Find Out How To Master The Wing Chun Wooden Dummy

Find Out How To Master the Wing Chun Wooden Dummy
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I am a target for anything related to Kung Fu. Especially when it comes to discovering the various art forms of real fighting. I began viewing these impressive kungfu videos a couple of months ago and I got totally into fighting. My skills have noticeably improved. Unfortunately, I was starting to feel a wee bored after a while. There is only so much you can do with kicking and punchingat nothing but thin air.

But check this out. I got into something pretty excellent. It is called the Wing Chun Dummy and this thing is the real deal. This is how it all works. The Wing Chun Dummy is a wooden training dummy designed to be used by martial artists to increase power, strength and overall ability in any fighting arena. If you think fighting a wooden dummy is nuts, think again. If you think your hands and shins are tough, brother are you in trouble!

Basically, you just smash the heck out of this thing and act like it is an competition. Great fun, if you ask me. One critical word of advice though: make sure you know how to hit this thing properly because, if you dont know what you are doing, it will hurt! Take it from me, I learned awfully quickly how much damage you can do to yourself if you dont learn the correct way to punch a wooden dummy. It's not as though it will hit back, but still, it is a very hard, very compact piece of wood I am telling you about. Be very careful. You will probably bruise and possibly even bleed a bit your first few sparring sessions. I'm not joking.

So I start beating on this thing for a bit while watching the dummy training DVD at the same time and within days, I begin feeling a little stronger. My muscles felt harder, denser and better equipped to take hits. I felt like I could take on anyone! My endurance was amazing after only a few weeks. It was incredible. I had lots of war wounds, namely bruises on my shins and elbows, but the increase in ability was worth it. The first time you kick this thing with full power, you're gonna squeal like a little karate girl. The shin bone has no flesh on it. But it will toughen up, quite fast. You can strike much harder than you can a human sparring partner in practice. Just imagine how much power you could generate in your back, shoulders and triceps ... fearsome stuff.

It was also a nice change of pace from the same old kung fu training DVDs I was watching previously. Dont get me wrong, those things are great and got me to where I am today. But, after a while, it is good to attempt to improve and try new things. It worked for me. I started looking forward to training more and more each day, regardless of some of the self-inflicted beatings I was taking.

Another technique used on the dummy is the act of finger striking. This has always been a favourite of mine. I remember watching a movie when I was a kid and this guy practiced poking this wooden board over and over and eventually was able to really smash someone using his fingers and crush their windpipe. Now, I am not condoning hurting anyone, but I always hoped to have that kind of power in my fingertips. Thanks to the Wing Chun Dummy, I have that and more.

Power, speed, technique, even toughness ... all is possible by training with a wing chun dummy. The ancient kung fu masters have sworn by it for 5 centuries, who was I to argue?




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