Issue 49 - Tse Qigong Centre

Siu Lim TaoThe Second SectionThe second part of Siu Lim Tao is FaGing training. Fa means “release”,Ging means “power”. It meansrelease power. This part is training howto use proper energy when you are usingpower and so is much faster than the firstpart of training Siu Lim Tao.The very famous Long Distance FaGing (most people call it one inch punchbecause of Bruce Lee demonstrations),is an example of how to use power whileapplying the principles of Wing ChunKuen. This is that you do not use theenergy until you really want it. So whenwe study Wing Chun Kuen, we shouldnot use too much energy and never usestrength against strength. Therefore, onall the attacks we must relax until the timewe are sure we want to commit to anattack and then it is only used at the pointof contact, not before. In the entiresecond part of this training, we must relaxuntil the last moment and only thenrelease the power. Many of themovements in this section are traineddouble handed. However, we canactually use one hand and it is in factmore common than using the techniquewith two hands.Yan Jeung1. Open the palm of your left hand,rotate it to face the floor, and thenpush downward using the energy onlyat the last moment. (Fig.49)2. Keep the left arm in the sameposition, repeat the previousmovement with your righthand.(Fig.50)3. Relax both hands and bring them upto the lower back. Now push bothhands downward with the sameenergy as before.(Fig.51)4. Bring both hands up to both sides ofyour waist, push them out in front ofyour body at your stomachlevel.(Fig.52)Yan means “Stamp”, Jeung means “Palm”.Yan Jeung means “stamping palm” and toattack with the palm. However, in thissituation, the strike with the palm is in a lowerdirection. The application on the lower YanFig 49 Fig 50Fig 51 Fig 52 Fig 53Jeung is that when someone grasps your hand,you strike down to get rid of the grasping.Remember to only use the energy at lastmoment. Do not try to use the energybeforehand. Usually, in most situations whenwe use the lower Yan Jeung, we need to do itwith footwork together. If your opponent isstronger than you, you need to use stepping inorder to change the grasping energy. This willalso help make your opponent confused.However, there can always be someone who isvery strong and in this case, then you wouldhave to use another method instead of YanJeung. In Wing Chun there is always a solutionfor all kind of situations, but there is not oneabsolutely killing technique.(See Wing ChunKung Fu Traditional Chinese Kung Fu forSelf Defence and Health pages106 & 107)Qi Magazine 39