Keeva Day 20/31
Today is Blue Monday, the day that is supposedly the most depressing of the year! It was apparently coined not to be a negative, but to inspire us into action, to make bold life decisions.
So Blue Monday became Wing Chun Monday! My bold decision; to take on a 7ft German with a martial art I know nothing about! If I’d realised before looking at the picture he didn’t have his shoe laces tied, this might have been alot easier!
Wing Chun isn’t the activity to punch & kick the blues away in a mass of flailing arms & legs. Its much more subtle, and even effortless looking self defence. Legend says it was developed for a woman after she challenged an unwanted suitor to a dual in an effort to stop his advances. Whether its true or not, the technique is certainly different from other fighting arts.
It is a little odd at first, you automatically want to take a big swinging punch pivoting your body into it. Instead the idea is no one will see your punch coming, its at close distance & starts in front of your body which is facing your opponent straight on.
Watching Youtube videos of Wing Chun vs other martial arts it looks like a very odd game of slap around, but when your experiencing it you can easily see how effective the moves are …Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan obviously thought so too!
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