Thursday, August 26, 2010
Attack Proof
Sometimes in life we all need to "veer off" a bit. This is also the case with studying and learning "one" martial art. Even though I started with Karate, I found it good and, frankly, almost necessary to start learning Wing Chun. I was almost "led" to it by some invisible force (well, maybe not)! Anyway, what I am getting at is, we all grow and change at just about everything we do or even study. Wing Chun will probably always (as long as I am here) be my 'favorite" martial art but, yes, there are others out there. I especially like "Attack Proof" which also has other names (but won't go into those now). I like its simplicity and its use of common language to explain its principles and techniques. For instance, one of the stances is called the"Jack Benny" stance which relates to the former comedian himself. If you are over 50, you know the stance. The basic use of it is: getting into a stance without showing your possible attacker that you are doing that. And I think it is a very good stance and idea. Other arts have similar stances. I also like the way Attack Proof uses principles to show its methods. They are basically: Balance, Body Unity, Looseness, and Sensitivity. Wing Chun has these too. They are just used and/or developed in a different way. AP also has many, many techniques for developing these principles. One of those is: "Washing the Body"...which helps with balance, body unity, looseness, etc. If you are interested, get the book! It is now in the second edition. There are also many DVD's associated with the art and all are very good! Go for it!
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