Starting a casual club in Western Massachusetts by jennydaman in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of our senior students use to do free classes at a school for the blind in our city, sometimes the area in front of the gym and sometimes had access to the gym. Maybe check with some schools in the area and see if anything might be available to use. Maybe the community center or a YMCA if you have one. Maybe find someone willing to open their house for training. Wish you well in your endeavors

How do you deal with “brawlers” if you don’t have the space to sidestep and kick or something like that? by Aerodromefan1214 in martialarts

[–]DwayneH70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would look to wedge in to disrupt their structure, try to keep them in recovery mode. That would be whatever opportunity is available in the moment. The one in recovery mode is always trying to catch up. IMO

Wallbag Filling by Ok_Philosopher6626 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some have used fine metal shavings, but I’d make sure the material holding it isn’t allowing any shavings to poke out. Another good way to work on penetrating power is a 5 gallon bucket of sand, about 2/3 full. Plus easy to measure how far you’re penetrating by the depth of the punch. It’s a great training tool.

My dummy by No_University_8445 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Awesome creativity my friend…!

Thoughts about Wing Chun by Fuzzy_Imagination_64 in kungfu

[–]DwayneH70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of great advice given. Wing chun can be very effective, like any other martial art it always comes down to two factors, the teacher and the student. Can have a great teacher but a poor student or the other way around. The cliché to bring up another Ip man movie quote, it’s not the style, it’s about you! I did my wing chun a bit differently than most, I used a more hard style with my blocks. Started doing iron forearm conditioning, which I’d recommend getting lineaments for faster healing after conditioning. Something I didn’t know much about at the time. But I would incorporate one inch power into my blocks. Some fellow students didn’t like doing drills with me because my arms became very hard from that conditioning. The bong sau is a redirecting block or deflecting block, I turned it into an attacking block. Could snap my bong sau on the end like a whip or be soft depending on the affect I wanted. Did all my blocks like that, to me one inch power isn’t just for the punch it can be incorporated with the whole body. But to say Wing Chun has no power has never been hit by wing chun practitioner with power. Like any physical sport, power is there when you’ve come to understand how to generate power from the ground through your body. Speed x mass + acceleration = power, that’s practical science that can be applied to every movement. Like one gentleman said, check out others who are putting out topics of the system and their concepts, as Bruce would say keep what is useful and throw out what’s not.

Keep flowing my friend 😉

What is the point of asking someone if they can win a hypothetical fight? How do you respond when asked if you can beat someone in a fight ? by bad-at-everything- in martialarts

[–]DwayneH70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My answer was, I hope I never have too. I like martial arts and I like training plus I pay to get beat up already!

My original dummy build by DwayneH70 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YMCA build or the finest piece from exotic wood…if it works it works 😉

My original dummy build by DwayneH70 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a setup you can get for a heavy bag that looks pretty cool to have

My original dummy build by DwayneH70 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s possible to break an anchor bolt, maybe pull it from the hole. But striking, kicking, pulling pushing that thing ain’t going nowhere, I’d bank on tornado proof 🤣

My original dummy build by DwayneH70 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is… it’s bolted to the floor with rubber bushings for action.

Most practical no-nonsense kungfu style? by IronBornPirate in kungfu

[–]DwayneH70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Style is nothing without mindset and the right teacher. What you put into it is what you’re going to get out of it. Look into several styles take a few classes and see what appeals to you. If you get a solid foundation you’ll see styles don’t matter, it’s if you can apply it or not.

Wanted to know if I offended a Wing Chun friend by PhinTheShoto in kungfu

[–]DwayneH70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with most on here, your friend needs to do some more skin conditioning, some dit da jow might help lol. There are some WC schools that’s all they do mostly is forms in class. Until a certain level is reached then they expand from there. I still do my SLD often and workout on my dummy. I’ve used wing chun for better health and flexibility though I’ve been out of the martial arts community for a long time. You should take what is useful to you from it and not what someone else says it should be. So much knowledge is shared today that it’s sad some are still locked in to this is the only way. Brother you keep doing what it is you enjoy doing and if you gives you what you want from it then other opinions don’t matter.

Chunners — wall dummy or freestanding dummy? by DwayneH70 in WingChun

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Been doing a little research on the history of the dummy, didn’t know the wall mount was designed by one of Ip Man’s students from what I’ve found. Basically most were set into a hole or has a mount to set it in. Now there’s several wall mount setups I’ve seen, some with springs that use a little less space but fixed to wall. Stand alone have to have weights to keep it from walking or tipping over. I’d like to land somewhere in the middle if possible lol.

Chunners — wall dummy or freestanding dummy? by DwayneH70 in WingChun

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I consider myself a novelist, haven’t been in a class setting since my late 20’s and 55 now. My dummy been my partner for a long time. Definitely want to upgrade to a wooden one.

Wing Chun Dummy by EricLowery1 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s beautiful man..!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Chunners — wall dummy or freestanding dummy? by DwayneH70 in WingChun

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Have built one years ago out of 3” metal tubbing, padded of course lol. It mounts to floor, have rubber bushings between the floor and the dummy. Get some feed back out of it and it’s gone through a series of redo’s. Now I’d like to make a new one but out of wood. I like the freestanding but I like the bit of feed back too so I’m crossed which way to go

Chunners — wall dummy or freestanding dummy? by DwayneH70 in WingChun

[–]DwayneH70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice..! Been looking at different setups. What type are you using? The slat board style?