The appearance of the form to an uninitiated practitioner would appear medium to long range but trust me it is all short strike. Defense against chokes from behind, Defense against arm bars, with quick inside grabs (butterfly palms) followed by double knee strikes and leg splitting arrow kicks. Whirling circular blocks that FEEL like a football tackle. Nasty throws, short ranged leaping kicks THROUGH the throat and on and on. As that patent Italian sauce motto goes "It's in there". Wish my slippery slithering silver tongue could spill down through my ham handed stiff nose pickin' fingers to break it all down for you but no such luck. I just practice a lot I ain't smart enough to write about it in a coherent fashion.
And sorry Gene but I got the lock on crappy Kung Fu.....
Originally Posted by
David Jamieson
tectically speaking, not a lot of the form metes out as close quarter stuff.
there are very noticable long range techniques in it with some short range stuff, but more reaching type stuff.
it takes up a lot of room too in it's techniques and covers a bit of distance in it's execution.
so, im not entirely sure why it's called short strike either.
wing chuns sets are much shorter range in all iterations.
i always think in terms of elevator fighting when thinking about short range stuff.
IE: up and in your grill, inside the gate, clinch range is short range by my reckoning. Tun Da doesn't have a lot of that, although it does have some that is obviously grabs holds and short sweeps in close.
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