Sifu Chan Is so Knowledgeable, and he's a nice guy too, big fan of his Channel.

3:18 Brilliant application

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Great stuff. I love watching these and trying em

Excellent lesson! Big thanks. Please show your footwork in the frame when possible. Respect.

Hi Chris, Maybe it is old news, but can you and Sifu talk about; #1 the inside line using a Pak Sau [so many people say NOT to] yet I say everything is fair play #2 the reality of pain and training on the Mook Jong, #3 how much time devoted to the Mook Jong on a daily basis. THANK YOU & Merry Christmas.

Great video! Everybody should watch this video to clean up their minds.

And another thing: the only way to train explosiveness in techniques is to practice the technique. Lifting "explosively" will NOT make you explosive in your punches/kicks. Skills don't transfer like that. This is something that has been known for decades. Look up the concept of "specificity."

"Going to the gym and lifting weights to get strong is probably not the best way?" That is the ONLY way to get strong. Your body will NOT develop more muscle mass unless there is a need to do so, and the only thing that will do that is strength training. It seems to me that you are confusing "strength" with "power." Also, there is no such thing as "functional versus non-functional strength." If I can curl 100 pounds, that is something I can use for a wide variety of things. When any martial artist says "functional strength," they are usually talking about power, which comes from taking that strength and then developing a skill in striking.

It would be very interesting if you should how do non wing chun techniques like this on a wooden dummy

Never met the Master Wong Shun Leung but did picked up a few pointers from him of which he had me destroying two boards with the one inch punch just sorry I was not under his tutelage end of story

Very rare to see Wing Chun with the rise, sink, swallow, spit principles...I've only seen that with Sifu Sonny So's Weng Chun... Absolutely awesome 👍🏽

This is some of the most dynamic kung fu I have ever seen. Incredible speed and precision. Thank you.

literally the best conversation I've heard on not just the history, but the the approach to understanding the history of Wing Chun.

You chum kiu it

I watched two "smart guys" today who ranked about 20 different martial arts by their effectiveness in self-defense on the street. According to them, the top were grappling martial arts like wrestling, BJJ, and variations of judo. At the bottom were striking arts, and at the very bottom, aikido and wing tsun, which they claimed are equally useless on the street! What do you think about that? In my opinion, if you end up fighting on the ground in a street fight, you're already done for, but apparently, these "experts" know better...

Well done Sifu I so enjoy seeing practical application I am William Cheung lineage Combat application is what matters

I can see wing chun transitioning into Tai Chi in the clutch here

Greetings Adam and Chris. Thank you, make sense. 7 Star Praying Mantis Bong Bo. I love to see Family get together☀️♥️☀️

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Hey guys, Chris here, hope you enjoy the video. Let us know if you have questions and your ideas about what we can talk about next. Happy Holidays!

Hi sifu, that elbows are very similar to baji quan`s ding zhou elbow. Thanks for the approach, very usefull for my short range situations (for with baji its specialiced). Thanks for all the wisdom shared sifu, till next time, cheers from argentina!

Love these concepts and principles, especially as a practitioner who is over 50. Thank you so much and I hope someday to train with you.

One of the most amazing videos ever! Amazing input about working with distance! Thank you adam!

The step and the drop are also in Muay Thai and Shotokan Especially the way both styles generate power

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This looks like kali and Silat the three lines of attack and the way you stick to the leg and make legs fold under pressure great stuff Adam

It is such a pleasure to see the development of your business, the direction you've gone with your KZbin/online stuff, keeping traditional arts alive in a modern context, the niche you've built for yourself and your stuff... it's very beautiful Adam, and well deserved. Wishing you, your good friend Chris, and our mutual connect Steve Smith, all the best for the holidays and the new year. Love, Respect, Mart 🙏❤

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I feel your pain Chris

Great Videos, very informative, thank you for sharing!

i would really LOVE to see you get in contact with other martial art KZbinrs like sensei seth, Kevin Lee, or Jesse Enkamp!! would be such a fire collab!! 🔥💯💯

The first examples are complete Bullshido ... but show it in Sparring pls ... there so many failure in this

Yeah I wouldn't call that explaining siu lim tao more like a couple of pointers on 2-3 out of 75 moves of that form lol.

Adam what Taichi form do you practice Chen or Yang style or not at all? And did your buddy big guy student ever hang with Sifu James Cravens in Fla? One of my teachers. Thanks for your teaching

