{"id":400,"date":"2013-12-25T04:52:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T04:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/?p=400"},"modified":"2013-12-25T04:52:01","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T04:52:01","slug":"the-wing-chun-stance-and-urinating-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.happehtheory.com\/HappehKungFu\/2013\/12\/25\/the-wing-chun-stance-and-urinating-women\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wing Chun Stance and Urinating Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wing Chun is a style of Kung Fu that originated in the country of China. Chinese Kung Fu systems are traditionally categorized as either “external” or “internal” Kung Fu styles. The term “external” refers to what the Chinese define as “the external part of the body”. The term “internal” refers to what the Chinese define as “the internal part of the body”.<\/span><\/p>\n

An “Internal Kung Fu Style” would be a style that emphasized the internal strength of the body, while an “External Kung Fu Style” would be a style that emphasized the external strength of the body.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a debate among some individuals about whether or not Wing Chun is an Internal Kung Fu style or an External Kung Fu style. The debate does not make much sense to this author because of the legends about the origin of Wing Chun.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Legends state Wing Chun was developed by a woman to defend herself from a bully. According to Yin Yang Theory, women are defined as Yin and men are defined as Yang. Yin is equated with internal power, while Yang is equated with external power.<\/span><\/p>\n

If a women really did develop the Wing Chun Kung Fu System, logically it should be an internal power based fighting system because it was developed by a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are a thinking kind of person and you want to figure out for yourself whether or not Wing Chun is an Internal Kung Fu System or an External Kung Fu System, you would want some evidence to base your decision on. The next series of pictures provides the Thinking Kung Fu Man with evidence that can be used to decide if Wing Chun is an Internal Kung Fu Style or an External Kung Fu Style.<\/span><\/p>\n

When performing Wing Chun the practitioner assumes a particular stance. The next picture shows three different views of a computer model that has been posed in a best approximation of the Wing Chun stance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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( For sticklers to detail, the buttocks should not be extended so far forwards, and the shoulders should not lean so far back. The torso should be more vertical. The computer model looks that way because it was very hard to make it look the correct way, and it was felt that emphasizing the tucking of the pelvis and leaning slightly back that is characteristic of the Wing Chun stance was good for people who know nothing about Wing Chun. )<\/span><\/p>\n

The next picture shows a real person in the Wing Chun stance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lines are superimposed on the lower legs,<\/span><\/p>\n

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then extended upwards until they intersect each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A line connecting the base of those two lines is added next.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The three lines form a triangle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The next picture shows a woman who is pretending she is getting ready to sit on a toilet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you you see anything in the picture of the woman that could be of help in resolving the question, “Is the Wing Chun Kung Fu System an External or Internal Kung Fu System”?<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to pretend she is sitting down to urinate, the woman moved her knees inwards in the same way the Wing Chun Man has moved his knees inwards in the Wing Chun stance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because the woman’s knees are angled inwards like the Wing Chun Man’s knees, a triangle can also be created from the woman’s legs as shown in the next picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The two triangles might seem different because the triangle on the man’s body goes up to approximately his belly button,<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Wing_Chun_And_Urinating_Women-ManTriangleTopBellyButton\"<\/a><\/p>\n

while the triangle on the woman’s body stops at her knees,<\/span><\/p>\n

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The triangles only appear to be different because the woman is bending over.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If the woman stood up her knees would move slightly further apart from each other,<\/span><\/p>\n

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which would move the peak of the triangle from her knees up to her belly button,<\/span><\/p>\n

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like the peak of the triangle on the Wing Chun man’s body.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The important point to keep firmly in mind while perusing the previous pictures is that a woman is defined as Yin and Yin is equated with Internal Power.<\/span><\/p>\n

If a man performing Wing Chun consciously moves his knees inwards in a way that makes them form a triangle, in the same way a woman who is urinating moves her knees inwards so they form a triangle, the statement “the Wing Chun man is making himself more woman like” is a reasonable statement to make.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the man is making himself more woman like when he performs Wing Chun, then it seems logical that Wing Chun must be an Internal Kung Fu System, since women are equated with internal power.<\/span><\/p>\n

( To be completely accurate, the Wing Chun System, or any Kung Fu System for that matter, can be practiced with internal or external power. Theoretically though, Wing Chun is an internal power style of Kung Fu. )<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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