Wing Chun Wooden Dummy: Become a Master Infighter
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The Wooden Dummy is the heart and soul of Wing Chun. Not only is it really cool (there’s nothing else quite like it) but it provides the Wing Chun fighter a master course in actually applying the material from the three empty hand forms, Siu Lim Tao, Chum Kiu and Biu Jee. In this book you’ll learn not just the form itself, with the proper positioning and structure, and the names of the techniques, but you’ll get the rich material you need to truly understand the action. That’s the key. Each movement isn’t just shown but it’s detailed and explained so that you aren’t just “going through the motions” mindlessly without knowing the critical reasons for the action. If you’re a fan of the author’s YouTube channel, you’ll love this highly intimate guide through the form - it’s like a private lesson in a book. You’ll learn to avoid the two extremes of wooden traditionalism and hyper individualism. Traditionalism often makes the mistake of treating the dummy form like it’s a religion, rather than a series of application concepts to be studied, practiced and internalized so that the reflexes are there when you need them - in the event of a sudden and unavoidable violent attack. Hyper individualism is what you see often in JKD unfortunately. People have been told that they don’t need to learn the form so they freelance on it all the time. But that’s like telling someone to play guitar without teaching them the chords. Creativity presupposes the proper foundation. In fact, each section of the dummy form can be seen as a form unto itself - providing deep insights into the nature of sudden combat. For this reason alone, a careful study should be made of the Mook Jong. For example, of the seven traditional sections, five of them feature kicks as either the primary tools or, at least, highly important weapons to be deployed. And these kicks are taught to be used at extremely close-range, destroying the knees and legs of the enemy. Plus, you’ll see how Wing Chun is an ingenious science of close-quarter footwork and shifting, as well as pulling and pushing. Not understanding the Mook Jong has led a generation of Wing Chun fighters to wrongly believe that the system is mainly the chain punch and chi-sao. This book will give you the keys you need to understand what so many of us are missing about the world’s premier close-range self-defense method. The dummy form will show you that Wing Chun isn’t about mutual combat - sport fighting - but defending yourself in cluttered environments. You’ll learn that Wing Chun is all about striking, chopping, gouging, pushing, pulling, grabbing, and kicking - all while stepping and shifting constantly. This is the method you need to learn for the real world - for defense in your doorway against a home invader, or in-between cars in a parking lot and places like that. Learn these skills and getting into a fight with you at close-range (what other kind of self-defense situation is there?) will be like trying to kidnap John Wick’s dog. Kind of like that…without the gunfire, of course. Each section and action is meticulously broken down for you so you won't waste your time rehearsing techniques you don't understand. Lastly, you’ll also get an informative and entertaining historical overview of both Wing Chun as a whole and the Mook Jong too so that you understand where everything fits into the modern era. Review: Awesome wooden dummy. - This is awesome. It came in without any damage. Well made heavy as can be but it does its job wonderfully. I would highly recommend even if you’re just getting started. Wing chun Kung Fu black sash/black belt. Review: Great job! - He, and his team, did a great job on producing this book. He went into detail on history of the whole art itself, as well as the history of the mook jong. He also explained when one is ready to start practicing this form, as well as many other essential things. My only downside is that if you do not know the form, and have a skilled sifu to teach you, you can not learn from a book. You will not see the transitions from technique to technique. Which this is not putting his efforts down because you can see they did their best in trying to show you throw the many pictures. But it is best to learn this form with a sifu around you. Thank you for this book because you helped me deepen my vocabulary on different techniques. My sifu would get fustrated with me for not learning the names of the different hand forms, but was impressed for how quickly I could learn the form itself. I have been practicing this form for years. Again, great book with a lot of illustrations.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 310 Reviews |
D**S
Awesome wooden dummy.
This is awesome. It came in without any damage. Well made heavy as can be but it does its job wonderfully. I would highly recommend even if you’re just getting started. Wing chun Kung Fu black sash/black belt.
G**Y
Great job!
