How to Do a Lap Sau Drill | Wing Chun

Full Playlist: • How to Do Wing Chun
-
-
Watch more How to Do Wing Chun videos: www.howcast.com...
So the next exercise we're going to show here is called the Lap Sau drill or a Lap Dah exercise. This is a very fundamental Chi Sau drill. Again, depending on which lineage of Wing Chun you practice or what your Sifu teaches you, there's always variations for this one here. What I'm going to show you is the standard form in the WT system of Wing Chun. So when we start in the Lap Dah one partner's in Bong Sau. The other partner is actually going to use a footboard jutsu, as opposed to a full-on grab.
If you totally grab your opponent's arm, you're also kind of binding yourself to them, and you give them a chance to come in and hit. As long as your hand is open, you always are free for other options and to be able to change things around. So we start like this using the Fook-Sau or Sat Sau from the form. The other hand is going to be here in the middle. This actually comes from the second form Chum Kiu and you're going to ride over the bridge, over your hand and at the last moment, you close your fist like this.
Now, of course in real fighting, my intention is to go in, step in and punch him, but this is just a drill for teaching the students movements one-by-one. So we start like this, I'm going to punch and then he's going to do the same thing to me. Now when I go forward, I'm actually going to take my Wu Sau hand and bring it like this, so I can slip it on the inside, all right? Once this goes in, I turn this one flat, and then I'm going to punch this, right here. It's important not to go forward with your hand wide, because then you have to go off the center line to go forward.
If you go in here with a narrow hand, you can press this one down, put this one on top and punch like this here. What we want to avoid is grappling and doing a back fist which is a very, very common error. Because again, our goal is not to grapple our opponent's arm and give them a back fist on his hand. What we want to do in fighting application later is obviously, go in and step and control. So it doesn't make sense for us to do something like this. Also, the problem with this style of Lap Sau is that it teaches the students to have two hands on one. If he grapples my arm and gives me a back fist, he has two hands on one which leaves a whole bunch of options for me to counter here. So we want one arm there at a time, like this.
If you notice when I punch, I keep my elbow low, this is for training the low elbow force. We call it in Cantonese Chung Tai, like this way here. So we practice it a lot. But here we can start first on one side. Of course, later you can build in some simple switches, so that you can practice it on both sides this way here. Because you want to practice the Bong Sau reaction, as well as the whole Tiu Sau process and punch here on both sides. All right, and that's how we practice the basic Lap Sau drill.

[@matthewkabbash]

One of best fundamentalist approaches I have seen. Thank you for posting

[@milk-hama1877]

You don't know how long I have been waiting for a wing chun vid( i guess since the last 1)

[@paulsmallwood5161]

I learned the same drill using Ton Sau against the Bong Sau and the training partner uses a Ton Sau to Lop Sau to make the transition but it's all works the same. Very good explanation of the drill Sifu.

[@jefferyrowland5579]

Really like your explanation of the technique. Thank you for sharing.

[@valonbytyci8805]

Kurz, schnell, bestens gemacht -- Klasse Wing Tsun -- Bravo 👍

[@ben6089]

I miss doing wing chun, done it for 3 years, but I moved away where there are no clubs. I love how there's always an answer for everything (and it's basically just punching the other guy) and that guy hinted at it with his controlling two arms with one.

[@imbradtaylor]

I like this version!

[@CaptFL]

Good explaination, thanks.

[@kalibkukus8888]

Yooo it’s the Kung Fu Genius

[@alugolamurali3043]

Good explanation sir

[@leoholy9818]

yeah that’s in very slow motion,it is only apply in training drill when real fight is so fast and almost like a back fist, because you have to lap(actually is not grab tight and pull,that s also dangerous,just like press forearm down ) and attack almost same time

[@peterchu8224]

Roll that bong sau

[@evaristonsilva4609]

Wing chun kung-fu muito bom

[@godlessheathen9809]

👊😎Kung Fu dude actually did a pretty good job. He actually used his feet. Was using simultaneous punch/block & trapping techniques. And stayed up for what seems like a while. 💪Not bad for a guy with no fight conditioning. 😏Luckily they didn't grapple. 🤦Now if only the Kung Fu dudes would move to the side as the Mack truck goes by. Instead of standing in front of it. They only like to move backwards and forwards. It's a really bad habit.🤣🤣🤣 🙏Kudos to that man's Sifu.❤️

[@My_trashtalking_account]

Patty cake looks fun but will not protect you from my poison eagle's claw!

