Chi Sao and Its Importance in our Wing Chun Family

:: By Bill Graves ::

Chi Sao, the way it was taught to me by my sifu, Karl Godwin, isn't something to be taken lightly and used incorrectly or abused.

We cherish our Chi Sao like a fine wine. We don't crack open the bottle, drink some and pour water into it to keep it full. Obviously this will dilute the quality.

Instead we practice it with great focus as to develop it gradually and "let it age properly" within us.

We don't just practice Chi Sao with anyone that can't play our game properly.

We use our Chi Sao to find the "weaknesses" in our opposition, whether it be our brother and sister students or someone else.

As soon as the weakness is found it is "ACTED" upon. With this type of training, you're never caught off guard or waiting on someone else to capitalize off your mistakes.

We are always working on making our chi sao the best it can possibly be.

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Surfing and Kung Fu: The Perfect Match

"The relationship between surfing and kung fu is perfect. There really is no better harmony!"

Whether you are catching waves or training kung fu, you learn to become one with energy. 

You gain a great awareness of how to harmonize yourself with stronger forces and unify yourself with the flow of things. You learn how to yield to overwhelming force or how to use the momentum of a wave/person to your advantage.


You learn to operate in the present.  

 You have to forget about everything else and just let go. You can't think about paying the bills or any of life's problems. The rest of the world disappears.


Both surfing and kung fu are soothing, peaceful, powerful, magnificent and awesome.  

They relax you in a way that very few things do. They allow you to feel a zen-like balance related to everything in life.


Kung Fu helps your surfing. 

And surfing helps your kung fu. The stance work, form training, awareness drills and live sparring brings your surfing alive. You begin to become like water as you learn to flow, stick, follow, charge or yield.

Visit The Dragon Institute Orange County Wing Chun Kung Fu online at ocwingchun.com or ockungfu.com.