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Wing Chun 🥋

Let's talk about Wing Chun depicted in movies and shows!

These characters above are all Wing Chun practitioners, and these are photos of them getting ready for a fight, but why do their poses all look different?

Even though their hand gestures are not the same, they are still adopting the same stance called Man Sau (問手) "Asking Hand". The full verse with Man Sau goes:

有手黐手，無手問手 "With hands, sticky hands; without hands, asking hands"

Meaning: when we are in contact with our opponent's hand/arm, we use a technique called Chi Sau (黐手) "Sticky Hand"; when there is no contact, we use Man Sau (問手) "Asking Hand" to search for one.

Wing Chun is a close combat system, which means we fight very close and "stick" to our opponents. When our opponent is far away, we reach out with our hands to "ask" and look for contact.

Wing Chun is also a self-defense martial art, so we "ask" our opponent to make the first move.

In my opinion, that is why it doesn't matter how Wing Chun practitioners pose their hands, as long as their arm is stretched out. There is no wrong way of doing Man Sau (問手) "Asking Hand".

Thanks to @unreliable-bean for giving me an excuse to talk about my favorite martial art! 🫶

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Li Nezha:

In both movies, when Nezha spoke in poetry, it was accompanied by dynamic stances and powerful motions. This northern style martial art is called Chang Quan (长拳) "Long Fist".

It is often performed in the National Wushu Competitions. Here's an example:

Ao Bing:

In both movies, when Ao Bing was fighting in hand-to-hand combat, he used Wing Chun (詠春) "Singing Spring". This "hand reaching, palm up" pose is called Man Sau (問手).

He often used this technique called Paak Sau (拍手) "Slapping Hand Deflection". Imagine an opponent throwing a fist towards your face, with the right timing, you "slap" and push their forearm to the side with your palm, their fist goes off-center and misses. Example:

Weapons:

When weapons come into play, like Nezha with his spear and Ao Bing with his ice hammers, they used completely different martial arts. All I know is Nezha used some kind of 枪法, and Ao Bing's weapons could be called 双铜锤.

I'm still trying to find more information on all the Chinese martial arts portrayed in these two movies, but it's difficult. If anyone has any knowledge on them, please enlighten me. Thanks to @mstrchu for the comment!

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I have always felt comfortable with myself without any doubt, so I never did research on asexuality and kept to myself. But this is bugging me recently enough that I want to try asking. Is there any aro/ace or non-aro/ace person who feels similar? Is there any reason for this reaction?

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