Wing Chun: Second Circle
by Josh Staiger
Went to Wing Chun class this morning, and what a rush it was today.
I think that my arms are finally starting to get built up and I'm finally starting to get the hand of doing the punch sets at the beginning of class.
Reviewed the full form of Sil Lum Dao today. I still need some work on that, but it's nice to finally know the whole thing. I can tell that I'm getting better, too.
However, the meat of class today was doing my second circle - this time with the head-lock holds added. A circle is where you stand in the middle of a circle of five guys, and each one takes turns choking you or putting you in a headlock, or generally just applying some technique to you, to which you must break out of using the techniques you have been taught. That was quite an experience and much, much more difficult than the first circle with just the choke holds. Water never tasted so good afterwards.