[@djwestfield1]

Love & respect this style of martial arts, I'm a huge fan. What is its strength and weaknesses?

[@delta9719]

+rhino me too. i think its weakness are long range martial arts. its strength tho is its simplicity and directness. its very direct and it doesnt do much fancy moves in which u can use in real life.

[@ghcheong]

In Wing Chun, the strengths are that this art does not rely on being big and strong to overcome your opponent, instead , it focuses on proper bone alignment and " structure " to move and manipulate the opponent. The other strength is that it is very efficient in motion . No movement is wasted and every movement is made to set up another move . Also , Wing Chun has this belief of " Loi Lau Hoi Song , Lat Sau Jit Chung " (来留回送, 摔手直冲) , meaning , when an opponent attacks , you receive the opponent, when the person retreats , you persuit the person . Once you lose contact of the hand , rush in to launch your own attack. It is a very persistent martial art , the Wing Chun practitioner will basically latch on like a leech to the opponent once contact is made and keep attacking until the opponent is down and out. The weakness of this martial art though is that it has little to no long range weapons and it does not include slipping and rolling techniques of boxing but rather depend on positioning the body to avoid a punch upright or to receive and redirect the shot away from the body. It also lacks the footwork of some other martial arts such as 52 blocks which always has a leg that serves as an alternative to go to if the initial attack fails and the opponent counter punches . Overall , I think Wing Chun is a great martial art for no nonsense self defense to get in and get out of harms way as fast as possible but as far as prolonged fights, duels and tournaments is concerned, other styles will work better. My teacher always told me " If a fight begins with both of you squaring up and sizing each other up, chest bumping and all , it is no longer self defense and most cases you can avoid it . You can still go to jail for fighting even if you knock the person out ."

[@kenmitchell5454]

Long bridge fighting is in our lineage.

[@davidwilliams4837]

@ Gin Hao Cheong: Wing Chun has very effective kicking and footwork. The trouble is most seem to ignore this element and many elements of Wing Chun [such as the true purpose of Fok Sao] are not understood. Movement without meaning or intention is empty. This is an issue with many martial arts, but seems more pronounced in Wing Chun because so much of the movements are subtle and difficult to perceive by eye.

[@ninetailsgaming2919]

Goat hunters.

[@corkystorky]

You could imagine how the inventor of wing chun, Wing Chun herself, developed these techniques (and yes Wing Chun was a woman)

[@tonystarkunlimited7332]

Ng Mui. Wing Chun isn't a person.

[@corkystorky]

@@tonystarkunlimited7332 ---- Wing Chun not a person? You may be right with Ng Mui but Wing Chun was a person. "According to legend, it was created by Ng Mui, an abbess who taught it to her student Yim Wing-chun as a means to defend herself against unwanted advances. The martial art is named after her."

[@peterchu8224]

I’m with the IWTA

[@alexiswalmsley6203]

I've just started Wing Chun training ~ Thanks for these posts they're really helpful.

[@BobBob-eg3wu]

Are you still training and with whom/where?

[@ॐSrimanArcharyaJBC]

The arm defence is modelled around a elephants trunk. Bongso. 🐘🤴🏽⚡️🤴🏽🕉🔺➕

[@choylifatfacundo]

Ese es un drill moderno y esta bien. Igual tampoco es mas seguro, si tambien haces alguna otra tecnica o cambias la direccion del puño tampoco funciona. Tanto el tradicional como el moderno son utiles.

[@satomi7230]

Do you guys have Tan Sao Pak Sao Bong Sao Chi Sao?

[@uprisingstark8954]

Good techniques pls upload more videos of jeet kune do if you know about it

[@BobBob-eg3wu]

This guy is a Leung Ting wing chun teacher, possibly the worst wing chun taught. They would not know any JKD anyway.

[@Agent48844]

0:43

[@squewall]

1:25

[@timm285]

Nate, how’s Florida?

