In wing tsun, rather than teach a plethoria of techniques, as in 'if he does this, then you do this move' ad infinitm, we have four principles that guide our actions.
The four are as follows:
1. go forwards
2. stick to what comes
3. yield to greater strength
4. close the gap
We try to immedately close range upon the attacker. Usually when we are moving in, the first thing that reaches the opponent is our arms and legs. If we strike and throw them away, there is no need to go any further in the principles.
If we cross arms with our opponent, then we need to get the information as to the direction, pressure, speed etc of these limbs. So we stick to the limb just long enough to sense where it is headed and how much force is there. After a lot of practise, this amount of time is faster than conscious thought. If we have greater strength in our movement, we can continue going forwards.
But if the opponents force is greater, then we yield, still sticking, until we have slightly deflected the attack. This sticking loads our arms, our torso, and our legs, to allow us to find a way past this greater force, without allowing it to strike us.
At this point we move closer to the opponent, closing the gap.
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