https://vid.amherstwingchun.club/videos/watch/b1eaf6fd-4042-45b9-83d1-91ba542e366f Cai (Poekoelan Silat) v.s. me (Gulao village Pin Sun Wing Chun) sparring at Open Sparring on 2026-04-26 at Spirit of the Heart Martial Arts in Easthampton, MA. This video analyzes and annotates the wing chun concepts and hand positions. In particular, I highlight the application of the "lap sao" drill (hok bong followed by lap da). Fri, 22 May 2026 07:41:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://vid.amherstwingchun.club https://vid.amherstwingchun.club/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://vid.amherstwingchun.club/videos/watch/b1eaf6fd-4042-45b9-83d1-91ba542e366f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://vid.amherstwingchun.club/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://vid.amherstwingchun.club/w/nYgfR4GKEr7sJS33NKVjTz;threadId=1 https://vid.amherstwingchun.club/w/nYgfR4GKEr7sJS33NKVjTz;threadId=1 Mon, 18 May 2026 04:36:54 GMT Additional notes:

• At 0:04 I completely diffuse his energy using chi sao, making him choose to disengage. Popular impression of wing chun is that all we do is hit fast with chain punches, but that's only theatrical. The real secret sauce of internal Chinese martial arts is here: strength through relaxation, and the option to defend yourself without hurting others.
• My guard is sloppy, even with the long guard my man sao's elbow should be down. My wu sao is abnormally low because I'm scared of Cai who loves kicks. But hey, it served me well!
• Hok bong is a variant of the bong sao with a rising motion and similar to lan sao.
• Wing chun dogma discourages high kicks especially at close range. It's hard to find good positioning to get speed and power and without putting yourself in danger. But here we see that dogma is not without exceptions: Cai clearly practices a lot of kicks, and he makes it work. We were sparring without gear so surely he was being nice.

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