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

Chief Instructor Tony Psaila discusses Multi-vector Force in Part 3 of the Power of Relaxation.
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[@zackzelmo]

This knowledge brings a new level of understanding about how so much force is generated. Thank you so much for this.

[@llunchbox]

Excellent modern communication about the theory of a classical art.

[@RoaringTiger281]

This series really helps with the understanding of Wing Chun!

[@NihilistiPekka]

These are very very good videos. You people know what you teach. All the rest on this youtube seem to rely on fussing with chain punches. I was so happy to see these videos.

[@jkdsteve]

I'm stunned by how much this guy is able to communicate in these 3 short videos, I'm seeing the WC ideas and concepts come to life...wow!

[@Lonesomesundown]

These are also the elements that make tai chi effective - yet you explain them much more clearly than any I've seen. Thank you for sharing!

[@Shortana]

Thank you so much for these videos! Just started wing chun and this 'little thought' will help me a long way. Love it! Tiny spark that ignites the whole system.

[@littlebrowndog]

Just watched the three videos about relaxation. Excellent lesson. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

Very nicely put and very informative! This is the type of explanation that is missing in most wing chun schools.

[@ammaralfuzaia]

mightymeatmonsta hi i see your comment alot and i see your very expert can you plz tell me can I do this if my spine not straight 100%

[@mightymeatmonsta]

Yes, you can. It is a very soft system so it won't hurt your spine.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

Schulee, this is the approach. Everything remains relaxed, including the shoulders, arms, back, legs. You straighten your back by slightly rolling forward, until the "S" in the back is completely flat. The balance is either in the middle when standing in the neutral position, or the BALANCE (not the weight) is on the rear leg when standing in the side position. If you have the weight on the rear leg, then your energy has a tendency to go BACKWARDS, not FORWARDS, like it should in wing chun. This is why you use a 50/50 or 60/40 stance instead of crappy 70/30, which sends your energy backwards, and would allow any good fighter to overrun your defenses with his energy, jamming your techniques and sending you backwards. Like Tony said, if you relax all your muscles and joints, then they can rotate freely, even under pressure, which allows your opponent to have to use force to try to break your structure. This force will not only use a lot of energy, but also causes your opponent's structure to weaken, making it easier to find an opening in his defenses you can exploit. This will allow you entrance by hardly using any muscle force, just by using a torquing motion of the body, with the joints in alignment. This is why he makes it look easy because it is when done properly. It also hides the source of the power and the direction it is coming from.

[@wtkfse4259]

Very good WC! Thank you for charing!

[@marcgosselin945]

@schulleee relaxing is the most important. your shoulders should always be in the socket ( basic ) . your back strait, your leg as relax as you can, i little bend, but not to much. your hips forward but not puching ( help to have a better structure, straiter back). your spain up, but mentally ( nim tao) . your center of gravity should be in the middle of your feet, not the front, not the back. ( its for pivoting). i was in the gold coast branch for 7 months and i loved every single day of it.

[@sabafsunflesh7726]

most people here dont realize how hard this mental relaxation actually is, its not an easy state to achieve.

[@MrLi885]

thanks for the video fantastic stuff, now i understand why Bruce Lee said 'be water my friend'

[@MarcoArsenault]

Amazing video series...

[@fmwingchun]

You make it seem so simple. Lol. I try to do my SLT and just think relaxation... Then I think I'm too relaxed and my structure isn't there. When my structure is there I don't feel relaxed.

[@mrbouncelol]

@schulleee it's a bit more in-depth than just "what he does." You can't just be told and be able to do it. The concept is to relax all the muscles in the body except those that are necessary. Then you do the same thing under increasing force against you until you can eventually maintain that "relaxation" while someone is trying to beat your face in. What he is teaching works 100%, but it does take a lot of time in training

[@projectmoses69]

It all stems back to yin and yang and the principle of equilibrium. when two like forces collide they cancel each other out unless one force is stronger in which only most of the force is canceled out. either way a lot of energy is being put forth by two opponents but yet not creating a lot of power. by relaxing your body you become an equalized plain which is able to absorb and redirect most of your energy therefore maximizing your power. in other words...you fight faster and punch harder.

[@bangTguh2.0]

I find it hard to keep my structure without tensing. Because when I'm relaxing my structure can easily broken by opponent's force.

[@clementinogisondi5202]

this is what a lot of macho tough guys don't get i usually see wing chun as a hard/soft style but this looks like tai chi or aiki

[@mightymeatmonsta]

+Clementino Gisondi (cigarettes4king) It IS a soft/hard system. It starts out soft, then hard when contact is made, then soft again, returning to the starting position. It is the soft, that sets up the hard. You have to be soft in your defense (in order to break your opponent's structure and balance), then soft/hard/soft, in your offense (when you attack).

[@akirahojo2]

Is there any dantien or hip/waist rotation throughout your movements? Also, is the joint rotation only occurs on your upper body? What's happenning internally with your lower body, ie. hips, kua, thigh, knees and feet? Can you pls explain?

[@FreshTacoCart]

this movie does me well after seeing that movie of wing chun power training. It contained some kinda boddybuilder claiming to do it for wing chun. you could imagine this vid makes more sense then.

[@jikarta]

What happens if you have two relaxed forces pressing against each other? Splosion?

[@inspiringothers7197]

No, Chi Sau 😂😂😂

[@HomasterX]

it sounds like the internal approach to wing chun

[@lawtuckmun7009]

relax...relax...relax

[@schulleee]

hmm i don´t understand how he does his structure .. he always talks about just relaxing the muscles ... but i don´t beliefe that this is everything he does, even though it does look like it. does anybody know what he does with his schoulders, his back, his legs and where he puts his center of gravity ?

[@andrewmason8691]

schulleee Tony trained under Sifu Jim of CST lineage. Tony is drawing the energy up his spine, he is releasing as much tension from his shoulders as possible, which is not visible to the naked eye, his mind is relaxed and focused on the attackers spine. Tony is exceptionally good at doing this. It takes time to learn it.

[@notsure7404]

Most places won't even explain it this thoroughly, but teach mostly through feel instead. But for those like me that moved to the middle of nowhere with no people around and wanted to ask "why" every 2 minutes in class, these videos are fantastic.

[@TheChipendale]

i can use vs hook of box?

[@bloom_dnb]

before watching these vids wing chun looked completely ineffective to me. its a cool concept using intent and relaxation for power. completely different to other methods of hitting people

[@wtkfse4259]

PS! Soon the video, revenge of Anthony will come! ;-) Haha...

[@WarsOfate]

i feel sorry for anthony! lol

[@binhnguyen-hs1wn]

poor Anthony.