What is Chi Sau in Wing Chun?
Chi Sau, or ‘Sticking Hands’, is a Wing Chun training exercise designed to develop close range combat skills. In close range combat, your ability to see an incoming strike a punch and react by reflex is greatly diminished, which is where the skills developed through Chi Sau apply.
Is Wing Chun similar to tai chi?
Key Difference: Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art tradition. Wing Chun is also a Chinese martial art form, but it is modeled on the recent real world skills and techniques of combat. Tai Chi teaches a person to anticipate and react to the opponent’s moves and movements, without instigating any on one’s own.
Is Wing Chun better than wushu?
Wushu is a combined name of lots of style. Tai chi and wing chun is also called wushu. Mordern wushu such as chang quan and nanquan are more of exercising and performance, less pratical fighting compared to wing chun. Wushu is relatively blanket term for Chinese Martial Arts.
What can you do with Wing Chun chi sao?
Wing Chun Chi Sao Training Wing Chun Chi Sao Training will develop your touch sensitivity. You will be able to read your opponent’s intentions and respond to his movements much faster than by eye. Besides Wing Chun, many other forms use Chi Sao.
What makes Wing Chun different from other martial arts?
One thing that separates Wing Chun from other martial arts is Chi Sao (Sau) also known as Sticky Hands. However there is also a ton of controversy around Chi Sao. I think a reason for this is people not understanding what sticky hands is actually used for.
How big is the elbow in Wing Chun chi sao?
The elbow is about 6-8 inches from the body and angles in towards the center of your body. The forearm angles up with the hand open and the fingers hooked down towards the wrist. Dan Chi Sao/Single Sticky Hands
When to use sticky hands in Chi Sao?
While Chi Sao looks fancy it isn’t actually effective to use sticky hands when you are in a fight. The reason is because when you are practicing Wing Chun’s sensitivity training game you are playing by rules. Rules that don’t exist during a street fight nor do they exist in standard competitions. So What Is Chi Sao?