[Procyona]

Dear forummates,

are there good ways to get a tirering work out with doing Wing Chun practise without a partner? I have combined fast hit combos to various of movements, but I would love to hear more ideas how to make sweat fly while practising   

[Художник]

doing 1st and/or 2nd form about hour or two will make you sweat)   

[Haveunique]

Thanks, Pasha, good one Also, just working on balance in neutral or side positions.   

[Художник]

making form in position of "golden rooster"(stending on one leg) is also good one   

[Gra-ach]

Procyona, the hardest exercises are the static ones. If you stand for several minutes in a push-up position without lowering your body, you'll soon get a puddle of sweat beneath you, I guarantee it Besides, this will help you exercise your willpower, breathing and relaxation technique When you feel like you can't go on, that you're going to give up - here starts your training!   

[Procyona]

That is true, static ones are the hardest to do, as well as the very slow ones.

Thank you very much all, and especially you Irene for the encouragement! I don't know if to call it fate or not, but those are just the words I needed to hear.   

[Gra-ach]

You know, I'm starting to become a believer in fate that nothing happens without a reason, and even if we're told the same things over and over again, we understand them only when the time is right not not a second before that

Anyways, SiHing started doing this during our training and SiFu showed it at the Seminar on Friday and it works, but it's so hard!!!! And it really helps to feel your body and all the places where your muscles are tense where they shouldn't be.   

[Procyona]

That is true: when ever I am working fast it seems so easy, because I am always moving and different muscles work. This way I learn to use the muscles I need. But if I am doing a static exercise, the muscles start to ache quite soon if I am not in balance. Then I know if I need to relax some muscles. Both static and non-static exercises are needed, to get the full knowledge of the body, it seems   

[Gra-ach]

Oh, I remember we had once a seminar dedicated to Chi Sao and for the first at least half an hour we had to just stand in the right position without moving! It was pure hell!!!!! Firstly, because it's still kinda hard to put my arms in the right position, and secondly because it took forever to finish this exercise! After several minutes ALL muscles were tense, even those which weren't working at that point! And in like 20 minutes my hands went completely numb - I didn't feel my wrists and fingers while the rest of the hand was on fire.   

[Procyona]

Wow, that sounds a very practical way to learn how tensions work If I work long hours on a computer or just sit without moving, it is practically same as doing those exercise; no wonder there are all kinds of aches afterwards.   

[Gra-ach]

And after that we had app. 2 hours of Chi Sao. Believe me it was VERY hard. While standing there I tried to relax one muscle and while I was doing that two others got tense and so on. And you know, most of the problems about my stance became quite obvious - my tense waist, too wide stance, and I'm not even talking about my hands.

Even is you just stand in a stance after ten minutes or so you'll feel what muscles are working which shouldn't and you'll sweat   

[Haveunique]