Moy Tung on Chi Sao vs. sparring
You have to build a relationship to even be able to work out with someone in Ving Tsun Kung Fu. If people don't know each other that means it's sparring. You're just trying to test each other's hands. Before we're even going to do things like play hands, or have some students enjoy working out and sparring with each other, let’s just make it so there's an environment where everyone is clear about the situation, and they know what they're getting into. And they make sure their kung fu's prepared for that. - Moy Tung
Moy Tung Chi Sao training - Anniversary workshops April 27 - May 3
In Ving Tsun Kung Fu, we don't spar or fight our classmates. Instead, we do something that's both safer and more effective for developing real-world fighting skills; Chi Sao, or "Sticking Hands. Chi Sao trains the hands how to attack and defend at the same time, how to simultaneously stop any technique from getting in, and how to control an opponent's hands and attack their vital points.