Sticky hands

Sticky hands
Sticky hands in Wing Chun - with both "hands"
Chinese language
Long characters	黐 手
Abbreviation	黐 手
Pinyin	Chǐshǒu
Jyutping	Ci 1 sau 2
Yale	Chī Sau

Sticky hands ( Chinese  黐 手 , Pinyin chǐshǒu , Jyutping ci ¹ sau ² , Cantonese  chi sao  - "to stick to the hands and arms (in contact)"), Japanese Kakie , describes partner exercises in Chinese martial arts , especially essential in Wing Chun , but also in other Kung-Fu styles or some styles of Japanese martial arts - such as Gōjū-Ryū - Karate - are practiced. The partners stand opposite each other and press each other's arms in a continuous movement loop without losing contact. There is always an oppressive and a receiving partner alternately. The exercise is similar to the Tuishou of internal martial arts , such as B. in Taijiquan .

execution

You alternately follow the arm and hand movements of your partner in direct contact without your own action and with little use of force, feeling the partner's movements. In some exercise instances, the respective “passive” partner does not exert any counterforce at all. There are two ways of performing Chi Sao . The "one-handed" ( 單 黐 手  /  单 黐 手 , dān chǐshǒu , Jyutping daan ¹ ci ¹ sau ² ) and the "two-handed Chi Sou" ( 雙 黐 手  /  双 黐 手 , shuāng chǐshǒu , Jyutping soeng ¹ ci ¹ sau ² ).

Force intensity

The right strength of contact is very important. If the pressure is too strong, energy is wasted and the oppressive partner can be unbalanced by the recipient. Too gentle counter-contact (as a receiving partner) would push you away. The type of contact can be described as adherent or listening .

Training result

After some practice, this contact creates an increasingly secure feeling for the current statics, dynamics and tone ( body tension ) of the partner, the quality of which is comparable to the sense of position and balance for one's own body. This perceived listening is particularly intense with the outside of the forearms. In some schools (e.g. Okinawain), Kakie is also used for toughening and isometric strength training .

target

The goal is to develop a physical feeling for the actions of the combat partner and to find starting points for your own actions. From this direct knowledge, a weak point or blockage in the flow of power ( Qi ) of the partner can be felt during combat and used to destabilize it. In Wing Chun in particular, the primary function of this exercise is to train reflexes and the ability to react intuitively to certain attacks to such an extent that time-consuming planning of one's own actions becomes superfluous.

Kakie in Goju-Ryu

Application as a technique

Kakie can be understood and used in a broader sense as the basis of close range in martial arts or, under certain circumstances, as close combat technique (s). For example, after a defense, contact with the partner's arm is maintained in order to sense the partner's intentions or mistakes in the manner described and to initiate one's own actions. In particular in Gōjū-Ryū Karate, but also in schools of other styles, extensive and multi-layered follow-up techniques are trained, such as exemptions from grab handles (Kumi), striking techniques ( Atemi ) at short distances, gripping and pressure techniques (Tuite), articulated levers (Kansetsu), vital point stimulation ( Kyūsho Jitsu ) and many more.

Chi Sao in Wing Chun

Role of Chi Sao

In almost all Wing Chun styles, Chi Sao plays an essential role as a practice method. Many Wing Chun practitioners refer to the Chi Sao as "the soul of Wing Chun".

"[...] The Chi Sao training, which takes place in the immediate vicinity and initially without step movements, takes up 70% of the Wing Chun training and is not just one of many exercises. […] “- quote from KR Kernspecht

Training types

In Chi-Sao training, the techniques learned in the classical forms are transferred to Poon Sao ( 盤 手  /  盘 手 , pánshǒu , Jyutping pun ⁴ sau ²  - "rolling arms"). In most Wing Chun styles this is done at the discretion of the teacher or trainer.

In the Leung Ting -WingTsun, Chi-Sao training is divided into partner forms, so-called "Chi-Sao sections". The sections have been changed and modified over the course of time by their founder Leung Ting, as well as by his students for a variety of reasons. There are currently 19 Chi-Sao sections in Leung Ting-WingTsun. The first seven sections belong to the first two classical forms, i.e. the Siu nim tao and the Cham kiu . The next four sections come from the Biu Tze shape . The last eight Chi-Sao sections are the so-called wooden puppet sections and thus come from the form Mok yang jong .

Chi Gerk

Chi Gerk ( 黐 腳  /  黐 脚 , chǐjiǎo , Jyutping ci ¹ goek ³  - "sticky legs") is another training method that works on the same principle as Chi Sao. The legs are used here. In addition to training tactile reflexes and the sense of touch of the legs, various kicking techniques are taught at Chi Gerk . "Sweeping" and "unbalancing" are also trained.

Web links

• Definition and description on school-of-martial-art.de
• Exercise series for "sticky hands" on schattenboxer.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Term “chi - 黐”, Cantonese “ci”. In: www.zdic.net. Retrieved March 13, 2020 (Chinese, English, French).  
2. ^ Term “shou - 手”, Cantonese “sau”. In: www.zdic.net. Retrieved March 13, 2020 (Chinese, German, English, French).  
3. ↑ Wing Chun - What is it? Retrieved December 19, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Melanie Otto: "Female soul". Bielefeld University, accessed December 20, 2017 . 
5. ↑ wingtsunwelt: Excerpts from Grandmaster Kernspecht's lecture on the doctoral examination, part 2. In: youtube.com . July 1, 2009, accessed December 19, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Overwhelming interest in the tutorials | WingTsun World - The EWTO membership magazine. Retrieved December 19, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Wing Chun - What is it? Retrieved December 19, 2017 . 
8. ↑ "Antigrappling & Chi Gerk" | Wingtsun blog. Accessed December 20, 2017 .