A common WC mistake... is seen here. The spreading of the Fingers, and the Curling of the Thumb. Never do that... as its training a very bad habit, that can cause a lot of problems when you fight for real. Firstly, the most obvious, is the inward curling of the thumb, in front of the palm. If you were to do this while trying to Pak Sao an OPs arm.. your thumb would get Crushed between your palm, and their arm. While you could always say that in a real situation.. you would be more aware, and control it better... the thing is... whatever you are training, tends to come out. So... when you train it wrong, over and over again... you are more likely to accidentally curl your thumb inwards, when you go to use it in sparring, and or, in a real fight. Keep your thumb on the very edge of your hand (bladed), so that its side, is touching the side of your pointer finger, at all times. Next, is the spread fingers issue. If you try to spar against a very experienced, and aggressive fighter... you are likely going to end up making mistakes, and limbs and clothing, are going to collide in odd ways. As such, its likely that the OPs limbs will eventually hit your fingers, and wrench them backwards, hyper-extending them. That, and or getting a direct impact... causing a "Jammed Finger" injury. Another thing that can happen... is clothing getting looped around the fingers, and wrenching them. This could be from the cuff of a pantleg, or the shirt cuff near their wrists. I had to learn the hard way. I used to spar against various fighters, on a regular (every weekend) basis. I ended up suffering at least 2 jammed finger incidents, and 2 or 3 finger hyper-extension injuries. Let me tell you... while the hyper-extensions were painful... the Jammed finger injuries, was the WORST pain that Ive ever suffered, in my whole career. After the finger jams... your eyes water from the over whelming pains. While I tried to keep sparring... merely by using my other arm.. the vibrations from our limbs colliding, went through my body... and right into the jammed finger... making the pains unbearable again. After only like 3 interceptions... I had to stop sparring. It was just way too much pain to deal with. When you practice the form, keep all of your fingers and thumb, together. You dont want to press them tightly with heavy force. Just use barely enough energy.. to keep them together. If you have flexibility issues that require you to use a lot of force to hold them in place: You will want to keep stretching your fingers/thumbs, all throughout the day / night... every day/night... using one hand to flex the other. After enough stretching... your flexibility issues should eventually be solved... allowing you to be more relaxed in your form work. Each individual finger, on its own... is pretty weak. However, when the fingers are all together, they multiply the sum total strength. As such, if a limb crashes into all of your fingers at once (rather than hitting the wristbone), you are much less likely to suffer a hyper extension issue... compared to if only a single finger was Wrenched. Also... the higher level fighters, Love to encounter a fighter, whom has spread fingers. They will quickly reach out and Grasp a loose finger, and then hyper-extend it on purpose, to control you with it (Small joint manipulation / Chi-Na). I also encountered a fighter whom did this to me. He was very good at setting the situation up... so that even a tiny lapse in positional awareness... gave him the opportunity to get a finger lock on me. And finally... the most important part of the 1st form... is the part thats repeated 3x in a row. Its called "Three Prayers to Buddha". Its actually designed to be performed in Slow Motion, like a Tai Chi form. It should take at 30 seconds to fully extend your arm... and 30 seconds to fully retract it.. within that entire section. That will extend the section from 2 to 3 minutes... into 16 minutes. Thats not all, either. In order to gain the Internal Benefits.. you have to do one hours worth of non-stop form work... and repeat that, at least every other day... for several consecutive months. To do this... you simply keep repeating the entire form, at least 4 times in a row, without any rest between each Set. You see... one of the main benefits to slow form work... is the development of "Super Tendons". Tendons that are very flexible + elastic... yet are also Superiorly Strong. In order to be able to stress the tendons enough to develop like this... you have to do very long training sessions... AND... you have to make sure that your entire body is as RELAXED as possible. You need to make sure that you are using almost ZERO muscle strength, for your movements. This lack of muscle force to hold and control your body / limbs... is what puts far more STRESS on the tendons, and other tissues. If you use too much muscle... there wont be enough strain being put on the tendons (and other tissues, like the Fascia). This is why many people whom mildly practice Tai Chi... are often not seeing very good progress / developments... as they too, are often not relaxing enough... not practicing for full hour long sessions, and not practicing enough per each week, month... etc. Realize that Wing Chun, was created by the highest level martial arts technology of its Era... and that technology was, the "Internal Arts" methods. Once you develop the proper Internal Strength.. (instead of just muscular strength), your Wing Chun will reach a whole other level. The other thing is...that the slow motion practice will develop a LOT more benefits than just super-tendons. It would take several pages of text, to describe every benefit. The Entire form is not supposed to be performed slowly. Only the 3 prayers section. This allows the Fast acceleration to keep developing your Quick Twitch muscle fibers... so that you can reach maximum acceleration, and thus max velocity (especially for maximum short range power potentials). And finally... when performing the 3 prayers section... its especially important, to breath very deeply (fully, using both the upper lungs, AND the lower abdomen).. and with constant high air flow rates. This is part of the Qigong method, that will create higher Circulation channels, within your body (and many other benefits). Pace your breath speeds and depth, with your movement speeds, as best as possible. Never hold your breath... and stop using very shallow, and quiet, breaths.

You should come to Guangzhou and meet up with my Sifu, Wong Nim Yi of Mai Gei Wong Wing Chun. You guys would connect really well.

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Maybe with no weapons, be real dude and honestly any Lumpinee Thai champ would humble all of them.

Poor Chris, Adam a lot tougher then he lets on.

Thank you Sir!

That monkey comb hair can also be changed into a downward elbow or sideway elbow attack/block 😁 Hou Xing has a ton of different applications that is evil as hell. It even has a jumping knee attack while you drag down the peach(head). And many many more. 🙏☯📿

Fantastic interview!

Thanks again Shifu! An item I'd like to hear you teach us about is foot-trapping or feet drills from Wing Chun. And Shifu James Keating spoke on "the hunting step" from sensei David Harris, could you please speak on that? Thank you again Ntate Chan!

How about Red Boat Wing Chun?

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I highly respect you!! Thanks for the info. You are truly a real good sifu. Thank you for everything

Thanks!

Hey guys, Chris here, hope you enjoyed the video, let us know some ideas of what you'd like Adam to cover next.