When we are performing a Wing Chun punch, just before we strike the target, we suddenly rotate the wrist up. Why do we do this? This is a good question.
In Wing Chun, when we are striking, whether we are punching, using a palm strike, chopping, elbowing, or even kicking, we need to use our entire body. With hand strikes, we should use the stance, the waist, the torso, the shoulders, the elbows, the wrist, and then the striking surface: the fist for a punch, the heel of the palm for a palm strike. So, the wrist movement is very important. It is like a hosepipe: for the water to flow, the end must be open fully. If there is a blockage, then the water will not flow properly and might even go all over the place.
Before we can use the punch, we must practise connecting the whole body, from the stance to the waist and then through the body, shoulders, along the arm, through the elbow, the wrist, and then the fist. In every punch and palm strike, we must use and move the wrist so that the hand connects to the full power of the body.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 518
If we take a close look at all three of these forms, we will see that Bīu Zī is in all of them.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 517
The hardest part of the training is holding the leg up and keeping the position. As we get tired, the leg will start to drop.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 516
When we kick, we do not just consider the kicking leg; we need to maintain our balance and not move the upper body very much.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 515
Before we can use the punch, we must practise connecting the whole body, from the stance to the waist and then through the body,
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