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and the speed of your striking limb to create more power. If you add
stepping, you can combine the step, the hip and the limb to multiply
the power even more.
Wing Chun punches in a straight line as opposed to others that
punch circular.
-We punch on the diameter, while others punch on the circumfer-
ence.
Ip Man said, ‘We walk the string, while others walk the bow.”
-The circumference is 3.14 times farther to travel than the diameter.
This means, all other things being equal, the punch on the diame-
ter is already 3.14 times faster than the punch on the circumference
and that does not include the typical reach back before the punch.
This makes you punch more than 4X faster. If you take into consid-
eration that you punch more relaxed and twice as fast, you could
essentially throw 8 punches to their 1.
High energy strikes vs. High momentum strikes.
-High energy strikes are ½ Mass X Velocity squared.
-High momentum strikes are Mass X Velocity.
Wing Chun does not completely avoid Momentum strikes or only
depend on High energy strikes.
-For example- while using the Po Pai (double palm strike) or shoul-
der strike, they can be utilized to move an opponent using momen-
tum force. The hand or shoulder are contact points, but the body
moves the opponent.
Stiff and rigid opponents give you access to their center of mass,
allowing you to easily control them.
When you are rigid, you allow your opponent access to your center
of mass and make it easy to control you. If you are relaxed, your
strike stays far away and disconnected from your center of mass and
does not allow someone to control you.
We can control the outcome of the fight by striking very specific
areas, while knowing the effects of each strike. It is the same as set-
ting someone up in chess.
Wing Chun uses Linear and Angular momentum in the Lap Sau
technique which is defensive and offensive at the same time.
-The determination of which to use is dependent on the circum-
stance and what you are attempting to achieve with the energy of
your opponent’s strike.
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