it up. If the guy is coming around your block then you need to shift more and probably turn it into a biu sao, OR alternatively instead of blocking cup his bicep and jam the punch at it's core.

[DrSpooglemon]

@ 2:50 - My sentiments exactly dude...

[DavorBa]

@TheSenseofTouch own the centerline with chain punches or something else. Also, thank you guys for making this vid, you are clearly dedicated to what you do and do it with leisure and enthusiasm. Keep up the good work.

[DavorBa]

@TheSenseofTouch

I totally agree with everything you wrote. I was asking myself the same thing actually, whether it's smart to put the Biu Sau all the way out there, or keep it in center and rotate towards the attack and step in. You answered all my questions. However, I would also like to point out that the version they are doing here isn't useless and might come in handy when dealing with a fast but not so strong opponent. Of course, one must not forget to step in after the block and own

[gageX2z]

@sonoflurch I bought mine at karatesupply I believe they run about 60 to 125 dollars including tax and shipping. I paid about 63 bucks for mine. Century is the brand I like so centurymartialarts is my recommendation.

[sonoflurch]

@gageX2z so they are pretty good protection then. how much are they though?

[gageX2z]

@sonoflurch depends on how hard you get hit. They are great for 10<70% sparring. However, the main benefit is they save your nose and face from smashing force. But, as any boxer will tell you alot of the true damage of a punch comes from the impact on your head. The impact is spread equally over the entire head so multiple hard blows can still easily knock you out. Of course in a drill like this we try to avoid gettin hit as much as possible.