Chi Sao or sticking hands is perhaps the area of training that Wing Chun is most famous for - although other martial arts also use their own versions of sensitivity training. Chi Sao is a valuable training tool that allows the student to develop the subtleties of their body structure, positioning and timing skills to a higher level via proprioception and kinesthesia, where the effect is enhanced by physical external stimuli i.e. your training partner. It is an area where the student's mind/body connection can really be explored and for that reason is mentally one of the most challenging parts of our training. In order to assist our practise, we use a variety of mental methods e.g. darting, stealing, leaking, guiding, enticing, sticking, sinking, issuing, intercepting, rubbing etc, to further understand how we can achieve our intentions. These training ideas amount to the development of one's awareness and self-control in respect of power, balance, rooting and structural linking and de-linking, which are fundamental requirements to having good martial arts skills. The Chu Sau Lei method of training Chi Sao teaches the student to control themselves and their opponents with ease.

Whilst acknowledging the importance of Chi Sao training it should be noted that it is still only a tool used to develop certain attributes of combat and is not actual combat. At Full Circle we practice Chi Sao in its proper context without placing inappropriate emphasis on this area of training. We feel this preserves the functional element of Wing Chun as a practical Chinese Boxing Art. For more information on our Chi Sao training - click here.