Snake Reel Crane Withstand

The basic concept of hand skills of the Snake Crane Wing Chun is "Snake Reel Crane Withstand". The so-cal...led "Snake reel" is the applied technique softly sticked on or tied opponents bridge hand to attack or defensive activities being blocked, loss of the original intention, such as TanSau, LanSau, FokSau and etc. They are belonging to the Snake hand techniques. The "Crane Withstand" is the applied techniques hardly to resist the opponent with a bridge or foot violent attack, such as the BongSau, TonKiu(swallow bridge), Gan Sau and etc. They are bleonging to the Crane hand techniques. Both Snake and Crane techniques are being used mainly on the "Guard Centreline and Use Centreline" concepts for the offense and defense applications based.

蛇纏鶴頂
蛇鶴詠春拳手法基本慨念是「蛇纏鶴頂」；所謂「蛇纏」者是粘貼或捆綁對手橋手，使其攻擊或防守活動受阻、失去原有的作用，如攤手、攔手、伏手等以鬆柔為主，屬蛇手法；而「鶴頂」者是抵禦對手用橋或腳猛烈攻來的勁力，如膀手、吞橋、耕手等以剛勁為主，屬鶴手法。所有手法都以「守中用中」拳理作攻防應用為主。

Ton Kiu (crane)

Lan Sao (snake)

Author: Sifu Wayne Yung