How to control the distance between Yongchun and its opponents in actual combat

Many people ask why it's difficult to use it in combat after practicing Yongchun for a period of time. One of the problems is distance!

In general, two players will be arranged to start a martial arts competition at a certain distance. At this time, other kinds of boxing, such as taekwondo, Changquan or Cai LIFO, will face the enemy sideways. The advantages include: first, reducing the area exposed in front of the enemy. Second, you can make more use of the turning range to fight against the enemy. Yiquan uses round kick, and CAI LIFO uses turning whip. With distance, the advantage is to transform space into power. The fist is very fierce and has great lethality.

Yongchun boxing focuses on hand training. It starts from the distance that the hand has contacted. In the absence of hand training, it has to face the fierce and powerful attack of the enemy. There is a lot of psychological and physical pressure in the competition. It's unrealistic to blindly believe that the player can immediately enter the competition after learning. What's more, the player requires both sides to relax and study like a game, which is completely carried out without pressure. If you want to cope with the competition, you need to strengthen the off hand training, and experience more in the process of changing from no contact to contact.

In addition, the sense of distance is also an important element in hand training. After mastering it, it can also be used to analyze the response when leaving the hand. Due to the difference of body shape, hand and foot length, and the change of angle, the following four kinds of distances will be produced in the match:

（1） The opponent is in my attack range, but I am out of the opponent's attack range;

（2） I'm in the opponent's attack range, but the opponent is out of my attack range;

（3） My opponent and I are both within each other's attack range;

（4） I'm out of range with my opponent.

In the above four situations, of course, the one that is most beneficial to you is the first one. If you can't fight in the first situation, at least in the third situation (Fig. 3 Series), and the worst is the second one (Fig. 1 series and Fig. 2 Series). Therefore, Wei Chun advocates that when the enemy comes forward to attack me, I should also take advantage of the momentum to move forward, so as to shorten the distance immediately, instead of retreating, so as not to fall into the second situation. In the fourth case, many of my classmates have already started to punch. Isn't that a waste?

In addition to recognizing different distances, we should also pay attention to the so-called attack range, that is, the distance that we can knock down the opponent with our hands and feet, not the distance that we can touch the opponent with our hands and feet. The definition of knocking down the opponent is that not only the fists and feet touch the surface of the opponent's body, but also the strength can penetrate into the opponent's body.

Distance will also affect the application of moves. For example, arm can only be used for personal defense, never take over from a long distance.

The distance will affect the position and method of exertion. For example, when the distance is long, the horse is often used in advance and retreat. The force is on the foot, but the upper limb is relaxed. When there is close contact, turn the horse, and elbow force is the main hand force. When the elbow is the closest to the body, dry the elbow, and the elbow is close to the elbow, so it can still be powerful when the distance is close to zero

Distance has a lot of knowledge, so we have to pay more attention to the distance between hands, the distance between diagonal hands and the distance between hands.