[@werewolf74]

The way I learned, much of what I know. I was dragged out into an undeveloped area, that was my dojo with trees and water and we did drills, sparred and ran all afternoon like 4-5 hours a day. Most of those times I never even learned the name of things. I used to do this drill. I JUST heard the name on, of all things a comedy video, Master Ken on facebook. We used to sometimes do this and go faster and faster until one of us broke into free form and sparred. I am a little confused, Is this the same as Shaolin sticky palm? Is that what this is? We used to play "games" or do drills where one would try and touch the other, and you had to always redirect the hand. I also assume this is what is done on a drill dummy but it is so much better with a human id think. Some translation of the terms would be amazing. At different times in sparring I would have what I called a 'receiving hand' which is a very relaxed hand, to almost cradle a strike, like catching an egg. Is that the terms of the hand postures? Like 'recieving' hand and 'giving' ? I have no idea who much I know, and/or what its all called. Another video on this made me me realize where I learned to block, then block again rolling my elbow .... I had one guy while sparring say that no one thinks that fast, I guess I learned it. And come up and over the top with the elbow to strike, or do an intercepting fist where you block and strike at the same time. Thank you for this demonstration.

[@moonman3213]

rolling elbow block. lol, made me just think of rolling rock. good beer. Also, "...broke into free form and sparred." LOL, thats that best. I hope you continue doing such things. Made my day; and that was after watching hilarious videos. I could give you some links but any YT idiot can find what they need to laugh. I know I did!

[@VestigialHead]

This is weird. At no point is either person doing a lop or lap sau. Lop Sau means grabbing block.

[@alexevans3085]

Kutulue I agree with you . why do they call it lap sau drill. He also demonstrated the worst lap I’ve ever seen...

[@sighannibal8326]

Thats what Im saying

[@VTSifuSteve]

For the record, this is the Wing Tsun approach to Lap Sau training as taught in the Leung Ting lineage and its offshoots. You are right that it looks very different from the grab-roll-punch lap-sau seen in many other lineages. For that reason some prefer to call this drill "jut-chuen-da" which more accurately describes the movements. And BTW this guy's demo is technically excellent by the standards of his lineage.

[@BlusherShy]

In Leung Ting's WingTsun Chi-sau book, he translates the Lap-sau drill as "deflecting hand".

[@VestigialHead]

@@BlusherShy Okay then he has changed the meaning of the term. I would have preferred if he came up with a new name for his technique as it is not lap sau.

[@fighterslab1756]

Now that I've been applying this in sparring, I've noticed that in practice, the opponent's punch is higher, you know, at my head level, and it feels a bit off and my fook is transcending to a jum almost like a high gaun sau from the opposite sike to press down the attack. Is that right?

[@shanebyrne8668]

Fighters' Lab if it works for you then yes. If not, then no

[@PrinceNamor777]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@wilhelmu]

you've heard of lap sao, but did you hear about patty cake? it's improved lap sao, google it

[@edwardstanulevich1764]

Master Ken's patty cake drills are only for advanced practitioners.

[@corkystorky]

never heard of patty cake but I sure am fan of Sio Pao

[@combattraining5226]

Sifu Alex Richter is a german Name. Are from/in Germany?

[@marctang3802]

"Sifu" is a title which means "master" in Cantonese.

[@kalibkukus8888]

He’s half German half Cuban he did train and live in Germany for a bit and he has a school in NYC

[@ukguy]

Where is the Lop Sau though? lol Lop literally means to grab or pull.

[@chrismcdaniel475]

I know that aint the Kung Fu G.

[@kalibkukus8888]

Yeah it is he talked in his podcast about how they approached him to make these videos.

[@magnusbreinholt350]

145th

[@davidtomlin5168]

Movie boodapalum

[@davidtomlin5168]

Money and , some movement easy to do ,looking at films

[@johnnyxue5510]

How is this going to work in a real fight

[@pena1950]

Depends on how the user executes it

[@pena1950]

It can work if the user knows how to apply different techniques

[@gnihtemosgg5346]

It just does

[@sighannibal8326]

Ok the lop sao bong sao drill that he is knocking shows his misunderstanding of that drill. You are not throwing a backfist in that drill it is giving a forward pressure to strengthen the bong sao. Its not an attack. If you don't know why another instructor teaches something then you shouldn't talk about it. A drill is a drill it is not a sparring match SMH

[@kt3561]

やさやはやはやさ

[@BesNewFails]

First

[@amitabachan5923]

Well... trash. See how WSLVT does Lap sau and compare the logic between the both styles yourself.

[@VTSifuSteve]

"Logic" means nothing here. Something can appear logical and still not be practical. Other training methods appear goofy, but may yield results. What you need is to have good people get together free-spar and pressure test their training without ego or worrying about lineage. Otherwise all WC/WT/VT degrades and becomes ineffective over time. WSL himself knew and practiced that!

[@ludumbellus6725]

C'mon mate.....i mean, just c'mon....