Gary, is that you on youtube working the dummy?

Yes sir, it is me.

since the time of that clip, mr davis has been gracious enough to help me.
i believe i am much more knowledgeable know and i hope to make a new clip showing my progress and hope to get some more feedback.

OK, I was going to make some observations but it sounds like you doing well.
Kimsut

please do !!!!! i accept all the help i can get!!!!

Hi Gary,
Thanks for allowing me to share some of what I have learned over the last 10 years of training the mook jong. Please understand I am coming from a wing chun point of view, however our training methods and understanding of applications are very progressive.
First it is helpful to view the jong as an energetic representation of the human body and not an anatomical representation.
Second, many people see the jong as primarily a way to train trapping and hand techniques. I believe it is far more useful to understand that it trains proper energy, positioning and orientation to the opponent’s central axis. If you operate from this frame of reference then the height of the dummy plays an important role. I advocate positioning the dummy at different heights. The one shown in the video seem more conducive to training your closing the gap from the outside. Once you begin to train at a closer range the dummy should be lowered to facilitate training proper elbow position and a pure line of delivery of your strikes. May I suggest that for most close quarter training the upper arm of the dummy should be at your solar plexus level when standing with your feet together and legs straight. This may seem low but I will explain as I make a couple of observations on the video. This position forces you to lower your center of gravity to make proper contact with the dummy arms. Lowering your position will preserve your balance at this range where you often risk being bulled and knocked around. Without a solid but mobile root you will lack striking power. Remember if your opponent can take your balance; get you on your heels he can really render you ineffective. When you place your arm on the outside of the dummy arm you are cutting across the opponent between the mid forearm and mid upper arm. Imagine that you are a boxer at close range, raise your fist to protect your chin or parry an incoming strike. You will notice that your elbows are at solar plexus level, thus the reason I position the dummy arm at this level. At this range in a real encounter you do not want to be chasing the opponent’s hands, you want to be controlling him at the elbow area as you uproot and strike.
With that said there were a couple of things that I noticed which were repeated throughout the video. You will notice that at 00:37 the purity of the punching line from the outside is sacrificed because of the height of the dummy arm. If the jong is lowered You can still maintain contact with the arm but the punch will travel more in line with the power line.
At 00:30, 00:33 and 00:50 you will notice that as you step to the outside to strike that your rear shoulder moves away from the dummy and your weight, balance, slightly moves away from the dummy. It is imperative that at this range you remain square with your shoulders to the dummy central axis (an imaginary rod running down through the dummy from head to floor) and that your weight not move away from the jong. If you can master this you will greatly reduce your risk of loosing your balance when contact is made, and assure that your opponent can not turn you with his pressure. Again by lowering the dummy you will be forced to lower your own center of gravity and thus promote better stability. With the dummy at the height shown in the video you are forced to remain high in your foot work in order to strike over the arms.
I hope this provides some food for thought. I can only say it has worked for me. At 6’4” physically I am suited for the outside game and I played it for years, I am now far more comfortable inside than outside no matter the size of the opponent. I have used these principles to uproot opponents that have outweighed me by as much as 80 lbs. Please do not take these as criticisms but simply observations from my frame of reference. Sorry for the length of the post,
Kimsut

Hello Kimsut!

Excellent post! Please know that you are ALWAYS welcome on my forum! Thanks for sharing your knowledge brother!

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Kimsut,

don't worry, as i said, i take all advice and i appreciate the time you took to point out the areas that need work.

as for lowering the dummy is really not an option right now because as you could tell it is home made and it is stationary right now, but i will make a consious effort to lower my stance and concentrate on more on forward pressure while maintaining proper balance.

thanks again for the advice and help i really do appreciate it!!!

Could someone provide a link to the youtube clip?
I would like to see it

Here you go Tom.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y9JqQUl7h4

Thank you Kimsut. I appreciate that