How to Use a Wooden Dummy

Training on a wooden wing chun dummy is not for everyone. Striking wood with your bare hands is painful and requires conditioning. However, the benefits of mastering the wooden wing chun dummy are numerous. Wooden dummies offer a crude approximation of a human opponent. Learning to strike hard against wood can help you to develop a more devastating impact against actual opponents.

Things You'll Need

  • A mounted wooden wing chun dummy
  • Hand wraps
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Instructions

    • 1

      Start in a right neutral stance. Employ a right palm block to block the arm of the dummy. Follow up with a right swinging arm block to block the dummy's left arm. Then wrap your arm around the dummy's right arm and finish off with a palm strike to the face.

    • 2

      Begin in a left neutral stance. Use a left wing arm block to block the dummy's left arm. Then employ a grabbing block with your left to the dummy's left arm followed up by an elbow strike to the face. Then deliver a right palm strike to the face, release the dummy's left and deliver a left palm strike to the body.

    • 3

      Start in a left neutral stance. Employ a left thrusting arm block to block the dummy's right. Follow up with a left jerking arm block. Force the dummy's arms down. Step to the outside right, simultaneously delivering a left palm strike to the opponents face. Keep your opponent at bay with a right deflecting block and then finish up with a second left palm strike to dummy's head.