{"id":1727,"date":"2019-12-01T20:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T09:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2019-12-09T14:55:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T03:55:47","slug":"countering-the-clinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/countering-the-clinch\/","title":{"rendered":"Kung Fu Explainer: Countering the clinch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In an ideal world, Wing Chun&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;ll hit him first&#8221; plan works every time. However, living in the real world, tools to counter the clinch are critical to rounding out your martial arts.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UFC<\/strong> and <strong>Jiu Jitsu <\/strong>have popularised a certain type of fighting method. Both seek to destabilise and bring down an opponent. Similarly, in self-defence situations encounters often devolve into aggressive grabbing and takedowns. Thinking that a strike-first option is viable 100% of the time is optimistic at best. Maybe you can land something first and maybe it stops him. But what if it doesn&#8217;t? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Stopping someone with one punch every single time is not feasible<\/p><cite>Barry Pang<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/team\/barry-pang\/\">Sifu Barry Pang<\/a> explains how his school&#8217;s combination of <strong>\u548f\u6625<\/strong> and <strong>\u9f99\u5f62<\/strong> kung fu approaches the in-close clinch. His training partners in the video include a former Australasian Open Styles Kung Fu champion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the video:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HHFZc3llmzc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related styles deliver advantages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>By focussing on goals rather than a single specific style, the advantages flow. The Barry Pang Kung Fu lineage comes from two masters that developed their art with this in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u9ec3\u6df3\u6a11<\/strong> (1935-1997) was an experienced boxer before joining Grandmaster Ip Man to become Wing Chun&#8217;s most accomplished fighter in challenge matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grandmaster Wu Hua Tai <\/strong>(1914-2002) <a href=\"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/kung-fu-mastery-breaks-style-boundaries\/\">developed his kung fu<\/a> over many decades, drawing on a range of complementary styles with Lung Ying (Dragon Shape) as his core style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extending Wing Chun<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Barry Pang Kung Fu incorporated Grandmaster Wu&#8217;s Lung Ying in the 1990s, building on top of a well established Wing Chun foundation. The primary benefits are as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sensitivity &amp; reflex beyond the arms<\/strong> \u2014 Build on Wing Chun&#8217;s <em>\u9ed0\u624b<\/em> with two additional partner training exercises that utilise dynamic hip power and sensitivity training beyond the forearms. Tai Chi&#8217;s <em>Tui Sao<\/em> (single and double-hand variations) trains dynamic use of the lower body and an improved ability to yield and let force go. Liu He Ba Fa&#8217;s <em>Yiu Shun<\/em> partner work also mobilises the legs whilst training the ability to yield at three contact points: Wrists, elbows and shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stability &amp; power through the hips<\/strong> \u2014 Enhance the ability to unbalance opponents with lower section strength that goes beyond Wing Chun&#8217;s &#8216;cat stance&#8217; capability. For developing strength there are solo exercises like Lung Ying&#8217;s <em>Na Ma<\/em> stepping and Liu He Ba Fa&#8217;s <em>Yiu Shun<\/em>. Learning how to apply power can be done through partner training, such as Lung Ying&#8217;s <em>Chuk Sarm Dim<\/em>, Liu He Ba Fa&#8217;s <em>Yiu Shun<\/em> and Tai Chi&#8217;s <em>Tui Sao<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Striking at extreme close range<\/strong> \u2014 Extend Wing Chun&#8217;s close-range strikes with even closer-range Lung Ying forearm strikes. <em>Boi Gim<\/em> is a forearm strike that can be thrown when too close for a centreline punch. Similar to a  Wing Chun <em>Pak Sao<\/em>, the <em>Cup Sao<\/em> serves to clear the path for a strike, except that it brings the opponent&#8217;s guard down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The summary<\/strong> is that you can extend Wing Chun skillsets with complimentary tools. You can improve the odds of surviving a fast-moving clinch and takedown. You can extend your kung fu to become more holistic by including tools that naturally fit together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u53c2\u770b<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/kung-fu-mastery-breaks-style-boundaries\/\">Mastery breaks style boundaries<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/power-loose-flow\/\">Power in being loose<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/defending-grappling\/\">Defending grappling<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an ideal world, Wing Chun&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;ll hit him first&#8221; plan works every time. However, living in the real world, tools to counter the clinch are critical to rounding out your martial arts. UFC and Jiu Jitsu have&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[102,101,103,108,75,77,76,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1789,"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrypangkungfu.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}