http://www.martialwhat.com/contact-training-for-self-defence/ What, how and about martial arts Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.martialwhat.com/contact-training-for-self-defence/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Alan Gibson Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:57:25 +0000 http://www.martialwhat.com/?p=106#comment-126 I completely agree with all you say Massimo. I frequently find wing Chun players who have never trained to fight and indeed never been punched with any intent. These guys believe that their chi sau will save them - well it may help but you won't be playing chi sau when the guy is trying to smash your teeth down your throat. You need to attack him back, expect to be hit whilst doing this and have the pride, courage and determination to continue until the job is done. Proper conditioning, as you state, is a combination of mental toughness, strength (power/speed) and endurance which is also very important. Hope to see you and some of your guys at Leicester Martial Arts Festival-UK in April. Alan Gibson I completely agree with all you say Massimo.
I frequently find wing Chun players who have never trained to fight and indeed never been punched with any intent.
These guys believe that their chi sau will save them – well it may help but you won’t be playing chi sau when the guy is trying to smash your teeth down your throat. You need to attack him back, expect to be hit whilst doing this and have the pride, courage and determination to continue until the job is done.
Proper conditioning, as you state, is a combination of mental toughness, strength (power/speed) and endurance which is also very important.
Hope to see you and some of your guys at Leicester Martial Arts Festival-UK in April.
Alan Gibson

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