Chi Sau is a game that we play by our own rules to get an outcome that we alone wish for, for reasons only we know.
Growing out of the last post and the premise that “if we do not know what we are looking for we will never find it”, here is a re-run from just after the first lockdown, it will help us move back into trying to establish some form of an understanding of what to look for in our training, I will cover this over the next few weeks.
Chi Sau is a game that we play by our own rules to get an outcome that we alone wish for, for reasons only we know.
In this way it is both remarkable and hopeless.
I think it is remarkable.
Many years ago when I was getting Tennis Instruction from an Australian National Coach, I was informed that we can only ever learn what we already know, which explains why I never made it to State Grade, but what does it tell us about our Chi Sau?
If what we do does not affect the bad guy what is the purpose of training/using it?
WORK ON YOUR WEAKNESS’ – PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTH.
Wing Chun Sydney, Australia 