[binhdinhboy]

i do jkdc and at my gym we dont really do chi sao. we have a wooden dummy, but people rarely use it.

[Stg]

Originally Posted by *Gong*Sao*

Scott: did someone from the JKD camp go to a WC instructor to learn the dummy forms, do you know? I ask because Bruce Lee (to my knowledge) never learned the entire form. I guess the philosophy of JKD wouldn't preclude some of the students from joining WC to learn the forms; it just seems kind of funny because Bruce was claiming that JKD covered the holes in WC.

bruce himself knew the wooden dummy forms,if that's what your asking.he used the wooden dummy to develop short range power as well as trapping,parrying,etc. that is used in wc's dummy.also he used it to slam his arms into it to condition his arms,dunno if wc peple do that

[Gong||Jau]

We do exercises like that, but there's an actual form consisting of about 108 movements, though it varies with lineage. In an interview Hawkins Cheung said that at the time he left Honk Kong, Bruce knew I think it was about 40 movements on the dummy, though I don't remember that well. I'll find the article if you want; it's a really good read. In other words either he improvised the rest of the JKD one, someone else added it, or it's a lot shorter than the WC version.

[The BadBoy]

My old JKDC place, we didn't do Chi sao. We did other energy drills like Hudud instead. We had the dummies and the forms though. But Like Klown said they do not coner the full range of Wing Chun Dummy Forms.

[Fa Jing]

I love the Woody dummy forms. I bought a video with all of them on there. Its bad. I use if for in fightin footwork, speed, agility, trapping, ect... Built a dummy myself for about $35 steel rods tough as nails. If anyone want manual on how to build there own i'd be happy to mail it to you. Just PM me.