Yes, hard to believe, but all style of Chinese martial arts possess qinna (seize, control) and [I]shuai /I skills; even though the shifu may or may not know it.
[QUOTE=Mulong;874137]Yes, hard to believe, but all style of Chinese martial arts possess qinna (seize, control) and [I]shuai /I skills; even though the shifu may or may not know it.:D[/QUOTE]
if your sifu doesn’t know it, your style doesn’t have it.
Do you mean the shifu’s (own) style? Pardon me, for stating, but all style have a certain level of qinna; however, not all shifu are aware of the qinna of their particular system. (Sadly, I have experience this in the past.)
Lung Ying is primarily a striking style. The focus is not on grappling. There are take down and such moves but it’s not done in the sense of Chin Na. If it is taught, it’s more along the line of “self defense”. In other words, it is street oriented basic grab, counter and/or escape. Nothing elaborate as far as I am aware.
Doesn’t the Chin-Na/ Shuai concepts go philosophically against the underpinnings of the way some styles look at fighting?(ie: Wing Chun).
I believe that WC has only one grab(larp sao? I forget). I’ve read that Wing Chun people don’t believe in grabbing since they feel it is inefficient(ie: that the grabbing hand sets up for being hit by the opponents free hand).
My response isn’t to open a can of worms or start an argument, but there are some styles I’ve never seen any Chin-na in..
Doesn’t the Chin-Na/ Shuai concepts go philosophically against the underpinnings of the way some styles look at fighting?(ie: Wing Chun).
I believe that WC has only one grab(larp sao? I forget). I’ve read that Wing Chun people don’t believe in grabbing since they feel it is inefficient(ie: that the grabbing hand sets up for being hit by the opponents free hand).
My response isn’t to open a can of worms or start an argument, but there are some styles I’ve never seen any Chin-na in..[/QUOTE]
outside of WC most Kung Fu styles have a Chin-na style and some basic trips/throws.
WC isn’t like most styles of Kung fu, they don’t have lion dance, dragon, many weapons, allot of forms ect… its really not what people consider as a “Kung fu System”.
I’m starting to see some individuals see CMA within a first-dimensional, i.e., length/strike, and a second-dimensional levels, i.e., width/block; however, wherever there is a circular motion you now have enter a third-dimensional level, i.e., space/controlling-throwing, possibility.
Even though you may have not been taught that a post strike/upper-cut (jongchui) can be used in executing a throw or for a break, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. For example, liquan (standing fist) is the primary strike used in yongchunquan can also be used to seize an opponent’s throat, i.e., qinna. :o
[QUOTE=Mulong;874288][FONT=“Georgia”]I’m starting to see some individuals see CMA within a first-dimensional, i.e., length/strike, and a second-dimensional levels, i.e., width/block; however, wherever there is a circular motion you now have enter a third-dimensional level, i.e., space/controlling-throwing, possibility… [/QUOTE]
Let’s not be forgetting that 4th dimension… :rolleyes:
Distance, i.e., fifth-dimension, can be perceived how a technique changes from distance; for example, tantui (flicking leg), at close-range it is a knee strike; at middle range a sweep and at long range a kick.
[QUOTE=Mulong;874343]Distance, i.e., fifth-dimension, can be perceived how a technique changes from distance; for example, tantui (flicking leg), at close-range it is a knee strike; at middle range a sweep and at long range a kick.[/QUOTE]
What’s TanTui got to do with anything southern?
(particularly short-hand styles)(Lung Ying is usually regarded as such)
In any case, I perform @ 90% of my kicks at arm’s length or closer.
[QUOTE=bakxierboxer;874350]What’s TanTui got to do with anything southern?
(particularly short-hand styles)(Lung Ying is usually regarded as such)
In any case, I perform @ 90% of my kicks at arm’s length or closer.[/QUOTE]
The words of my first TKD teacher:
You gotta be close enough to punch him to use your kicks, if you can’t kick from punching distance, of what use are they?