Lesson 44 SNT for muscle accessing

This is a method of doing the first form as a method of accessing and developing more muscle movement and power into the techniques. Students should continue practising the form mostly in the basic manner, but can add this as a variation.

Video part one
Section 1 of form and most of section 2




Video part two

i just noticed that part 2 doesnt seem to be viewable by most.. try this link if that is the case..
http://youtu.be/T8wAA1hhPvk

End of section 2, section 3, followed by section 5 (out of order), and half of section 4



Video part 3
second half of section 4 to section 8

Lesson 43, entries 1-7 inclusive

Seven is an arbitrary number to show most common extreme hand/arm reactions of the average person.These reactions are normally triggered even in professionals, but only if the initial attack is strong and aggressive and very close in. The demos are actually shown mostly at a much longer distance than WT tries to use, since it makes it more easy to see clearly what is taking place.

Each of these reactions by our training partner or opponent tell us which way to go and what to do, so that we are not clashing with them. Rather we are attempting to agree and move with their response.

There are unlimited entry patterns in reality. Often called the 'bridges of wing chun' and numbering up to the hundreds or even more, they usualy are variations of a few common patterns.

How much 'force' one uses, and/or how much 'slickness'(mobility,positioning,timing, angles, etc) one uses is simply a reflection of personal skill and style.

Lesson 42, 7th entry

This drill mainly makes use of the initial right arm attack to become a controlling movement. The left arm now attacks on a variety of levels. Movement to your own left front can be added to help control the traning partner, and to move towards his 'blind spot'.

Lesson 41, entries 5 and 6

The fifth entry is to the inside of defenders right block( he is pushing to his right side.
Number 6 entry is to go under a block that lifts too high, ie higher than our throat level.

unfortunatly there is lots of airplane noise on this video, as usual.. we are on the main flight path for local commercial aviation instruction.

Lesson 40, pak sow entry (#4)

This drill starts with the usual attempted outside entry. In this case the defenders guard hand is very strong, and/or rigidly held in place. We use a pak sow aimed through the forearm at our partners center. As this defensive arm may well be too strong to move, we may need to use the third fighting principle,( yield to greater force) and let the pak sow motion move us around slightly to a new trajectory. In essence you will feel your left pak sow hand move a bit to your right side, as your left elbow and body move around a bit to the left. This allows entry in a direct line for your right punch, which has kept pressure up continuously.

Also if you have good structre, and keep your pak sow quick and snappy, this makes up for most any difference in strength, and will move almost all arms in your way. Because the duration of contact is so short, it is very difficult for anyone, no matter how strong relative to you, to keep their arm in place.

Lesson 39, outside entry, right trap, left hit #3

After using the attempted outside entry, your attacking arm( right arm in video) is stopped by training partners right arm. You keep pressing in with your attack, and use the forearm angle to press his defensive arm down and towards him. This allows you to slide your left arm attack along the trapped arm, and into the throat area.

This particular follow up works well against a defending arm that is either not strong, not having any real forwards pressure, or not well out from the defender. If there is forwards pressure, our goal is not to match it, but to press downwards on it so as to avoid direct force on force. Normally a movement of the arm of only an inch or two creates a big enough open area to hit to the throat, while still keeping our own elbow low enough to guard us. Reaching over is to be avoided as this creates space that our opponent could strike up and under our arms to our throat or head area.

Lesson 37 student level 3, inside entry, #1

This level introduces the famous 'entry' drills. There will be 7 basic drills shown for students to practise. There is one 'inside' entry, and one outside, that has about 5 or 6 basic followups to it. These entry drills simulate the most common responses to a basic fist attack. Attempts are usually made to jam the punch, or to push it up, down, away, to the side etc. These responses are mostly instinctive in the majority of people, so the entries allow one to practise controlling the situation to our own benefit. Bruce Lee made these drills famous, and Keith Kernspect refined them over about 8 years, by having hundreds of instructors work on them with tens of thousands of students throughout Europe.

This video introduces the entry through the 'inside' path. All punches and entries start with this attempted punch. The idea shown in the video is to show the two extremes of using either power or mobility to bypass your opponents arms and land your strike. Each person uses their own personal combination of the two. This personal area of strength/movement will have some variety depending upon the situation and the opponent's skills.

Lesson 38, student level 3, outside entry

We force a reaction, or hopefully, an 'over' reaction by driving our right punch to our opponents center. As they push the attacking arm across to our left, their blocking arm is not attacking us, so we flow elour right elbow over their arm, take over on the outside with our left, and enter and strike with our right punch or fax sow(cutting arm).
Occasionally our training partner will press more to our center with his blocking arm, ie he will attack us rather than just block. The closer they are to aiming at our center, the more we have the option to adjust slightly and enter either by the inside, or by the outside entry shown in this video. For learning purposes the training partner should initially press noticeably across as in a blocking motion to the side.