Wing Chun "Sticky Hands"

Chi sao..
Ok I will try were others have not:

This is all my opinion so if you opinion isn't in line with my ideas.. I will have to insist on my idea.

Chi Sao is not sparring.
Chi Sao is not trying to win.
Chi Sao is not a way of showing force.

The biggest benefit to Chi Sao is Tactile reaction. I can't see as fast as I can feel someone's hand move. So when your hand moves I can react fast, and counter that movement. When You or myself grabs,punches, blocks ect.. you cover one area and open another. Chi Sao practice should allow you to develop instinct as to “open” areas.
How do you practice Chi Sao..
basics are
one person has a Tan sao the other a fook sao. They stop each other, so when the Tan sao trys to hit (with the palm), the fook will drop to a jum sao, then try to attack the center with a punch. From the lower position the other will rise to a bong sao and then return to the beg. If you don't know these techniques.. I can't see how Chi Sao will worth your time.

Remember that you are NOT SPARING. Proper technique is more important than speed.
Sitting in your horse is the way you counter people who push in too hard. Never sacrifice your technique!

any questions?I would look into Duncan Leung's first Video.

well, it's hard to do if you don't do it with someone who knows how. but i guess books or videos could help you since there is no wing chun schools around where you live. there's none where i live either there's like everything but wing chun around here anyway you should start off on the one arm chi sao until your good at that then move on to two arm practice. i mean i don't know there's this one book i've read with ip chun showing you how to do the first form and i think it shows how to do the first form better then alot of other books. i'm not a wing chun teacher or anything like that but i would explain chi sao as instinctive technic training. instinctive technic training because it's for sensitivity i mean it's sensitivity training but at the same time it's also instinctive technic training by this i mean that it is for training sensitivity and technic. they say you can tell how good someone is in wing chun by their chi sao they say if your chi sao is not good than your wing chun will not be good. because chi sao is to teach you how to be instinctive with your movement, that's what i think chi sao is really about is to teach you to be instinctive with your movements. sensitivity is somewhat to teach you quick response or instinct in reaction to your partners movements. so really in wing chun instincts and sensitivity are one in the same. but i don't just practice wing chun i only take from a style or form that which is simple and works well for me. the way i fight is me, if you saw me fight you might would see parts of boxing, and wing chun, but it's just me if i learn technic that does not feel natural enough then i will throw it away and forget about it, the end result of your martial arts i think should be a simple and basic way that is made up of elements from maybe even many styles and forms but i think the end result of martial arts should be many elements but only the ones that work well in self defence for you will remain. so i hope i helped you in someway with your chi sao. peace

Great replies everyone, Thanks...I've got a better understanding now and will attempt to practice with a couple of buddies of mine. I've studied Taekwondo, kickboxing, jujitsu, eskrima, some rare esoteric arts and have taught kickboxing and Taekwondo. Although I feel well versed and happy with the practicallity of my arts, I have a great respect for Wing Chun and truly feel it is one of the more intelligent and ergonomically evolved arts out there. Hence my passion for learning chi sao.
Thanks again for the replys.

thanks i hope you do well.

If you are genuinly interested in learning sticky hands PROPERLY there is no point in doing it without learning wing chun. I just met this dude in the park yesterday and he was all exited about doing sticky hands with him, and when i said fine and we put our hands together he just did random made up blocks and hits trying to freestyle.
You need to learn how to walk before you can run, and you need to learn wing chun before sticky hands.
Otherwise you are not learning sticky hands, and you are giving wing chun a bad name.
Its not a seperate part of wing chun that you can learn on its own, it is the accumulation of all the basic wing chun principles which you need to master before you do sticky hands.

it develops contact reflexes, so that after you cross the gap with an asking hand or foot, you can determine your opponents reaction via vibration and counter before he even reacts which makes you look like a mindreader and seems super fast because of it as well.(chi gurk) sticky feet, can also be used with the legs.