With a long history, Chinese martial art has become an important part of China's ancient culture. And the content it contains is also wide. So when learning Chinese martial art, the learners may need to learn to make some comparison, which will be useful for their progress.
With a long history, Chinese martial art has become an important part of China's ancient culture. And the content it contains is also wide. So when learning Chinese martial art, the learners may need to learn to make some comparison, which will be useful for their progress.
The purpose of these two martial arts
Tai Chi Push Hands is an exercise primarily designed to enhance a player's ability to remain balanced while in contact with an opponent. Push hands training improves one's ability to disrupt the balance of an opponent by "feeling" where his or her center of gravity is and exploiting it.
Wing Chun sticky Hands is an exercise primarily designed to enhance a player's ability to attack an opponent with, and protect oneself from open handed strikes, punches, elbows, knees, kicks, grabs, locks, etc. Sticky hands training begin with players facing each other with arms in contact and a simple "rolling" pattern of movement. At some expected time early on in the "rolling" players begin to exploit each other's position and movement with sharp, explosive attacks. Pulls, pushes, strikes and grabs are all part of the exercise. When one player manages to create a situation where he has "trapped" the other's arms and can land clean strikes of his own, play pauses momentarily to reset and begin "rolling" again.
Similarities between these two martial arts
There are many similarities between these two activities. They are both initiated from contact with the opponent. They are both started with a "cooperative" and predictable pattern of cyclical movement. They are both concerned with disrupting the opponent's balance by attacking his or her center of gravity. They are both learned in stages, moving from predetermined, cooperative patterns of movement at first, to freestyle competitive play at the advanced stages. Both exercises emphasize the use of "sensitivity" and technique over brute force. These training methods are quite similar in many respects.
The difference between them
The differences between push hands and sticky hands have to do with intent. The intent of push hands training is to teach a Tai Chi player to "stick" to the opponent's limbs and body. While sticking to the opponent, the Tai Chi player attempts to push, trip or throw. Striking is not the main emphasis in push hands training. The intent of Wing Chun sticky hands training is to strike the opponent while not being struck back. The T'ai Chi player will tend to stick to the limbs of an opponent wherever they go, while the Wing Chun player will "chase the body, not the hands" The T'ai Chi player will move in circular, flowing patterns while the Wing Chun player will use straight, jolting choppy movements. The differences between these activities are many.