Conflicting Theory
If you try to use several conflicting theories at the same time, you
will not be as good as someone who sticks to one consistent theory.
- The Ball Concept?
To neutralize force, use the ball concept.
Consider a ball suspended in some water. When you push this ball it
will rotate in some direction, thus neutralizing the force of your push.
If you push the ball dead center, it will move in the direction of your
push.
- The turnstile Concept?
The ball concept uses the ideas of ROTATION and TRANSLATION. The
turnstile concept just uses the idea of rotation.
When you push against a turnstile, it just rotates. It cannot move in
another way. When you push on a ball, it can rotate or it can roll. Tai
Chi practitioners use more of the ball concept. Wing Chun practitioners
use the turnstile concept because they do not like to back up. Backward
movements are a waste of time when your goal is to just move forward
towards the target.
- Conflicts?
Split second mistakes will get you beat.
When you confuse ideas or use conflicting principles in your
fighting, you will lose to people who are good. If you hesitate because
you don't know whether to back up, or to advance, or to turn you will
lose to an opponent who has no hesitation in what they do. If you train
in the methods of art A on Monday, art B on Tuesday and art C on
Wednesday, then in the real fight which art will you use. At the slow
speed, you have the option to use any art. At a high speed any
hesitation could end your life. Many Jeet Kune Do people feel that the
more arts they mix together the better. Wing Chun people disagree with
this concept. If you are really serious about self defense and combat,
you have to make up your mind what you really want to train! If you are
just having fun and playing around then it doesn't matter what you
train.
- Internal and External training
If you practice just pushing, shoving and applying fast hard hits to
your opponent, independent of what they are doing, then you are
practicing in the hard external way. This way can be effective if your
opponent is slower than you and weaker than you. The hard way leads to
quick early results but in the long run it will be a detriment to your
martial arts career. The internal method is more concerned with
effective force neutralization using your sense of touch. This skill is
very difficult to achieve and very difficult to deal with once it has
been achieved. Stronger people find the external way of training easier
and more satisfying. But for that you don't need Wing Chun.
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