Hung Ga Kyun Kyut (Hung Kyun Proverbs and Maxims)

[PM]

i am: the one about legs and elbows i found one of the most useful and practical proverbs we have. bread and butter of our free fighting workouts.

another one, imho one of the key ones:

"sink the elbows, lower your shoulders" (cham jaang lok bok)

[I am]

That one is a key in power generation. I generally phrase it as "picture a weight hanging from your elbows" when working with people.

There are some great ones in this thread so far

[PM]

another key to the system (one of the kyun kyut frequently mentioned in the books of Juy Yujai, student of Lam Saiwing):

(literal and just approximate translation):

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bridge is coming - bridge crosses over, horse has arrived - horse shoots out (kiu loi kiu seung gwo, ma dou ma faat biu)

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your comments, gentlemen?

PS: check out a huge collection of WCH kyun kyut here: http://www.wingchunpedia.org/pmwiki/pmw ... P.KuenKuit

[TenTigers]

That is similar to,
"Where there is a bridge, cross it. Where there is no bridge erect one"

[Asmo]

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[PM]

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[Frank Bolte]

鍊拳不鍊功,到老一場空 practise set, but not practise power,eventually nothing

[PM]

"when the hard bridge is coming, use soft bridge to neutralise it" (gong kiu loi yung yau kiu siu)

[chusauli]

Kiu Lai Kiu Sheung Gor - Bridge comes, bridge cross over.

Ma Lai Ma Faat Biu - Horse comes, horse darts in.

These two are the core essence of Hung Kuen.

Along with my 8 characters for body motions:

Hei, Lok, Hoi, Hop, Tun, Tou, Fou, Chum

Rise, Fall, Open, Close, Swallow, Spit, Float, Sink

After nearly 39 years of Hung Kuen, I have distilled it into this.

[YHGSKF]

For foundation:
tit ma, tit kiu, chin gan choh

For basic fighting:
bik ma, saam sing, deing kiu sau

[laukarfei]

how bout, kick the opponent in the face, and step on his head

[Itinerant_Phenomenologist]

I had a friend whose father was a police officer. He said something very similar. It went something like "if you're ever in a tussle with a violent suspect where you have to use a lot of force, make sure that when you win you break his jaw so that he can't say anything or lie to the other cops."