(Arms smacking a Wing Chun dummy)
- Basic Wing Chun arm conditioning
technique everyone should know.
Now today I'm going to show you four different techniques
and exercises you can do in Wing Chun
that you can condition your arm and your forehand.
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Now I've seen masters where when they spar with someone
just by their forearm hitting hitting someone else's forearm
they broke someone's forearm,
and that's through conditioning.
'Cause most people they might condition-
also boxers, you know they sometimes get into fights-
bare-knuckles, they break their knuckles
because boxers usually train with boxing gloves-
but in martial arts we like to condition-
as Bruce said- every part of the body.
Your fingers, your elbow, your forearm;
obviously forearm in Wing Chun, that's a huge part of it.
So one of the best exercises you could do,
if you had a Wing Chun dummy at home,
is to practice it with a dummy.
Now of course you can do your forearm,
you can do all of that stuff,
but you can also do exercises
strictly just to condition your forearm.
So, some of my favorite is simple as this:
(bangs Wing Chun dummy)
where you're basically conditioning
this part of your forearm (bangs Wing Chun dummy) right?
Now you notice I'm not doing a lot of power
(Wing Chun dummy clacks) right?
If I want to put a little more,
you can see how this shake, right, see how this shakes?
This moves,
or also this side
which is then conditioning this part of your forearm,
which is a chop, right?
It's just a chop (Wing Chun dummy bangs)
Right there, or, it could also be a Wu Sau,
like that, which is this part of your forearm.
(Wing Chun dummy bangs) You can also do it like that
or, also, here, you can also do it Gan Sau.
(Strikes Wing Chun dummy)
Or this way too
The point where you can make it shake that much
with your forearm, so imagine if this
is the human forearm it's going to hurt.
Last time I was training with Shin
and I practiced a couple of drills,
and this big X, there's bruises like this big
from his forearm because I honestly don't feel anything
but he's like "Ooh it hurts!",
it's because through the forearm conditioning (knocks wood)
So, that's one drill, let me show you
another exercise you can do.
Here's another arm conditioning drill you can do.
Usually do it with a partner,
and I learned this from Charlie, the instructor.
It's not from Wing Chun,
but I think it's very useful in Wing Chun.
So basically practicing your Kyun Sau,
which is your forearm, so it goes something like this:
so basically you hit each other like that,
so like this, from here, and then you'll go back up again,
like that, and then you'll also go down,
and then you'll also go down, and then you go back up here
one, two, and three, and then change hands from here-
one, two, and three.
Again: one, two, and three;
again: one, two, and three.
So Jason give a try-
so, one, two, and three-
yes, and your other hand- one, two, and three.
One, two, and three,
and hit with your bones.
- [Jason] So bones not the-
- Not the meat, hit with the bone.
- Okay, (mumbles)
- That's right, that's right.
- We were both hitting with more of our muscles I noticed
- So I know it stings in the beginning,
arm conditioning it is like that.
At the end of this video, I'm going to show you
what herb to use to actually heal your bones
and things like that.
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Dong, dong, two, and three, - Yeah
Try again, one, two, and three.
One more, one, two, and three.
Now, once you get a really good like this- Jason, right?
So feel that, and you can see it stings right?
This way, - Right
A little bit harder, little bit harder, it stings, right?
- It's starting to hurt
So in my arm through condition doesn't feel much,
but I know it hurts, right, that's why
it's very important to put the right medicine on it.
But, if you do it, don't do it light, right,
boom, boom, from that side, boom, boom, boom, again,
from here, boom, boom, boom, low,
and you can also practice your stance too,
- That's true - Yeah, working your muscle,
One more time- boom, boom, right there-
dong, now don't cheat, don't do like this
- Condition the bone
- [Dan] Where the part hurts the most, hit that part,
hit that part, this here- don't do like this,
this way, boom, so right here, right there,
and then go down again- boom.
So you can do this hundreds of times just with a partner.
Now you see a lot of the Cha Lin Fa instructors-
like master - They're really fast
- [Dan] They can bend telephone poles,
so when they hit someone like that, that's it,
They finish this fight so quickly,
so that's the second exercise that you can do.
Wing Chun arm conditioning number three,
and that is stone hitting- now this is not traditional
Wing Chun, I actually learned this from a Karate master.
This technique, you gotta be very very careful,
you want to do it lightly in the beginning,
and you can get these stones anywhere.
You should grab something with a smooth surface.
Now when you get very very good,
they can hit like pretty full power on the stone.
I'm a beginner, as I practice this,
you want to hit it with, in different angles,
so I'll show you something that,
you can still practice your Wing Chun technique strikes
on the stone, and do it lightly.
At first don't hurt yourself, it's about getting good
not about hurting yourself, not getting hurt.
So just do it lightly, just like that, right?
You see how that, so you can do it from this way,
you can do it from this way,
you can do the knuckle, you can do a palm strike,
you can also do your finger, and hear that
do the finger here, here, you can also use your forearm,
your forearm right there, right, right.
So once you get good (slapping stone reverberation)
(mumbles)
(stone thudding)
So you would look something like that,
so that's the stone hitting; now this,
make sure you don't practice too, too much,
because I will say, you know, a couple hundred times a day
but I'm telling you, once I started learning this
I want to practice this, I notice just even a hit
with the same power on a training partner,
I touch something or I hit the forearm like "oh!",
they're like "what the hell is that?"
I hit the same way, but because now
I've conditioned just my weapons.
So, stone hitting, you can grab your stones as free
and grab it anywhere, make sure you get a smooth surface
so you don't scratch yourself.
Now make sure when you are practicing
these arm conditioning techniques and drills,
that you put the right medicine on.
I use Dit Da Jow, which is this brand that I use
called Plum Dragon Herbs, you can see this is what I use.
You want to use this before you practice,
and also after you practice, okay,
so you just put it on your knuckles,
put it on your forearm, and if you still get bruises
from practicing hitting dummy or your partner,
make sure you also rub it on.
You don't just tap it on, you gotta rub it.
You gotta rub it, make sure the medicine gets in,
You probably for five, ten, 20 minutes you rub it,
and kind of put some pressure on it,
and if you got some kind of big almost like an egg
or something you want to rub it,
and you can see over time this is from the Iron Palm formula
When you use enough of it, when you cover,
every single time it gets a little bit stronger,
so try it out, I know a lot of you guys ask me what I use.
This is what I use, I'll put a link below.
But also practice safely!
Again it's not about getting hurt, it's about getting good.
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