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Chum Kiu Turning

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Last night Alyda, was at class and I asked her about how to turn and other stuff regarding the Chum Kiu form. I had asked her if we are rotating on the K1/bubbling spring points on our foots that the turning is moved in kind of a scissoring effect as you try to pull your feet together while shifting your weight on to your other leg and she confirmed yes. Today I found a video that helps explain the aspect of shifting your weight makes it easier for the “foot-swivel”.

I also worked for the first time with Raymond who I don’t normally see in class much. He showed me how to attack/defend head and body hooks. He also helped refine my taan sao in the Dan Chi Sao exercise.

There was a lot of new students last night. I practiced pak da drills with several of them.

Wing Chun’s Second Form: Seeking the Bridge – Chum Kiu

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In last night’ class I started learning Wing Chun’s second empty hand form Chum kiu. From what I understand this form provides an assortment of techniques to nullify gap bridging from an opponent. It also introduces turning and footwork and some simultaneous attack and defense techniques. Here are a few interesting things I found online:

11/11/2019 Update

I found some more information on Nima King’s website:

  1. The application of “two-way” force: The turning in this form creates a force pointing from two different directions.
  2. Using the center of the body as the source of energy: This will apply your whole body weight behind your limbs.
  3. Using the mind to control the movement of the body: Be in your body and not focused in your hands.
  4. Using the simultaneous attack and defense movements

6/1/2020 Update:

I am able to remember the sequences. My turning has improved. I will focusing on the water element. Water puts out fire. Water represents flow and wisdom.

Rooting

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This fall I have been doing rooting flows starting with a Wing Chun shoulder stretch followed by:

  1. Embracing the Tree
  2. Santi Shi

Tai Chi uses the Embracing the Tree posture and Xing Yi uses Santi Shi. While holding these postures I try to focus on opening my root chakra by mentally spinning a ball of energy in or around my perineum. Aslo, I like to do the Inner Smile meditation while I do Embracing the Tree. The Inner Smile is a Taoist meditation that I learned from Mantak Chia. The mediation is helpful for regulating stress in our organs and turning off the “flight or fight” autonomic nervous system to a “rest and digest” parasympathetic nervous system.

A neighbor visited our house to ask us to take care of this baby pigeon with a hurt leg. We think it fell out of a tree. In less than a week “Cheerio” has a healthy appetite and his leg is already showing improvement.

Opening the Perineum Root Chakra

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When I was doing the Inner Smile for the first month, I had an incredible experience of feeling strong energy currents in my fore head. I believe my third eye was opening, which I would also say that I don’t know to what degree it has been opened, but it is an energy point that I am able to feel the most energy interaction with. I can pretty much summon the feeling by thought.

I would like to see what happens when I focus on my root chakra, so I am putting in some time to spinning energy in or around my perineum. So far some of my experience is that I can feel a faint feeling of energy bridging to my tail bone then go up my spine, which the feeling seems to end in my sacrum. I suppose this could suggest I need to work on my sacrum next.

In later months I’ve found it helpful to physically locate my perineum, which means touching the “hui yin point”. This helps with focus. While I am spinning the energy in and around the point I can feel the sensation spread most notably on my sacrum and even in my mouth and in my teeth.

Dan Chi Sao

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While I was training the Wing Chun Internal Punch with Sifu, Veronica was practicing footwork and Dan Chi Sao with Noel. I wanted to record some notes about Veronica’s session on Dan Chi Sao, which was informed by Noel’s visit to Kenneth Chung.

  1. Jum Sau – Sinking hand: Fingers point up, elbow sinks down and towards the center
  2. Bong Sau – Wing arm: Fingers point towards the opponent like a corkscrew. The forward intent can break the opponents structure.
  3. Fuk Sau – Resting hand: Heavy elbows.
  4. Taan Sao — Dispersing hand: Forward intent to break structure.