Training to hit a person- as opposed to hitting empty air or an object
Hi, everyone! One of the my favourite training tools is the Wing Chun Dummy. Too bad I don't own one myself. Still- Regardless of what style you practice- this simple piece of equipment reminds you of one very obvious thing about fighting- Your opponent is not a punching bag. A lot of what I see in the way punches are done for basic practice or in forms makes it easy to forget that our opponent's have arms and legs. The path that our fists take toward their targets are often not without obstacles in the way. You would agree with me that it feels easier to land a hard punch on a wide open target than it is doing the same with a target that is behind an arm or a hand. The creator of Wing Chun Quan- The Shaolin Elder Ng Mui knew this. That is why she deemed it necessary for a fighter to practice hitting a solid object, but with the portrusions that we see on our wing chun dummies these days. Punching bags serve a purpose too, of course....