Editorials
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Aug/31/2013"I reinvent WT every time I teach!" – Interview rather than editorial – part 1
What are you currently engaged in?
Fundamentally resolving the same problem that has preoccupied me since the end of the 1950s: how can I defend myself with as few movements as possible? Or rather, by the very nature of my movements.
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Jul/31/2013Frequent misconceptions about the "The Big 7 capabilities"
Again and again I have found misconceptions arising about the "Big 7 capabilities". The following is therefore a guest editorial by Dr. Oliver König, who examines these from his own point of view.
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Jun/30/2013Automatic responses/reflexes & blind aggression or Chan/Taoism & flowing adaptation to change?
As feedback to our latest EWTO books "Fightlogic", "Psycho-Training in WingTsun" and now "Essence of WingTsun – beyond techniques and application thinking" I am often asked questions by readers who are thinking along with me.
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May/31/2013The optical illusion: why does the modern WingTsun of the EWTO look different?
In his guest editorial Dai-Sifu Oliver König addresses the frequent question whether we are now doing something different from "traditional WingTsun", or indeed whether we still do WingTsun in the EWTO at all. And also whether what we do can work effectively at all.
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Apr/30/2013May not only brings fresh green pastures …
If everything goes right, my new book "The Essence of WingTsun" will be finished by the International Seminar in Hockenheim and be available as a red-backed collector's edition with gold embossed lettering in limited numbers.
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Apr/02/2013How to solve the ChiSao puzzle
No April Fool's joke: without the right idea, sensitivity exercises such as ChiSao do not produce the desired results. Grandmaster Giuseppe Schembri provides some useful hints for a better understanding.
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Mar/01/2013Do we imitate the style – the handwriting! – of our SiFu?
- Grandmaster Dr. Leung Jan was
the SiFu of Chan Wah Shun,
but Chan Wah Shun did not
imitate the "Dr Leung Jan style".
- Grandmaster Chan Wah Shun was
the SiFu of Yip Man,
but Yip Man did not
imitate the "Chan Wah Shun style".
- Grandmaster Yip Man was
the SiFu of Leung Ting,
but Leung Ting does not
imitate the "Yip Man style".
- Grandmaster Leung Ting is my SiFu,
but I do not imitate the
"Leung Ting style".
- Grandmaster Dr. Leung Jan was
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Oct/18/2012Forms and techniques are indispensable!
Nonetheless I tell advanced students: "The techniques in the forms are of secondary importance."
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Or even more radically: "There are no techniques!" -
Aug/07/2012Chi-Sao with the teacher
In recent months my emphasis has been on interaction between students. This time my focus is on the relationship between the teacher and the student in Chi-Sao.
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Aug/07/2012Defusing problem areas
Sometimes it is only minor aspects that can spoil the interaction during training. But once they are recognised, they can be avoided. Being aware of certain "problem areas" and our rules of etiquette during Chi-Sao and ReakTsun training allows many a situation to be defused without any major effort.
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