Bong Sau and forms: Apply it
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@rhoghost Old question but Kwon sao is the best block.. since you use the structure of both elbows, tan sao, and bong sao to block a 300 lb person's punch. A biu sao isn't as strong since you're using a single arm. The advantage to the biu sao is you can simultaneously attack with the other hand.
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@shuyin131 Exactly. Being a system designed for a woman to use against a man, it is built around a smaller, lighter, weaker opponent taking on a bigger, heavier, stronger one, and using techniques to deal with it.
Limitations are not in the system (any system), they are in the student.
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man I just love listening to him, his such a dam cool instructor
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he has a point with doing the bon sao against a taller person..but I'd rather bil sao and a kick to the nuts will work
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you're right about being able to use bil sau
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at least this guy is wise enough to demonstrate and highlight the limilations of the wing chun system....
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The other thing to keep in mind is that in application, bong sau ideally should not be used as a primary deflection. Bong sau is more of a transition movement. For example, if you deflect with a Tan Sau or Biu Sau, and as it starts to collapse, transition to Bong Sau and into your next move. Not as three separate moves, but in one smooth motion, or a 1.5 beat motion.
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I appreciate the vids thanks i am able to relate alot of what my sifu says to the way he teaches
It's not a limitation of the wing chun system! he is teaching you that each situation is different and you use different tools to deal with it. Bong Sau certainly deflects an opponents punch, but against a taller person, you would tan sau or bil sau, disengage into a Bong Sau and go into whatever you want, Lap Sau for instance.
shuyin131 2 years ago 5
Good advice on application. Forms are only your library for techniques, ie just a way to remember the motions.
squaresphere 3 years ago 3