The idea behind this technique is to meet your opponent’s attack head-on and to then immediately obtain a double-arm trap. If your Wing Chun trapping has evolved to the required level of proficiency, then as soon as your opponent’s striking arm comes into contact with your flurry of alternating rolling Bong Saos, you should quickly have his arm trapped. And as you will have learned over the years, when you have one arm, you automatically have two arms - being that your opponent’s natural reaction will be to punch with his remaining free arm in an attempt to free up his trapped arm.
Understand that this technique should only be used if the practitioner has developed his Bong Sao blocks to be very strong; his trapping skills highly proficient, and possesses adequate hand speed. Also understand that this technique would only be practical when fighting a striker. If you cannot confidently determine your opponent’s likely method of attack, then it would not be wise to use this technique in meeting an attack half way. That said, if you know you’re fighting a striker who will punch at you, and you’ve mastered the needed skills, you’ll find this technique to work quite well - just as it did for me when once being attacked by a boxing instructor. And it is only because of this reason that I include this video as I would never teach or claim a technique worked which I haven’t personally successfully used myself.
At the end of the day, your situation and skill level should always determine a techniques usage.
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This drill should be practiced often for various reasons. When doing this drill one person keeps the constant punches coming while the other sharpens his blades (practices his moves). Scripted drills are good for new students until they are proficient enough to not need them. When the practitioner's Wing Chun becomes a reflex and executed essentially without thinking, this unscripted freestyle punching drill is the most enjoyable and continues to further advance your timing, reaction, and overall skill.
The Center line Fight punching drill is a great drill to practice and contains several benefits.
Shoulder strength is a key attribute in the style of WCRE. This drill is great for developing that strength, as well as, for developing a dominant center line.
In this video I work with a student doing Chi Sao. The normal benefits of classical Wing Chun still apply (sensitivity training), but Wing Chun Re-engineered puts a large focus on arm control and arm trapping, and where the trapping is applied differently from that of the classical system.
Here I initiate restrained offensive movements giving the student an opportunity to trap my arms and strike. If he fails to do so within two or three of my punches, I then take control and essentially demonstrate what he needs to be doing to me. He is given only a short time because in the style of Wing Chun Re-Engineered, the objective is to gain arm control as quickly as possible, secure a solid double-arm trap, and ultimately end up on the ground in top position applying a final double-arm trap and solid elbow strike ending the fight.
I never use the classical Wing Chun straight punch blast in an offensive manner and seldom perform trapping in the classical way, but instead, perform solid and secure double-arm traps intended to disable my opponent’s ability to use his arms before being struck. I do this while standing or on the ground. The idea is to trap both of my opponent’s arms while having a free hand or elbow to strike with.
You don't find a student like Sean every day. Love him or hate him everyone misses a guy like this when he's gone. In fact, due to some unfortunate circumstances, Sean is no longer able to continuing training. I do thank him for his efforts in helping me to document the Wing Chun which I personally know, and which I believe the world is long overdue for knowing as well. Because it's somewhat difficult for me to find students, I really valued the time Sean was able to spend with me. Good luck, Troublemaker.
TIP: Slow the video down to discover exactly how my left hand/wrist initiates (from afar) the hooking of Sean's right arm just before becoming securely trapped under my left wing. This is one of the many differences which sets this highly developed style of Wing Chun apart from most others. Many of my techniques are difficult to see in real-time, so it's worth slowing down these videos. There is much to discover if you look closely.
Typically practiced as follows
One practitioner executes continuous center-line punches while the other (the one controlling the routine) executes random blocks and punches but with intermittent Tan Sao Stops to where both parties then fight for center line position until the controller releases the opponents lower held write to where the opponent should then immediately continue punching and repeat until one or both practitioner’s shoulders become burnt-out.
It’s important to understand that both parties continue to apply pressure on their shoulders. For example, when the defensive practitioner (controller) stops at Tan Sao, both parties begin fighting for center line position. At the same time, the offensive practitioners throwing the continuous punches attempts to continue throwing the punches with the arm that would be used for the next but, however, he cannot do so due to the controller holding his lower wrist. But he still continues to try by breaking the wrist-hold and punching. In other words, no matter who is offense or defense, both parties receive the full shoulder workout, only that one party practices straight punching (which in Wing Chun can be looked at as a jab in boxing, though never telegraphed), while the other practices arm control and reacting to the straight punches using random moves – whatever comes to mind, and which is looked simply as a drill that sharpens your blades.
Rotate offense/defense between practitioners.
Note - In this example you can see the student’s form degrading as his shoulders become exhausted. Don’t sacrifice form for strength. Try to maintain the form of the punches, Tan Sao blocks, or any other moves executed during the drill. Don’t continue to practice moves that are out of form. When it gets to that point, you’ve become fully spent and should then stop and recover your strength before continuing on.