Ving Tsun Kung Fu: Episode 32 - Punching Bag

with sifu Wayne Belonoha
Author of the Wing Chun Compendium series of books

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ving tsun
• wing chun
• punching bag
• ip man

[trubblman]

The hand can drop after you strike with a punch; this is a control technique. In a real fight I wouldnt use more than 2 punches; anything more is just not realistic. No one is just going to stand there and let you hit them.

[wbelonoha]

@trubblman Well said. I try to remind people of the differences between learning and fighting. Learning to ride a bike requires training wheels yet there are no training wheels in the tour de france. Additionally, not everybody learns the same way so it's necessary to have at least a few different methods of teaching the same thing - and this is one method. I agree with everything you said!

[speedykicks]

sifu,great video,thanx for the sharing your knowledge with us, I got a similar kind of bag in my home I am thinking of filling it with newspapers. I had seen it in a documentary they use that to train their knuckles and I do have some knowledge abt martial art so there is no harm in practicing my knuckles but my doubt is if I pin the bag to a wall(brick wall) at my home would the constant punching damage the wall and if so what should I do to prevent it

[tuneafish1]

very cool video!!!thx for taking the time in making it and pointing out the mistakes we all have in common :-), take care

[schulleee]

almost everything about this exercise is okay. tthis definitly is a great way to condition your knuckles without getting ugly, clumby karate knuckles... but still you are not supposed to move back and forth or push yourself away during punching, like shown in this video.

cause right now it seems likie that this person doesn´t even know why even doing that weird wing chun stance.

[2IronFist2]

punch like robot any power

[wbelonoha]

What you say seems like it could work; I'm going to try it out. I've taught many students and I believe that no one way works for everybody so I try in my videos to explain it in a way that appeals to many - even though it may have some technical gaps for more senior people to discuss. Another gotcha for me is that in a video there is only enough time to partially explain one way so I have to decide which it will be. I have about 15 ways to teach punching to beginners (now). Thanks! :)

[Yourjoking999]

@wbelonoha This, after giving them a 30 second stretch break. Insist, that they still maintain tiring grinding skin touch for another 3-4 minutes, narrowing the circle (but now as I said, 6inches from wrist) as if the are firing rockets from a canon, a tight tube. Once they perceived this movement, give them another 30 sec. break &tell them to open yet more the grinding forearm movement, still visualizing they are shooting from a tight canon tube. This, is what I’d do. -I do not have student’s.

[Yourjoking999]

@wbelonoha I see. Well, what you can do is, tell them to place 1)one fist about 8-10 inches from their chest. 2)the other fist on top, so that they have both wrists touching, one on top of the other.Then tell them, to start grinding them in a small circular motion(chain punch way),not losing skin touch.Details at this point don't matter, the idea behind them is what we want.After 4-5 minutes of tiring very small circles,tell them to slightly open the circle about 6 inchesfrom their wrist.Cont->

[wbelonoha]

@Yourjoking999 Yes, you've clarified well. You're right on the points you make; and when fighting we typically do as you say - with both punches very tight and the back one going back on a very tight line. I did this video for people who had never punched before (first day) because I found that when I tried to get them to be very tight on their first day they ended up looping their top hand in a big circle instead of going straight. How do you fix that problem with your students?