About Wingchun Luk Dim Boon Kwun/Toya Wingchun - Toya is a wooden weapon are frequently used in all forms of traditional martial arts fight almost throughout the world. The flow of martial arts who often use weapons of this wood is Wingchun and Kungfu. The length of the wood/long poles Toya's most common is around 5 till 6 feet (150 cm sd 180cm). While the size of the wood used by Toya flow Wingchun (Luk Dim Boon Kwun) in length around 8 up to 9 feet (240cm sd 270cm).
HISTORY
Toya Luk Dim Boon Kwun exists only in Wing Chun System; the shape and length is different from the other in General kungfu Toya because it was formed from the earlier ancestors of life; where was formerly obtained from the sticks as tools of sampan Scull self defense that can be used that moment to confront the attacks of the pirates while travelling along the river. Strength and balance standing at the top of the gondola by using the Scull the length of almost 3 meters that is the mainstay of the ancestors. The tradition of using a long pole is forwarded by practitioners Wingchun until now.
SHAPES AND SIZES
Luk Dim Boon Kwun is generally made of wood and weighted. To reduce the weight and to facilitate its use, usually, people make Toya with conical or diameter of the model toya deliberately made in the tapered tip. The diameter of the tip is made about 1 inch (2.5 cm), while the diameter of the bottom is made of 3.5 cm sd 3.8 cm. Design by such a model makes it possible to manipulate the weight of Toya, Toya wood will become easier to swung.
With such a long (240cm sd 270cm), then movements become automatic wood toya engineering limited. Although the movement becomes limited, in fact, Toya Wingchun/Wingchun Longpoles is a powerful and formidable weapon if used accurately and focus. Longpoles Wingchun only had 6 different techniques that are repeated in various directions. Toya was long known as Luk Dim Boon Kwun meaning six and a half point pole. Therefore learning techniques Toya Wingchun will be easier than learning the weapon Bart Cham Dao who has more than 100 techniques.
THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE LUK DIM BOON KWUN
Most people use the Wing Chun Pole only Long purely as a weapon, But in fact, there are 6 aspects in Luk Dim Boon Kwan in addition as a weapon, namely:
1. Train the strength of wrist and elbow (wrist and elbow energy) which is the main strength of the mastery of practicing empty handed in the technique before,
2. To train and improve the structure of your body where the balance is indispensable when the Long Pole was used,
3. Improve your Internal Strength or focus energy on the point of crashing or JAB and throw the reply is transmitted while using a long pole.
4. Learn about and understand how to redirect your Internal Strength from the ground to the target goal your opponents or otherwise of the opponent to the ground,
5. Improve the Accuracy/precision. People could just learn Wing Chun Dragon Pole/Long Pole with ease, only about 6 1/2 of movement, but the concept is endless.
6. Exercise helps the practitioner to gain strength in both legs. This is because the attitude of the horses traditionally used to give extra pressure on the foot. With a length of about 9 ft Toya, practitioners will need extra strength to hold it during practice.
As a knowledge base for practitioners of Kung Fu, Wing Chun Kung Fu that is very rich in concepts, principles and theories. Therefore, there is no any Wing Chun practitioners can master the whole system. They might learn and figure it out, but to master it is another. That's why you'll see every practitioner of Wing Chun is different but holds on to the concepts and Principles of Wing Chun.
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