Wing Chun Sink and Float

This is a short extract from this weeks live Zoom session broadcast.
Wing Chun teacher, James Sinclair, briefly discusses the use of Sinking and floating.
Correct use of the body weight and angles are essential. James does break the rules from time to time, but at speed (this is talking and teaching neither a demo or fight!) the apparent gaps are harder to counter and the lifted elbow when punching are essential...
Like anything, experience counts.

[@fightpath]

Excellent video, the latest uploads are very refreshing.

[@ukwckfa]

Glad you think so!

[@FrankSaenger]

💯

[@williandossantos5200]

I love wing chun, but I think learning how to defend against common used punches and kicks so popular on the streets due to UFC would be of a lot of benefit a there should be a playlist dedicated for that in all wing chun channels.

[@ukwckfa]

Noted. We will consider dedicating a playlist to basic self defence. We have discussed this many times in our live presentation but don’t release it on KZbin as it is ‘messy’ and Wing Chun followers seem to prefer ‘pretty’ and ‘soft’ these days…

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Great stuff!

[@ukwckfa]

Thanks!

[@goodguyaus]

I appreciate how Sifu advocates adapting different techniques to suit the varying stages of one's body (be it the faster strikes of a young whippersnapper, or the weightier mass of Old Man Strength™ 😁)

[@ukwckfa]

Old man Sinclair is just that, an old man. He can no longer move like a whippersnapper anyway. He has a lot of different approaches and always advocated this.

[@freddap5518]

Great video, I guess the idea of the double Lap come from the last section of the dummy. Thank you to your advises

[@ukwckfa]

The Double Laap is part of 'Cham Kiu' and is to do with the ability to find the elbow or 'Bridge'. Hence 'Cham Kiu' (seeking the bridge).... Yes, it is in the wooden dummy but it should already be part of a Wing Chun student's repetoire as Cham Kiu and Dummy are learnt almost simultaneously in classical approaches. The Cham Kiu is soooo important to fully comprehend its depths and to be able to apply Wing Chun in a live situation, not just on a dummy.

[@freddap5518]

@@ukwckfa thank you for your answer. Yes chum Kiu is so important. 😉

[@thevillageyid]

Hi Sifu, can you do a defense/counter for the generic punch that's not quite a hook but not straight? I guess it's the punch you see from a lot of street fights.

[@ukwckfa]

We have done this many times. However, our online teaching is currently on another topic. We will try to film a little something gain soon that may be useful.