Private Wing Chun Bong Lap Training 2/27

Yesterday Veronica and I had our first session (1 of 4) with Sifu Ray and Alyda. Ray has introduced his previous wing chun curriculum with the new curriculum (The Fullers). He wants us to focus on Bong Lap, because it will give us better flow and neuromuscular response time.

The Bong Lap is a two person drill which two postures alternate back and form between the two:

1. Bong & wu sau
2. Vertical fist (Da) & fook / lap sau

This is a simple dualistic pattern can become more interesting with “switches” in where one partner switches the pattern control by using a lap sau or a low vertical punch. There are three switches:

1. When your vertical punch is about to be rotated back into a bong sau, you take the initiative to pull back into a “lap da”.
2. If you are in the “bong wu”, you can use your bong sau and turn it into a “lap da”.
3. If you are in the “bong wu”, you can use your wu sau and turn it into a lowline “da”. The partner (bong wu) use their “wu” as a “jum sau” (sinking hand), then delivering a “da” while letting the bong sau fall into a “lap da”.