He, and his team, did a great job on producing this book. He went into detail on history of the whole art itself, as well as the history of the mook jong. He also explained when one is ready to start practicing this form, as well as many other essential things. My only downside is that if you do not know the form, and have a skilled sifu to teach you, you can not learn from a book. You will not see the transitions from technique to technique. Which this is not putting his efforts down because you can see they did their best in trying to show you throw the many pictures. But it is best to learn this form with a sifu around you. Thank you for this book because you helped me deepen my vocabulary on different techniques. My sifu would get fustrated with me for not learning the names of the different hand forms, but was impressed for how quickly I could learn the form itself. I have been practicing this form for years. Again, great book with a lot of illustrations.
A**R
Informative but needs more to help understanding
This book was okay because (as a complete newbie) I learned some things from it. The best parts (individual sentences here and there, really) were those that gave some interpretation and added richness around certain concepts. One example was “the dummy arms represent things” like positions, arms, shoulders, head, or whatever. But the book left me wondering why the dummy arms were rooted so close together on the dummy (aren’t real arms mounted farther apart on real shoulders?), why the single wooden leg instead of two, etc. Why was the dummy designed as it was? The constant use of foreign language for the moves was confusing. More use of the English names for the hands would have been very helpful. Probably the biggest ideas I learned from the book were that Wing Chun is excellent for infighting and uses a fluid sequence of shifts and steps and simultaneous hand motions to attack the enemy. Reading this book made me want to read a book titled “How to use Wing Chun against typical street fight attacks” (or something).
R**Y
Excellent delivery
Excellent
V**.
Groovy
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B**D
Very concise information
This is a real keeper written from one who is the real deal. Im thankfully that Wing Chun is no longer a secretive art and one is able to pass down knowledge without retaliation. However.... a book is no substitute for a qualified instructor I say this without a qualified instructor the nearest dojo for this discipline is 350 miles away, so the book is huge because of this obstacle. Thank you Sifu Koral for making this knowledge available to interior Alaska.
P**N
The pictures should show the movement of the form more clearly
What I like about this book is that it is well documented for the first 33pages But after that the dummy form was not that clear the writing under the pictures are too small, sifu Korol body is blocking his hands. Where in you cannot see the movement or the placement of his hand on the wooden dummy
A**R
This is my 2nd Wing Chun Dummy Reference Book
I have been practicing Wing Chun for over 5+ years now and although I am not at the Wooden Dummy level yet, I have acquired enough knowledge to have a general idea if a Wing Chun book is good or not. This is the 2nd Mook Yan Jong book I have read and because of the brief and straight forward descriptions on the color photographs, it helps the reader understand the step-by-step process in a clear and concise manner.
P**3
Eines der wenigen wirklich hilfreichen Bücher zum Thema
Vorne weg: Ich trainiere schon ein paar Jahre kein Wing Chun mehr aktiv und habe die Form selbst damals aber noch gelernt. Vieles von damals habe ich aber in mein Budo / MMA-Training übernommen, u.a. auch das Training an der Holzpuppe und die Form. Viele Bücher zur Holzpuppe haben mich enttäuscht, hier war es anders. Die Interpretationen zur Anwendung sind sehr spannend und regen zum Experimentieren an. Zum Lernen des Ablaufs der Form kann man es nutzen, da gibt es aber bessere Möglichkeiten.
G**M
Wing Chins wooden man and how to use it
An enjoyable read and a useful reference for those studying the sytem.
D**K
Wooden dummy
Great value for money
S**N
Poor photos, religious nonsense, reader needs prior knowledge.
This book covers a lot (all?) of drills using the wooden dummy. However, it constantly refers to names and concepts that are not explained anywhere in the book. It is assmued the reader already has good knowledge of the Wing Chun sticky hands techniques, and know the Wing Chun terminology. This made me return the book, since I had no Wing Chun experience and thought this book would teach me some. This book would be better for a WIng Chun practitioner who wants to proceed with doing the wooden dummy. Another drawback was the constant references to God and Jesus. But I could have lived with that, if there was practical lessons for me in the book, which there was not. A simple section that explains Wing Chun terminology would have made this book much better. Also, the photos are kinda weird, often from the position looking over his shoulder, and not being able to see clearly what is going on. So I deduct 1 star for religous blabla, 1 star for lack of terminology explanation, and 1 star for poor photos, and I give it 2 out of 5.
J**A
Not great
A lot of pages are just wasted space with one picture on the page. The demonstration not very detailed. Difficult to understand the art with this book.
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