Hey All,

How many of you practice Chi Sau (Sticky Hands) and sometimes feel that you're not 'getting it' or not growing?

I was going over some of my notes, and found a great list of 'Check Points' for when you do Wing Chun Chi Sau. Here are ten of them:

1) Roll (Lok Sau) only two or three times and then changes hands (using Heun Sau).

2) Remember to check distancing. You Opponent/Partner should only be at your first gate.

3) Check hand positioning. Is Fook Sau, tan sau and bong sau effective or 'Just There'? Are you TOO heavy or Too Light?

4) Check Your Stance. Are you in Yee Gee Kim Yeung Ma?

5) Check Facing. Are you square and centered to your partner?

6) Is your chin tucked? If not, you will find that you may have 'bobble head'.

7) Are you ALWAYS in contact with your partner?

8) Don't Forget to move. Don't just stand still. Use footwork too.

9) DO you do any unnecessary movements? Like Bobbing up and down, stop, go, shifting without reason?

10) Are your Elbows down?

Hope the list helps. Until next time.
Keep Training, Keep Praying, Keep Learning.

Chuck O'Neill is an evangelical Christian and martial artist. Over his 12 years of experience in martial arts he as had formal martial arts training in Judo, Tae Kwon Do, and Kosho Ryu Kenpo Karate. He also has had training in elements of Western Boxing, grappling, Tai Chi, and Wushu. He is currently learning Wing Chun from Sifu Nelson Chan of the Christian Wushu Fellowship, located in Toronto, Ontario.

The opinions of this article are solely those of the writer and are not the expressed opinions of the Christian Wushu Fellowship. Copyright 2004 Charles G. O'Neill

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