i have trouble useing kwun sau while sparring, any sugestions?
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After studying wing chun for six years?..Is that a real question? :eek:
to improve your kwan sau
you must toughen your forearms.
kwun sau
I’ll just say that understanding different applications would be a very good start.
Did you ask you’re insructor? What are his thoughts?
Yo Hand
How is arm conditioning going to improve a kwan sao?
In two sentences or more, please.
I think I know his problem
Kwun/Kwan whatever Sau is the low sweeping block, right? If it is, I have a problem with it as well.
I can never get it down there in time! It’s a large circular distance to cover in a small amount of time, much smaller than the amount of time necessary for his hand to get to your lower area. I find myself dropping elbow to blow and stomach hits (such a smaller movement) and just getting hammer when someone aims for my waist area.
Not that the waist area is a dangerous place to be hit, anyway.
-Scott
“Life is hard, but so am I.” – The Eels.
2 sentences or more?
Asking too much, but I will try…
(1)If arms are toughened, the kwan sau will be stronger. (2)Therefore the kwan sau’s practicality will be more clear. (3) From that point, improving the kwan sau will be easier.
Can’t tell you anymore, without disrespecting someone else… Sorry.
Kwan Sau
No, it is not the circular block you thinking of…that is a Gwat Sau!
Kwan sau = rolling hands block…and is a two handed block with the Wu Sau and “Bong Sau” fused!! How it is executed is by doing a bong and wu sau simultaneously…the “rolling” occurs when the hand in bong “rolls” (like in the opening set of SLT) and becomes a Wu sau, whilst the hand in Wu flicks into Bong.NB: purpose, as always, should be forward. 
Alex…you shouldnt antisipate a certain tecnique while sparring.If you arent then I misunderstood you,sorry…
WhipingHand…you dont need tough fore arms for wing chun.If he uses his body more and has good structure then his moves will be more powerfull,not tougher arms…
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OK, so what is Kwan Sao?
We think Kwan Sao is lower bong with simultaneous tan, as used in the sidekick section on the dunmmy. Traditional use is defence against a roundhouse, whilst striking the groin.
Are we all on the same wavelength here?
Allans idea of Kwan soa being bong and wu sao, to our way of thinking is simply bong sao. The back hand is in wu say, or hitting anyway.
Any other variations?
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Frank is right
Kwun Sao is a low bong and a tan sao.To be effective you must use your body in conjuntion with the hands.It is a good way to escape from a trap(must use footwork/body also).
I like to demonsrate by having the biggest strongest person in a group cross my arms and try to keep me trapped with all their strength.It cannot be done.If you dont use your body but use arm/upper body strength you can never get out.It is a great confidence builder for women who dont think they could ever deal with a 300LB man.
It is a nice covering technique as well but i do not recommened use against a round kick(i know it is often demonstrated this way).To be at all effective your body must be behind the kwun saoi.e.your pelvis must be facing the oncoming kick.If used against a MT rounhouse thrown by someone who knows how to use one i wish you luck.
i agree with hunt.
against a round kick, i prefer to use sieung gan (gan sao / tan sao) usually in conjunction with a seet ma. Kuen sao is great, but I feel its more difficult to pull off effectively against this sort of thing.
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chi kwai
The kwun sau that I was taught is a combination of bong and tan sau. So I guess most of us are on the same page.
As far as conditioning forearms - IMO, it’s definitely a plus. Tough forearms can do alot more damage and can protect you better. Think about it.
In regards to using it against a MT roundhouse…I feel sorry for the MT guy who faces someone who really knows how to apply that kwun sau.
let me clarify…
The toughening is necessary, not for hand to hand, necessarily, but against kicks. Like Mun Hung suggested, done properly, the Thai Boxer will never walk properly again. Done improperly, the Wing Chun practioner will never believe in Wing Chun again, then convert to Muay Thai. A common practice here in Toronto.
If a small child hit you in the leg with a stick,and then a grown man hit you in the leg with a stick wich one would hurt more?
Obviously the man’s strike.
The man represents a wing chun guy with good structure who uses his body with a great amount of power,the small child represents the wing chun guy with less usage of the body and pore structure with only hard forearms.
Basicaly what I am saying is that what I said before is correct.
IXIJoe KaveyIXI
littleman, bigman
Perhaps the grownman represents tuff workhardened forearms,wich, when combined with good footwork and twisting (circular) hip power,the kwan sau hurts the opponent/victim like hell.On the other hand the wimpy kiddy arms,even when combined with good structural power really doesn’t bring a scary picture to mind.Think about practice chucks,with all that foam padding they just dont sting like they should!Sunkuen
exactly…
Wing Chun is simple, but not as simple as you think.
This is silly.
Simplicity does not mean weakness… this is almost as inane as the “external vs. internal” arguments I see all over the place.
Whipping Hand is correct. A well executed sieung or kuen sao will overextend the opponent’s leg, either incapacitating or breaking it. More advanced combinations teach the wing chun fighter to follow up the blocked kick with a fung gurk to the opponent’s supporting leg, furthering his already bleak situation. And this is only the begining, there are so many other things you can do.
People see Muay Thai boxer’s heavily conditioned bodies and legs as such an asset that it outweighs skill and technique. WC lends itself to defeating MT in so many ways. What I see as being the problem is, many Muay Thai practitioners are very fight oriented right from the start, giving the practical knowledge. Most WC practitioners I have seen speaking on lists all ask “why don’t we spar?” or “why aren’t we in tourneys?” … The problem is not in the style, its in the individual’s experience.
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chi kwai