Chasing arms is chasing arms. It can happen on the central line too.
If you are seeking arm contact you may miss the open attack lines. That's why seeking the bridge means open attack lines, the path to the other side. Take daan-chi-sau for example. If the taan-sau partner's palm strike is not upward yet on the central line nonetheless, if you stay with it you are chasing arms on the central line. If you are seeking the open attack lines, you will just punch.
There is no seeking arm contact in the VT I do, especially not as some of these guys are thinking, which is to stick and feel for the opponent's intentions and control their arms.Seeking arm contact in the centre area can be a valid strategy. Above all it's likely to happen even if you are striking on an open line. Don't seek arm contact for its own sake at any cost, but be happy if it happens.
If arm contact happens it is only by virtue of the punching structure in the strategy of LSDD. It is purely a matter of course. Whether it happens or not, I'm hitting the opponent, not trying to feel intentions and control their arms.
And I never 'create arm contact myself when there is none'. That is an obstruction to me and I don't want to create it just so I can do something neat to deal with it before I can hit.
In my VT we make good use of footwork and angling to lower the odds of the opponent. That is where we excel, not just because of skill, but of superior positioning giving us more tools than the opponent and more ability to use them. That is something seriously lacking in certain wing chun lineages. At no time will we want to have equal opportunity with the opponent, standing squared up straight in front of them like the start of a chi-sau drill. Yet many think they will fight like this nonetheless.Arms in contact in the centre area is where WCK is supposed to excel. Playing the game where you excel is a good idea.
Sure, but when they violate basic principles of the system, then they are objectively wrong. These guys have not been able to sufficiently explain the second phrase using their interpretation of 'bridge' as literal 'arm contact' that says when it doesn't exist, create it 'yourself'.Also, aphorisms and metaphors can have multiple interpretations.
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But yes, Grumble, sounds similar . And Kevin's use of the words 'sickle cutting' is nice, as many/most of the 'hands' (for want of a better word) are cutting in nature when you apply the motion.
It is one aspect.
Everything in the art should fit with the concepts and ideas, have a relevance for usage, be part of a larger training method, etc.
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