Wing Chun's Power of Relaxation - Part 1 of 3

Chief Instructor Tony Psaila discusses Joint Rotation in Part 1 of the Power of Relaxation.

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[Liberate006A]

I started Wing Chun about a month ago and I must say I've never seen such a scientifically viable art. Everything just makes so much sense. This is after being involved in martial arts for over 20 years! I will definetly stick to this art!!

[silverspirit007]

That's why they say this WCH is the easiest to learn but the hardest to master. This short video is enough to teach you WHAT to do. BUT it takes years of training to learn HOW to do that.

[liliumroses96]

I remember learning this as a child for 2 years.. didn't understand it. Now i'm a teenager and i still love this but i have no good wing chun teachers near my home.. and i wish i could learn it again .

[zoradora000]

@Scythehalotrial I think what he means is that you relax a part of your arm, although your muscles do contract and expand, it is the biceps that slow the speed of the punch. Similarly, if you look at the action of lifting weights, the biceps contract, whereas in a wing chun punch, correctly done, you will see that the biceps don't move at all or at least only a little bit

[Bevallalom]

@Scythehalotrial Relaxing your muscles does not mean your muscles do not work at all. If it was the case your body would fall down on the ground :D What he means by relaxing is not to tense your muscles at all. Let your muscles use only a little bit of "power" necessery to move your badypart. In fact, you can use your opponet's force to move your joins (ex. your arm) and your muscles only need to control the direction of your movement. Check out how tense you are now! :D

[parallelelk]

move like water.

[Scythehalotrial]

I just don't get it. He says that you should relax your muscles and let the joints work, but the joints rotate by the lengthening and shortening of our muscles so you will use muscles one way or another. Can someone elaborate this to me because my trainingspartner is relying on his muscular strength advantage during chi sau with me...

[murdokul]

superb demonstration and explanation!!!

peace

[ASnowPuppy]

BRAVO! I'm moved by the explanation in this video. It cannot be more clear and educational. This is indeed the "seed" or "essence" of not just Wing Chun but LIFE in general.

[INexasI]

6:01 ! inch punched that poor guy across the room >.>

[JoTGermany]

how do you make this effekt when you switch from one scene to another? it kinda washes out, is this with cs5?

[Kungfumastertraining]

Very good explanation Sifu you sure make a lot of sense. I do practice my vertical straight pinches relaxed and at the moment of impact I make a hard fist and it increases speed and power.