Water has mass, weight and although it is ultimately very flexible, fluid you might say, it can still hit you very hard. Water will move around an object in its way, but once it is moving, circling around a bolder for example, that circular current can knock you over. While you are learning and practicing the water form, visualize your self in water. I don’t mean as if you are trying to move against the resistance of still water. I mean imagine that the water is swirling around and is moving you; your whole body. Try to feel yourself softly flowing, circling and moving as the water pushes you around. As you visualize this, you will find that you perform the Water form with much more grace and fluidity. When your whole body is moving as one fluid motion your technique will become better and better. You will be able to speed up your movements and because your whole body will be generating power, your techniques will be unstoppable. Imagine, if you are 70kg, that a strong plastic bag holding 70kg of water were to be swung around until it was moving fast. If that bag of water hit you, you would be thrown across a room. Hold that idea as you move your whole body to deliver a strike. Water is not always soft.
What You’ll Learn
- The Taan/Bong Sao double block that allows you to defend more of your body in a yielding manner
- The turning side kick combination utilized when you want to use your momentum to your advantage in unique situations
- The powerful hook punch
- Use of body mass and circling movements to yield in a way that redirects body weight into an attack
- Unique circling steps and footwork to guide and trap your opponent to your advantage
- Use of the straight stance but incorporating forward and rear stance weight transference
- Overall strategy for understanding when to move in aggressively and when to keep defensively on the back foot for maximum advantage
Course Features
- Lecture 1
- Quiz 0
- Duration 10 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
