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Exercises For The Look Dim Boon Gwan

The document provides exercises to develop power, control and accuracy for the Look Dim Boon Gwan form. It divides the exercises into categories: single-handed exercises involving thrusting and striking with a pole; double-handed exercises thrusting the pole forward and downward; targeting exercises like striking a bell or nuts; and sensitivity exercises like chi gwan where two people circle their poles together to feel each other's movements. The exercises are meant to help the practitioner unite their body with the pole through correct technique.

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Exercises For The Look Dim Boon Gwan

The document provides exercises to develop power, control and accuracy for the Look Dim Boon Gwan form. It divides the exercises into categories: single-handed exercises involving thrusting and striking with a pole; double-handed exercises thrusting the pole forward and downward; targeting exercises like striking a bell or nuts; and sensitivity exercises like chi gwan where two people circle their poles together to feel each other's movements. The exercises are meant to help the practitioner unite their body with the pole through correct technique.

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Exercises for the Look Dim Boon Gwan

January 11, 2014 at 8:46am Exercises for the Look Dim Boon Gwan Yun Hoi

Along with practising the form andrepeated, correct performance of the individual techniques of the Look Dim BoonGwan and, most importantly, their applications, there are several exercisesthat will help the practitioner develop power, control and accuracy. I group these into several different categories. I wasnt taught them this way.Rather, I was taught in the traditional Chinese fashion that was, to my mind,somewhat chaotic. So, Ive set the exercises into groups. I divide them intosingle-handed exercises; double handed exercises; targeting exercises; and,sensitivity exercises. Single handed exercises: 1. Holding the pole facing forwards with your grip a fist width from the end,place your fist at your heart, thumb upwards. Keep the pole horizontal. Then,following the same trajectory that you do with a correct, straight punch,thrust the pole forward so it is on centreline and horizontal. Keep the elbowsdown and in. Repeat for the pre-determined numbers of repetitions and sets.Dont overdo things. Quality always trumps quantity. 2. Holding the pole facing forwards with your grip a fist width from the end,place your fist at your heart, thumb upwards. Keep the pole horizontal. Then,following the same trajectory that you do with a correct, straight punch,thrust the pole either forty-five degrees to the side or directly sideways.This is the path of fuk sau. Maintain the point of the pole angled in on thecentreline and in the same location. Keep the elbows down and in. 3. Holding the pole facing forwards with your grip a fist width from the end,place your fist at your heart, thumb upwards. Then, following the sametrajectory that you do with a correct, straight punch, thrust the pole down.This is the path of chaap kuen. Maintain the point of the pole on thecentreline and in the same location. Keep the elbows down and in. 4. As for exercise 2 above but keep the pole horizontal. That is the tip movesto align with the butt of the pole. 5. As for exercise 3 above but keep the pole horizontal. That is the tip movesto align with the butt of the pole. 6. Holding the pole horizontal by the side of your leg, tip facing forward,lift and lower the tip of the pole. Your wrist should power the move. Loweryour shoulder and straighten your elbow. 7. Holding the pole horizontal by the side of your leg, tip facing behind you,lift and lower the tip of the pole. Your wrist should power the move. Loweryour shoulder and straighten your elbow.

8. Hold the pole half way along its length vertically out in front of yourcentreline. Then thrust out a punch holding the pole. Double handed exercises: 1. Hold the pole with both hands. Holding the pole with the grip of your rear(usually left) hand a fist width from the end, place your rear fist in front ofyour heart, thumbs upwards. Keep the pole horizontal at this point. Then,following the same trajectory that you do with a correct, straight punch,thrust the pole downward so it is on centreline with the tip staying in place.Maintain the point of the pole on the centreline and in the same location. Asyou thrust down, drop your body into sae ping ma and unify the body drop withthe thrust so you are learning how to unite your body with the pole. This canlater be done in gung ma. The thumbs face down in the terminal position. Thepole is screwed down. Keep the elbows down and in. 2. Hold the pole with both hands. Holding the pole with the grip of your rear(usually left) hand a fist width from the end, place your rear fist in front ofyour heart, thumbs upwards. A fistwidth from the end, place your fist at yourheart, thumb upwards. Keep the pole horizontal. Then, following the sametrajectory that you do with a correct, straight punch, thrust the pole forwardso it is on centreline and horizontal. The pole is screwed out. Keep theelbows down and in. Targetting: 1. Searching for the Bell. Hang a small bell at about throat height. Stand sothat your thrust will just touch the bell. Consistently thrust at it so you areable to strike it accurately. A tennis ball hung from a tree or clothes-lineserves the same function. 2. A Hard Nut to Crack. It was a traditional exercise to scatter nuts on thetiling of a courtyard and crack them with Blind Man Finds Way Home (aka "Chicken pecks corn") strikes.You may wish to try this. Alternatively, use leaves, or cut our small circularshapes from some felt and place them on the ground around you and strike them. 3. Stick the Dummy. There is a pole dummy. Its three horizontal slats withthree sets of two close holes drilled equidistant in each slat. Short poles areplaced in the holes, wrapped in cloth to hold them in place. The task is tostrike a pole then thrust through its accompanying hole. Alternatively, you could paste a piece of felton the top section of your Mook Yan Jong and strike that with biu gwan. Sensitivity: 1. Chi Gwan: Place your pole against your partners pole about a forearmslength from the tip. For safety sake, you should be able to step into sae pingma and thrust biu gwan without actually striking your partner. Circle the poleboth clockwise and anti-clockwise, sideways and up and down, trying to maintaincontact relaxedly and feel your partners movement through the pole. Play with the pole regularly. The more you hold and perform techniquesrelaxedly with the weapons the better youll find your movement. They need tofeel at home in your hands.

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