Chu Shong Tin's prescribed kicking exercises - and some thoughts on dynamic use of Wing Chun
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
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Great kicking exercises for all Wing Chun students. Good for all Martial Arts / Kung Fu practitioners to try out !
*A note about this channel the lineage:
Sifu Nima King is the owner and team leader of Mindful Wing Chun, a CST Wing Chun school in Hong Kong with affiliations around the world. Mindful Wing Chun is wholeheartedly dedicated to passing on the internal wing chun method as passed down by Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin who was the longest serving student of Grandmaster Ip Man. Chu Shong Tin lived with Ip Man for 5 years (1950-1955) and was coined the title ' the king of siu nim tao' by his master Ip Man.
He was a legend in the world of Wing Chun (in particular the internal method of wing chun) and spent 64years passing it on full-time before he passed away in 2014. Nim King practiced under hin in Hong Kong for 9 years and established Mindful Wing Chun under CST's guidance. Nima is also on the board of Directors for the 'Chu Shong Tin Alumni' which is a group of senior students of CST that were hand picked by him to establish the Alumni and to uphold and continue his teachings and Wing Chun legacy after he passed away.
Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin was a very humble and low-key Wing Chun Master therefore its only after we began putting his videos online, that people started to hear about him. In fact, majority of the main Wing CHun teachers (of the Ip Man lineage) who began practice in the 50s and early 60s (apart of Leung Sheung and Lok Yiu) were trained by CST even-though they were Ip Man's students. This is due to CST being the most snr and main teacher of Ip Man's school in those days.
Nima was lucky to start his practice under CST in 2005 because that's when CST decided to change his teaching to all internal practice so that he can pass on "Nim Tao' and 'Nim Lik' (the mind power/energy cultivated through internal Wing Chun practice) to his students.
Nima, even though a non-chinese and much younger than the other students of CST, attained a high level of these final teachings. He now mainly teaches the seniors within this lineage and also travels around giving workshops and is working on an online program so that master CST's teaching can have a greater reach.
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Incredible insights into CST's life you would never hear unless it came from a dedicated insider who stayed
the distance and gained the knowlege from the great Master. Thanks for sharing this Nima - very well explained
Cheers for the kind words Brett. You know the only regret I have is not asking him to sit down for a few hours with a camera and pick his brains about his childhood, up bringing, early days of training etc. So there are just snippets of his life. Even his own kids and earlier studetns don't know much about his childhood
A good investment of 8 x minutes, thank you Mindful Wing Chun
Glad you thought so. And its my pleasure. Cheers for the support!!
Thank You so much for making this available.
You're very welcome!
Well done it's good to see a skilled practitioner online it's a rare occurrence.
Thank you Luke. Appreciated!
This instructors advice is very very good. I had to fight with my instructor when I started to use Kettle Bells because he said its not Wing Chun. Then he could not explain how and why I put people all over the place. The structure of wing chun and the mind body correction is found everywhere, including kettle bell and squats. Lifting humans is good too. on the end of the day you got to OPEN YOUR MIND, and this instructor certently has. :-)
thank you for the kind words! I totally agree, the Wing Chun method of movement can be put to used in kettle bells, squats, running, or any other type of movement :)
Some Chinese wushu practitioners use shisuo (stone locks), which are very similar to kettlebells. Okinawan karate, which has roots in White Crane, uses stone locks too.
Taiji masters practise with long heavy poles to build grip and upper body strength. Done right, strength training increases speed and power without becoming musclebound and slow.
Would you recommend doing weights while practicing internal?
Amazing exercises and information, and explained in an easy way. Thank you Sifu Nima, because with just an 8 minute video, I think I have months of training ahead until I control that concept. Regards.
Fantastic, very happy to read that man. Happy journey and all the best...
I applied the principle, instant smoothness & clarity was added to my kicks! Excellent material Nima!
Cheers brother :)
You explain so detail... its help me to complete my puzzle of WingChun... thanks alot mr Nima
MarceLL (Indonesia)
Student of Martin Kusuma
4th generation of YipMan
My pleasure Marcel. Very happy that you found something useful here and I'll keep the videos coming. Wishing you much health and success in your journey :)
This guy is very enthusiastic, very good video, thanks.....
