How to Use a Wooden Dummy
Training on a wooden wing chun dummy is not for everyone. Striking wood with your bare hands is painful and requires conditioning. However, the benefits of mastering the wooden wing chun dummy are numerous. Wooden dummies offer a crude approximation of a human opponent. Learning to strike hard against wood can help you to develop a more devastating impact against actual opponents.
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Instructions
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Start in a right neutral stance. Employ a right palm block to block the arm of the dummy. Follow up with a right swinging arm block to block the dummy's left arm. Then wrap your arm around the dummy's right arm and finish off with a palm strike to the face.
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Begin in a left neutral stance. Use a left wing arm block to block the dummy's left arm. Then employ a grabbing block with your left to the dummy's left arm followed up by an elbow strike to the face. Then deliver a right palm strike to the face, release the dummy's left and deliver a left palm strike to the body.
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Start in a left neutral stance. Employ a left thrusting arm block to block the dummy's right. Follow up with a left jerking arm block. Force the dummy's arms down. Step to the outside right, simultaneously delivering a left palm strike to the opponents face. Keep your opponent at bay with a right deflecting block and then finish up with a second left palm strike to dummy's head.
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Tips & Warnings
Always start slowly and increase your speed gradually. It was said that Bruce Lee made noise like a machine gun when he worked a wing chun dummy. While most of us will not achieve that level of proficiency, it should be what we strive for in our training.
It hurts to hit wood. Start gingerly at first and increase your force as your hands toughen up. Start with hand wraps, or even sparring gloves and try to work your way towards bare hand blows.
References
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