Today’s camp ended with a walk-thru of Lap-sau’s six attack and defense sequences. Covering about 7 hours, all participants learned a variety of methods for how Chi-sau and Lap-sau co-exist to form an extremely effective self-defense principle.
For many arts, responding to an individual is sometimes met with differing tactics. Taking on a boxer would be different than taking on a wrestler, grappler, kickboxer, etc., so for many arts, they utilize different tactics and movements for the different fighters. In Wing Chun, however, we take a different approach.
There are far too many movements to learn on a realistic basis for the average person, so rather than learn different methods, we work on “universal solutions,” i.e. concepts that can be applied to any situation regardless of the fighter we are engaged with.
Today’s training emphasized how Lap-sau’s tactics can be applied to a wide variety of situations, and it was a pleasure working with our many DLP members to see how far they have progressed. Four of them have advanced in rank, too, so that in itself was great to see.
As a side note, it was also an honor for Dai-Sifu Don Grose to attend today’s camp. While working with us, I was surprised when he gathered everyone together and announced that he was awarding me Level 4 Instructor. After testing the previous Sunday for about 6-1/2 hours, I was not aware of how I fared until today, so for me, the day ended very well! 
For all of our members, this was a great 3-day camp, one which we will all take with us some very positive memories and learning experiences. I encourage all AWCA members to make the best effort in attending the 2009 camp. It is a great time and we all leave with some excellent training.
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