Cheers for the kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing King Sifu.
always a pleasure :)
Thanks for posting!
my pleasure :)
Thanks for this video. I have never learnt Wing Chun but I've studied White Crane, as far as my feeling is concerned, I think these arts are linked far in the past. A lot of the internal mechanics are the same. It seems a lot of Wing Chun is too external. These demonstrations and stories about Chu Shong Tin are refreshing to hear. It would be good to meet a good internal Wing Chun practitioner one day.
+Internal Art Evolution
What is internal and what is external? External is what western boxing and MMA is, the use of muscles and there is much tension there. Kung-fu stresses the use turning that tension off, being relaxed and depending on structure rather than muscles. Its not easy, its actually very difficult and that is why learning true Kung-fu takes so long to master. Structure is far more powerful.
Right, Jerry! That is because we are taught to use muscular force and to learn to undo decades of what we initially learned is extremely difficult. Especially if you train in karate or boxing.
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Ancient Exercise
I agree that a lot of WC has lost some of its Internal knowledge. I certainly hope there are masters out with excellent internal skills.
But please remember that if you do find an internal school you also need to add external training if you want the art to be effective martially.
The issue with most internal arts is that they rarely do pressure training. I mean full contact sparring with protective gear.
Without pressure training you can do all the internal or external training you like but will never be able to use it in a real life situation.
So gain the internal knowledge and skill and practice it regularly and also put these new skills to the test with full contact sparring.
Without this you are learning an Art not a Martial Art.
Cheers man and apologies for such a late reply! I'm always up for making the effort to meet up with other martial artists especially the internal Kung Fu arts. So looking forward to that day if it comes around. All the best till then!
Yes that's very true. Having said that, there are exceptional people in other non-kung fu arts who have tapped into the power of relaxation. Helio Gracie for example is one of those people
Bringing your knee to your shoulder, nice
cheers. Its good for loosening the hip joint and s=useful for all kicks :)
Good video ! Can you can please share more info about Sigung Chu Shong Tin , because here we never get this kind of info .
Thanks in advance !
Hi, very sorry for such a late reply. Since you wrote this I've uploaded a lot of other info on him. You can find more on the blog of our online school here: mindfulwingchun.online/blog/
And here is a write up I did about him on my Facebook page recently:
One of Ip Man's first students in Hong Kong, and now famous Wing Chun Grand-master, Chu Shong Tin (CST) lived a very simple and humble life. Those who knew him were amazed by the physical power he could generate with his Kung Fu, but fell in love with his down-to-earth personality and kind nature.
He was very serious about the fact that everyone should have the right and ability to defend themselves physically, yet he promoted peace!
He taught us to use our Kung Fu for development of our mind and body and realize the human potential through this Practice (Nim Tao - translated to Mind Force), and to share what we learnt with as many people as possible.
He literally dedicated his pwn life to practicing and teaching this art full-time for over 64 years and was teaching us until the last day before he was taken to hospital and put on his death bed.
In his last ever recorded interview he said: "I don't know how much time I have left in this world and not sure if I can find a faster way for students to attain this potential (Nim Tao) in their training, so I hope that the few of my latest students who can activate Nim Tao can find a better and faster way to teach it, so that everyone can be healthy and be able to generate enormous physical power so that they can defend themselves in needed. This is my final wish..."
These are the reasons why I have dedicated my life to sharing his teaching with the world here in Hong Kong, and also globally through our Online school ( www.mindfulwingchun.online ). I hope we can fulfill his final wish and make him proud!! 🙏🙏
These days you Sam go to n mma gym and spar. Closest thing to a real fight without danger of getting killed or crippled and the best way to pressure test internal energy. Agree?
Absolutely. If we are talking specifically about fighting training, there must be sparring and pressure testing (i.e. actual street fighting), otherwise one will never know their true capabilities when s#@t hits the fan!
