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You are here: Home / Kung Fu Lessons Online / Kung Fu Lessons Online – A Quick Breakdown Of Cross Arm Don Chi Sau

Kung Fu Lessons Online – A Quick Breakdown Of Cross Arm Don Chi Sau

December 22, 2014 By Sifu Larry Rivera 6 Comments

DON CHI SAUIn this video you are going to see a Don Chi Sau training exercise called Cross Arm Don Chi Sau. What this is to teach is basically develop structural integrity so he can’t compromise under pressure. But what happens when somebodies force is greater than your structural integrity? He has to learn how to release it. This is what this drill is for:

 

To release pressure that is greater than your ability to maintain your structure. This drill is to teach you how to feel pressure and when someone puts greater pressure and forces you are going to learn how to release it.

PLAYING CHI SAOAs he learns to release he is also going to learn how to strike.  Learning Don Chi Sau is a team effort. Basically it’s a partner drill. You can’t practice this alone. While one person is practicing one aspect of the drill. Your partner is learning another aspect of it.

It bridges the gap between just playing a game of hands, ( for us that means we use the the tools we learned so far like strikes, deflections, parries and locks and connecting them to footwork). Once you get this far into your training it’s time to work on Don Chi Sau, this will take you to Chi Sau or sao both spellings of the word is correct.

Chi Sao or Sticky Hands incorporates all that you have learned into a more free play enviroment. Another words it can be as passive or aggressive as you and your partner agree on.

If you are already a member of Enter Shaolin you can see the full Don Chi Sao Training Here

 

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Filed Under: Kung Fu Lessons Online Tagged With: Chi Sao, don chi sau, kung fu, kung fu lessons online, martial arts, sao, Shaolin, wing chun

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  1. AVATAR OF STEVE BSteve B says

    December 23, 2014 at 1:00 am

    appreciate the video and all the info but here is the problem – I live far away from your dojo – how can I work solo to develop these skills? It is impossible

    Reply
    • AVATAR OF JAMIE PELAEZJamie Pelaez says

      December 30, 2014 at 1:14 am

      Steve we created Enter Shaolin with individuals such as yourself in mind. Because we know not everyone can come train with a master such as Sifu Phu in their local area, we wanted to make it easier for people to get great affordable training wherever they are provided they have access to the internet!

      I was once like you, when I met Sifu Larry and we were working together he told me about his Sifu and what they do. I begged and bugged him since May 2009 to create something like this, because at the time I could not find anything like it in my area and I had been looking for something like what we teach here for yours.

      A good portion of your training is done solo. Just ask Sifu Phu and Sifu Larry. Though of course not all of it can be done solo and that’s why we share with you how you can get free training partners like Sifu Larry did when he first started his training.

      So no, it is not impossible, unless you are already defeated in your mind brother Steve.

      Blessings!

      Reply
  2. AVATAR OF MARK CMARK C says

    December 24, 2014 at 12:00 am

    As always your explanations of the principals leave me with no need for further clarification. Your ability to teach so clearly is amazing!

    Reply
    • AVATAR OF JAMIE PELAEZJamie Pelaez says

      December 30, 2014 at 1:09 am

      I’m glad you are enjoying Sifu Phu’s teachings Mark! Thank you for being a part of Enter Shaolin.

      Reply
  3. AVATAR OF ALLYAlly says

    December 24, 2014 at 1:09 am

    Hello,

    Thank you for the continued updates via email.
    I am very interested in Enter Shaolin and the way your message is being presented.

    The videos I have been sent are to informative, in a outstanding way.
    I’m looking forward to reviewing them in the coming new year along with many more.

    Have a Joyful Christmas and Happy New Year.

    Respectfully,

    Ally.

    Albert Rosado
    Staten Island, NY.

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    • AVATAR OF JAMIE PELAEZJamie Pelaez says

      December 30, 2014 at 1:06 am

      Blessings to you and yours Ally!

      Thank you so much for your feedback. We look forward to having you a part of our family soon!

      Reply

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