My personal thoughts on whether pure Wing Chun is good enough for MMA fighting and my current direction and development in using Wing Chun in an MMA cage fight.
Sorry about the cut off towards the end of the video but I am almost done then anyways so you missed nothing.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Iron Arm Conditioning - Is It Scientific?
Does knocking your arms with poles and bashing up trees really give you "Iron Arms"? Is this esoteric practise even scientific? I hope this video answers this question.
Sorry the audio is a little soft so you guys have to ramp up your volume a bit. I need a better mic...
Sorry the audio is a little soft so you guys have to ramp up your volume a bit. I need a better mic...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Iron Arm Conditioning - The Right Way
This is my very first instructional video on how to start Iron Arm Conditioning as part of your Wing Chun, Choy Li Fut or Hung Gar training.
What you do is simply do what I said in the video as often as you can throughout the day or throughout your TV / Youtube session. I will come a point where it feels so comfortable, you just want to keep doing it. So there's no set number of knocks you should do per day. Just do it as often as you can and before you know it, you would be doing thousands of it per day, which is better than trying to build a routine around doing 100 or a few hundred a day.
What you do is simply do what I said in the video as often as you can throughout the day or throughout your TV / Youtube session. I will come a point where it feels so comfortable, you just want to keep doing it. So there's no set number of knocks you should do per day. Just do it as often as you can and before you know it, you would be doing thousands of it per day, which is better than trying to build a routine around doing 100 or a few hundred a day.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Begin Second Level of Iron Wire Fist Training
After one recovery week last week, I officially begin the second level of Iron Wire Fist training (铁线拳第二层 - 铁线锻造） with two iron rings. It took me one whole month to achieve effortlessness in the first level using only one ring. I thought one more ring isn't going to make a big difference until I started the isometric part of the training. The amount of resistance offered by that one more ring makes so much difference that my tendons start to ache almost immediately. This is exactly why there are ten progressive levels of 功力in Iron Wire Fist. There is simply no way anyone can slap on ten rings on each arm right from the start and not injure themselves. The tendons and chi strengthening is progressive and takes time.
I am also starting the external hardening part of the Iron Wire Fist training starting from the insides of both arms guided by Master Anthony Goh, President of USA Wushu Kungfu Federation, a grandmaster in Southern 硬气功 Hard Qigong. He even gave me his ancestral formula for the ointment that is so critical for the achievement of such hardening.
Indeed, Iron Wire Fist is a form of internal training for external martial arts with the aim of strengthening the tendons, muscles and bones ala hard qigong style. The achievement of which can be applied on almost every form of fighting. My best friend said it best "The objective of Iron Wire Fist is to give you two baseball bat arms against unarmed combatants". Your arms become weapons that you carry always and can also be extremely powerful in MMA fighting. Imagine being pinned on the ground with me mounted and instead of punching you with my gloved fist, I slam my steel-like forearms into the side of your head... once is enough...
I am also starting the external hardening part of the Iron Wire Fist training starting from the insides of both arms guided by Master Anthony Goh, President of USA Wushu Kungfu Federation, a grandmaster in Southern 硬气功 Hard Qigong. He even gave me his ancestral formula for the ointment that is so critical for the achievement of such hardening.
Indeed, Iron Wire Fist is a form of internal training for external martial arts with the aim of strengthening the tendons, muscles and bones ala hard qigong style. The achievement of which can be applied on almost every form of fighting. My best friend said it best "The objective of Iron Wire Fist is to give you two baseball bat arms against unarmed combatants". Your arms become weapons that you carry always and can also be extremely powerful in MMA fighting. Imagine being pinned on the ground with me mounted and instead of punching you with my gloved fist, I slam my steel-like forearms into the side of your head... once is enough...
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Taking a Recovery Week...
All power athletes and bodybuilders take a full week off every 4 to 8 weeks of intense training and I am going to do mine this week after 8 weeks of intense training.
Indeed, there are overwhelming evidence of power athletes hitting plateaus, burning out or permanently injuring themselves due to months of intense training without giving themselves or their muscles and neuro system a much needed break. Indeed, intense physical conditioning and martial arts training affects not just the physical body but also the neurosystem, leading to bad sleeping and ultimately, depression.
I am going to do my recovery week this week with light walking and light hung gar forms training just to keep the body active and recover from my various injuries. Indeed, I am bruised all over with aches in various joints and open wounds in various places as well and all of these injuries are lowering my motivation to train.
So, if you are an MMA fighter as well, please remember to schedule in your recovery week... you really need it!
Indeed, there are overwhelming evidence of power athletes hitting plateaus, burning out or permanently injuring themselves due to months of intense training without giving themselves or their muscles and neuro system a much needed break. Indeed, intense physical conditioning and martial arts training affects not just the physical body but also the neurosystem, leading to bad sleeping and ultimately, depression.
I am going to do my recovery week this week with light walking and light hung gar forms training just to keep the body active and recover from my various injuries. Indeed, I am bruised all over with aches in various joints and open wounds in various places as well and all of these injuries are lowering my motivation to train.
So, if you are an MMA fighter as well, please remember to schedule in your recovery week... you really need it!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Start Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Training with Chet Quint
I officially started my Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) training under Professor Chet Quint (Helios Gracie --> Rickson Gracie --> Pedro Sauer --> Chet Quint) of Team Chet Quint in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu China of Beijing.
The training was short, intense and of course, many of us walk away with certain degrees of injuries. I walked away with some mat burn and a sore windpipe. However, this is the kind of training that makes real fighters who has the ability to execute techniques under real resistance. Indeed, it is Professor Chet Quint's belief that being able to execute techniques under full resistance makes you a real jiu-jitsu fighter. As such, there will always be a session of full resistance rolling after extended demonstration and practise of techniques.
My first lesson in BJJ also taught me that size does matter when fighting on the ground. As such, as a fighter, I would definitely not want to go to the ground in the ring with a fighter who is bigger than I am.
The training was short, intense and of course, many of us walk away with certain degrees of injuries. I walked away with some mat burn and a sore windpipe. However, this is the kind of training that makes real fighters who has the ability to execute techniques under real resistance. Indeed, it is Professor Chet Quint's belief that being able to execute techniques under full resistance makes you a real jiu-jitsu fighter. As such, there will always be a session of full resistance rolling after extended demonstration and practise of techniques.
My first lesson in BJJ also taught me that size does matter when fighting on the ground. As such, as a fighter, I would definitely not want to go to the ground in the ring with a fighter who is bigger than I am.
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