Hips don't lie

I spent saturday and sunday in Odense, attending Sifu Morten Ibsen's seminar. It ran over two days and amounted to 10 hours of training. Sifu Morten teaches in the same manner as he practice his WT: straight forward, to the point, direct, intense. As seen in the picture, he left nothing to chance, from head to toe he didn't hesitate to correct all the details.

He guided us trough the concepts of Wing Tsun, concepts that is so simple to understand but so hard to master. Sifu Morten convincingly argued for the few basic techniques which makes all other quite obsolete: Tan-Sau, Fook-Sau and, third but rarely, Bong-Sau,Sifu Morten put a lot of emphasis on the basic structure, how do we stand, how do we generate power. Success begins at the heels!

The slightest error in the stance can have disastorous consequeces. When I put my weight back on the rear leg and forgot about turning the hip into my opponent, it literary gave me wings: I flew across the room. Without the hip-connection I have no power, It doesn't matter how many fancy things I can do with my arms, or how much I can beg for mercy.

Sifu talked and explained a lot about the hip connection, which for me makes an almost magical difference. The slight, slight turnings of the hip creates awesome power. Hips don't lie... now with a deadly sway. Shakira still got something to learn