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Titolo: Solo cabine telefoniche? [WT,ovvio.]

      Cavolo, anche Kernespecht risponde all'eterno dilemma sulle cabine
telefoniche ^___^
      E propio vero, il paese è piccolo e la gente mormora ;-ppp
      "DIM, DIM CHING? EVERYTHING CLEAR?
      COMMENTARIES BY GRAND MASTER KEITH R. KERNSPECHT ON CLASSICAL WT
TECHNIQUES
      05.01.2003
      Is WingTsun is only good for telephone boxes?
      Most martial artists think that WT is only good for close combat. They
believe we can ONLY fight in a telephone box. Even many WC, VT or not very
well informed WT people share this incorrect opinion. But they are wrong.
This is also why no less a martial artist than Bruce Lee, who was originally
a student of the late Great Grandmaster Yip Man, believed that he needed to
borrow kicks from other styles to prevail at longer range.
      But let's look at the matter logically: if the opponent wants to fight
with us, he must approach us, and if he has approached closely enough to
strike us, we can also strike him.
      The problem only lies in the fact that specific WT footwork (often but
wrongly referred to as one of the secret techniques in WT) is required to
deal with a moving attacker who is manoeuvring around us. If the WingTsun
man merely stands there
      and waits he risks being struck.
      I am not referring to ritualised combat, where the aggressor has
already "talked himself" into close range, where we are standing
body-to-body and it is still not certain whether he will attack anyway. It
is for this situation that I created the "Blitzdefence" strategy, but that
is not under discussion here.
      Instead I am talking about a confrontation which will certainly become
physical and cannot be defused by verbal techniques. It might be a challenge
or a sporting competition.
      In cases where the fight is likely to begin at longer range, i.e. when
the opponent is still some distance away from us, it is better (particularly
for advanced WT people) to adopt the so-called neutral Siu-Nim-Tau stance,
the Yee Chi Kim Yeung Ma.
      This makes us less predictable and our actions are not telegraphed by
any necessary shifts in bodyweight.
      If we have one foot forward:
      1. We are predictable and our freedom of movement is limited owing to
      the need to shift our bodyweight
      2. The front knee is exposed to attack by the opponent, e.g. using a
side-kick,
      without the opponent needing to come too close to strike us
      If we adopt the neutral stance we compel the opponent to come very
close to us, therefore he must come into our range to represent a danger.
      In WingTsun we use so-called "pressing" or "chasing" steps in
conjunction with the nose-to-nose principle to keep the opponent under
constant pressure (Bik-Bo-Tip-Da) and prevent him from gathering his wits
and organising a further attack.
      As soon as the opponent comes closer the WT-fighter must move towards
him to the right distance - and without the slightest hesitation - so that
he has no space to launch his techniques and loses his balance. Moving
towards him is of vital importance - if you stand still you must not be
surprised if you are struck by a kick.
      In this connection we refer to the "magnetic principle" according to
which we launch ourselves at the opponent as if attracted by a magnetic
force, though naturally while maintaining our emotional and physical balance
at all times.
      Incidentally, when pursuing you should avoid changing the front leg if
at all possible.
      NB:
      Please don't misunderstand me. Under no circumstances must you stand
there with your feet wide apart if the opponent has come close enough to
kick you between the legs. This is the biggest misunderstanding even among
advanced WT-people.
      The opponent must never encounter you with your legs wide apart.
      For this reason, and in the interests of the student's safety, we in
the EWTO initially go against this absolutely correct approach by also
getting students to practice the pre-fight stance with one (weightless) foot
forward during the first few months. This is because experience has shown
that paralysed with fear, beginners often stand waiting for the attacker
like sitting ducks and are caught by the first kick between the legs.
      This is also one of the aspects that led to the simplified
Blitzdefence programme in WingTsun, which I specifically developed for
ritualised territorial defence combat that begins with looks and aggressive
language, then becomes physical at a certain distance.
      We are not talking about this specific situation, which begins at
close range, but rather about the so-called challenge or duel situation. My
advice to have one foot forward right from the start only applies to a
threat by an aggressor who stands immediately in front of us, when we cannot
be certain that an attack will occur at all.
      However, this does not contradict the golden rule that the classic
pre-fight stance should be the neutral stance, and that the neutral stance
is the ideal starting position for a challenge fight or duel starting from
longer range.
      Dim Dim Ching? Each point clear?"
      RoBiN

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