Thanx for the input on jao sao,Sifu.<br>When
rolling,jao sao(or jum sao ,depending) occurres when changing
from left to right chi sao.This is often a good time
to make a move as many players sphere of defense is
weak at this point.But I've found that jao sao rarely
works against a sharp player who is facing squarely to
you.You just stay on the inside track and hit when the
hand is free.<br> I was reading an old Kung Fu rag
ages ago and chanced upon an article about a school of
Wing Chun that used tonfa in their coriculum.It came
up in conversation the other day and I could not
remember many details.Has any one else heard of this
branch or it's techniques of formatting WC to the
tonfa(thats the weopon T.J. Hooker used in the series
starring Bill Shatner)<br>Thanx again.<br>Mooooooooonty
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Moonty,<br><br>At the risk of seeming radical I have to say that there is to much nonsense surrounding how chi sao should or should not be played.<br><br>It ...
Thanx for the input on jao sao,Sifu.<br>When rolling,jao sao(or jum sao ,depending) occurres when changing from left to right chi sao.This is often a good time...
Moonty,<br><br>Thats ok, we refer to it as Jeung Sao.<br><br>Phonetic translation from Chinese can often be confusing at the best of times.<br><br>We start...
Sifu,<br>Ahh, so Jom sao(and Jao) holds better if the heun sao has integrity.That makes sense.Ya there's alot of po-tai-to, po-ta-to in WC terms isn't...
Yes, the tonfa is mostly reguarded as Japanese/Okinawan in ancestery but I've seen it used in gung fu before.<br>The artical clearly said the weopon had been...
Moonty,<br><br>I have a set of Tonfa and played around with them for a bit but they were not included in the syllabus that I trained to.<br><br>Appart from ...
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