Mu ren zhuang

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"Wooden doll" - Murenzhuang , Muk Yan Jong - a Wingchun school

The Mu ren zhuang , according to the correct Pinyin spelling Murenzhuang , ( Chinese  木人 樁  /  木人 桩 , Pinyin mùrénzhuāng , Jyutping muk 6 jan 4 zong 1 , Cantonese  Muk Yan Jong  - “literally wooden people stake”) is a wooden one Exercise device used to train punches, kicks, and combinations. The "wooden doll" is generally used in Chinese martial arts, for example in the southern Chinese martial arts Wing Chun , Hung Kuen , Tang Lang Quan , Choy Lee Fut or also in Jeet Kune Do , the martial art style of Bruce Lee , who was also Yip Man's student . The “wooden doll” is not, as it is wrongly claimed, only the training device of the martial art Wing Chun. In the course of many years the "wooden doll" continued to develop with the various styles in martial arts, until it finally took the form of the "doll" that is widespread today. The construction differs from style to style. At the beginning of his time , the Muk Yan Jong was a wooden post rammed into the ground, which was sheathed by ropes. A.

There are “wooden dolls” with round and square trunks and also with rigid and movable arms that can be folded from top to bottom. There are different ways of assembling and attaching the wooden dolls: Either the trunks are suspended from two slats, or the post is anchored in the ground.

The dimensions of the Muk Yan Jong are not fixed. On the other hand, there are also very sophisticated design instructions.

It is important that when training on the wooden dummy it is not important to hit as hard as possible, but to take correct positions.

Mu ren zhuang in Wing Chun

In Wing Chun, the “wooden doll” - Mu ren zhuang is sometimes used as a training instrument for all levels, and sometimes only taught after the more or less intensive study of the three “air” forms . A really useful training on the wooden dummy is only possible for the advanced student, as he has to transfer his knowledge from the training with the partner to the dummy. The student's imagination plays a crucial role here.

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A. This original type of Murenzhuang can be seen, for example, in the Japanese Shonen Manga or Anime series Kenichi - The Mightiest Disciple ( 史上 最強 の 弟子 ケ ン イ チ Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Ken'ichi ), on the subject of martial arts in general.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Choy Lee Fut - Sifu Ho Ngau - Wooden Dummy Techniques" by Leo Chu, possibly published 12.1975, Fig. 28
  2. ↑ "The study of Ving Tsun Kung Fu" by Walter Jakimczuk, 2006, 2nd print, 5th edition, no publisher specified, p. 38
  3. ^ "Wing Chun Wooden Dummy" by Sam Chan & Brad Groom, 2002, ISBN 0-9716783-0-8 , p. 14 # 9
  4. ↑ “Secrets of the Ving Tsun wooden doll deciphered” by Claus Gregor, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4457-7411-4 , p. 16
  5. ^ "The Wing Chun Compendium, Vol.2" by Wayne Belonoha, ISBN 978-1-58394-229-1 , p. 185 below