What is Wing Chun Long and Short Bridge?

Wing Chun's forearm and wrist are called "bridges". The arm stretches into a long bridge and bends into a short bridge.

The so-called long and short bridge is the training of sticking hands. The long bridge is also called inch boxing, and the short bridge is unarmed training.

Short-bridge strength is a stunt of Wing Chun Boxing, which is a combination of whole body strength, coupled with the cooperation of Ma Fa, applied to the large muscles of the back, and finally the torsion of the wrist.

Talking about Long Bridge

Wing Chun Boxing is a typical melee boxing, which advocates short, fast, crisp and hard movements and knocks down or hits opponents in an instant. Because of its short and fast movements, it moves quickly and suddenly, which takes a very short time and is extremely difficult for opponents to defend. You can try it yourself: Is it easier for you to defend a 50 cm foreign fist and a 20 cm foreign fist? Because of its long trajectory, you have enough time to react effectively, so you can know the secret of Wing Chun's use of "short" or "short and fast" tricks! It was originally designed to make it difficult for opponents to defend.

Some people may ask, if the distance is short, will its fist be less powerful? The reason for this problem is that people don't know enough about Wing Chun Boxing, because the strength in Wushu can be divided into two kinds: one is the quick and wonderful short force, that is, the strength when the compression spring suddenly pops up, which is short in time, fast in speed, strong in penetration, short in starting time and small in pre-motion, and it is extremely difficult for opponents to find and prevent; The other is the strength from the waist, legs, hips and shoulders. This kind of power runs a long distance and has a heavy weight, which is called "long strength". However, Wing Chun advocates the use of the extremely strong short strength that can penetrate the inside and the outside. Both Bruce Lee, a master of Jeet Kune Do, and Dr. Liang Ting, who has thousands of Wing Chun branches overseas, are famous for their strong "inch-strength boxing". At the same time, the use of "inch strength" in actual combat has a great advantage, that is, once the attack fails, it is not easy to affect its own balance of gravity.