Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 492

How can a blindman fight someone who can see? Wing Chun Chī Sáu 黐手 – Sticking Hands, which has a very good way of training that can make this a reality. In Chi Sau training partners contact each other’s arms and roll them together, then while they are in contact they try to attack and defend one another and they have to use feeling to sense what is happening. This means a visually impaired person can also do Chi Sau, but their Chi Sau must be good otherwise they will still loose.

Martin Gale is definitely good at Chi Sau and so in fighting he has no problem. Generally, in fighting, there must be contact, and so once there is contact the visually impaired person can feel what is happening and someone who cannot see is usually more sensitive than someone who relies on their eyesight. So, once they are in contact, they can feel the strength from the other person, and once they learn to relax, they can feel even more, use the right techniques and use their partner’s energy against them. Then in one or two movements they will finish them. Fighting should be quick, we should not spend too much time playing and find out more options as reality is very different from training.