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Wing Chun Basic Anatomical Positions

 

 

It is important to divide the body into different sections, and term the parameters for ease of communication. Most text books will term techniques or areas of body slightly different, it is inevitable.

Training drills focusses on different areas of the body so that learning skills would be easier to understand and achieved.

The Centreline does not really exist just like the centre of mass/gravity, it is an imaginary line that forms vertical co-ordinates along middle of the whole body. This provides a key central plane for all horizontal axis. The centreline correlates with several vulnerable targets, e.g. nose, chin, heart, groin. Also it refers to the points of balance and high impact receptive points.

The two vertical lines within the left and right shoulder is the 'insidegate area', and beyond the two vertical lines are the 'outsidegate areas'.

The upper level is the two horizontal lines between top of the head and the collar bone (clavicle).

The 1st mid level is the two horizontal lines between collar bone and the breast bone (solar plexus).

The 2nd mid-level is the two horizontal lines between breast bone and the pelvis.

The lower level is the two horizontal lines between pelvis and the feet.

 

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