That's right...when you practice, don't think, just do.
exactly!!
waw---good---
thanks
My pleasure. glad you enjoyed it!
I have belly fat, how do i get my leg up to my shoulder
Hi Alex, that's okay man just try to bring the knee up as high as possible without bending the spine or shifting your balance. focus on the looseness of the hip and knee joints.
tyvm
Alex Vue
:)
Have you tried a girdle?
How many fights has this instructor had????
Hi Glenn, I've never liked fighting or violence but it always had a way of following me since my early teens. I was a doorman at Kings Cross in Sydney until I moved to Hong Kong so it was my job to be in situations. Outside of bouncing I've only been in a handful of street-fights. In one of the fights (it wasn't really a fight as there were only 5 of us and more than 20 of them) I was put to sleep for about 12 hrs and a good friend was stabbed and put in a coma for 2 months.
I was practicing Wing Chun in the years as a bouncer but I could only use it in an external and mechanical way, yet it still was a great tool as I only got hospitalized once :)
I'm happy to say that I haven't been in a single fight since moving to Hong Kong over 10 years ago and loving the non-violence.
Nima
+Mindful Wing Chun A far more thoughtful and mature answer than the question deserved.
Hi Nima
Thanks for the response.
Firstly "Gray Shus" what was wrong with the question? If you cant handle a frank questions, how the hell can you handle a self defense situation.
Sorry about the delay Nima,life gets in the way.
Thanks for the honest reply. Im a former student of Beau Bouzaid and have also done a Mainland style of WC for around 8years. I started in 1990.
I drifted of from WC to Muay Thai & Boxing, due to the realism of it, which is totally lacking in WC.
My question is pretty simple.
How do you know it will work?
Kind regards
Glenn R
As it stood, the question sounded disrespectful to me - more like a taunt or a provocation than a genuine inquiry. Yet Mr Richards took the time to respond respectfully and at length. Full credit to him.
ThanksGray
Ive become somewhat of the realist after many years in MA,i know i come across blunt.
But when you are teaching skills that could save a life then you should be able to back up your theories.
Nima seems a good guy, just wanted to see his background
Glenn R
San Antonio Texas U.S.A
On my way :)
If this martial art is indeed about learning how to move your body in a superior and generally applicable manner then surely there must be more efficient methods for training then to do predetermined set of movement patterns ie sil lum tao , chum ku , bill gee, wooden dummy , pole form...ect to me it seems like there is diamond in there stuck within a bunch of tradition and vagueness which only helps to keep things confusing and time consuming this always frustrated me about wing chun .
Wing chun forms are compilations of individual movements. They are not predetermined combos. Much like how a dictionary is a compilation of vocabulary words but doesn't mean you always use "cat" after "car".
Drills and chisao teach us how to use the vocabulary in common phrases. Gwohsao and sparring are more free form practice conversations.
Hey Matt, So Siu Nim Tao is the place to develop this state, this way of tapping into and controlling your body and to the depths of your joints, Chum Kiu is learning how to more the body from the Center of Mass while maintaining the control that Siu Nim Tao has brought up. And Biu Jee is doing this at maximum speed because for martial arts and power generation we need that.
So actually these forms IF DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY are the easiest ways we know to be able to tap in to this state. Of course there are stretching and mobilization movements you can do to keep your body open and balance the muscles etc. and that why on my online school I share such exercises as a supplementary program to the main CST Wing Chun program. In there I keep things very clear and the opposite to mysticism or vagueness. If you haven't yet check out the online school if interested in this method mate: www.mindfulwingchun.online
@@MindfulWingChun I don't even remember writing this post lol but thanks for the response. In my youth I practiced Wing Chun a lot with people of the same lineage as you and taught beginners and actually told people the same thing your telling me about the forms and I know it sounds very logical, I was very passionate about it. I think what I was trying to get at is that their must be a better practice than the sil lum tao itself to develop this state in which you can move your body optimally.
Anyways all the best and wish everyone here well.
mindful ? hmm i would chose cave man style , the barbaric.option hahahahaa
haha, There's no reason why you cant go caveman beast-mode style but in a mindful way!