Beginning Wing Tsun Techniques : Practicing Wing Tsun on a Woo

The Woo is a Wing Tsun tool used to practice the basic maneuvers of Wing Tsun Kung Fu. Learn more about the Woo from a professional martial artist in this free video.

Expert: Todd Shawn Tei
Contact: www.kungfuwingchun.com
Bio: Todd Shawn Tei is the chief instructor (Sifu) at the California academy of martial arts in Burbank, CA. He has taught the women's defense class for the past 10 years.
Filmmaker: Devin Boddie

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[willstemichrollen]

He is fast but i can't say that he has got structure.

[wildvenisson]

@siulamtau its a form of hard body training, your bones are made of up of thousands of cells that, when broken by trauma, repair themselves and are made stronger by extra deposits of calcium. By using the wooden dummy it means his arms will genuinely become stronger. No matter how he looks if he punches you, you'll feel it.

[MrSilverfox333]

Nice moves, i pratice wooden dummy too and i'm always creating new techniques to try out.

[nguyenmonkey]

My friend told me he tried this and it hurts. Does it really? If it does i understand because i guess it would build the strength in your arms and hands? So is this suppose to hurt or bruise purposely?

[Cineczek1500100900]

@willstemichrollen That's right because the mainly idea of Mook yan Chong is the build of structure of your body, and that's the way you are totality

[SereneFX]

Although you may be fast but you are hitting the dummy with your fist which is important than open palm.

[azetic]

The other reason that there are WC/WT/VT names, it is because besides different pronounciations and spellings ( Cantonese and Mandarin) in English, people also want to dintinguish and commercialize their MA systems, also people add their own understandings and interpretations on their MA systems. Same as in Karate, there are different styles (ryu). Everyone says that his style is the best, tests and time will prove. If you fail, don't blame whatever style you learn, but blame yourself.

[azetic]

WC/WT/VT are only different spellings of the same style of chinese MA. The different spellings are due to Cantonese and Mandarin pronounciation difference. People also want to use different spellings to distinguish and commercialize their MA system. Before Mr. Ip Man passed away, Wing Chun probably was the only one English spellings (Cantonese pronounciation). Wooden dummy training is not unique in WC, style like Choy Lei Fut, Seven Star Praying Mantis also have wooden dummy practice.

[azetic]

A teacher said that WC/WT/VT is considered to be a half soft , half hard martial art. WC is not as soft as Tai Chi etc. (soft style MA) , but not as hard as some hard style MA ( Choy Lei Fut ? Seven Star Praying Mantis?) WC/WT/VT all came from the same origin. Mr. Ip Man was the grand master in Hong Kong credited to the spread of WC started in 1950's . Different people uses different English pronounciation to distinguish and commercialize their WC system. In Chinese, the name is same.

[azetic]

"Speed " and " Hard Body Conditioning " are the very very last thing you want when training on the WC /WT/VT wooden dummy ! People are misled to believe that if you hit hard, hit fast, then you master the wooden dummy technique well.... Totally wrong ! you walk into the wrong path. It is the subtlety (subtle movements) of the body alignments, angles of body, foot works, entry technique, deflection and body, arm,hands, legs and centre line , intercept and attack co-ordination practice.

[pinoytouch81]

speed is key to win a fight no matter what martial art,then power comes in. having a good structure will give you more strength... but u might want to say that in front of his face and he'll most likely show you how much structure he has lol.

[aviationboy100]

Slow down bro! very nice though. You could kill someone with that rapid fire. :D