~~~~~~1.~~What~wushu~is~all~about?~~~~~~~
Contrary to popular belief,
Wushu isn't a
50 turn frames judo,where everything depends on an opener.
Wushu is
all about improvisation and comebacks.
~~~~~~2.~~What~is~impro/improv?~~~~~~~~~~
What is
improvisation?
In short, it's simply
randomly clicking on the start
or at least
semi-random (with attention not to dq).
But this is
not an opener, for sure.
~~~~~~~~~2.~~What~is~comebacks?~~~~~~~~~
Comebacks is when you are coming back to your opponent...
~~~~~~~~~3.~~How~to~earn~skill?~~~~~~~~~~
The only way of
earning good
skills in
Wushu is by
starting with random clicks.
Why? Because after you mashed up all your joints,
you have to start fighting somehow, and the only way is by
set yourself
up to attack your opponent. It also
teaches you how to avoid dqs.
~~~~~~~4.~~Why~do~I~need~set~ups?~~~~~~~
Now,
why do we need set-ups? They might be used
for attacks and comebacks,
both important aspects of wushu.
~~~~5.~~What~good~match~is~all~about?~~~~~
Tripoding, and
running away is lame stuff that you would want to
avoid to earn real skills, and have a
fair, enjoyable fight.
Good form/sportsmanship means
making comebacks whatever the score is,
even if you're winning.
It's good for your skills, and your reputation.
~~~~~~~~~~~6.~~Basic~set~up~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So
to perform a comeback you need to
set it up. There are lots of ways to comeback. Therefore,there are lots of variants for comebacks, but I want to show you this way of setting up and coming back:
![](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24204278/naab_wushu/set%20up5.jpg)
It doesn't mean this one is better than any other one, I picked it just as an example, and it shares something in common with most comeback set-ups. Captain obvious says:
If you
extend knee and/or wrist, you will be to
move forward, or whatever the side is.
![](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24204278/naab_wushu/set%20up.jpg)
Anyway,
most likely you will end up like this:
And as any comeback set-ups, it doesn't mean you can move only to one side.
You can use it to move to any direction of your desire. Like this:
![](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24204278/naab_wushu/set%20up4.jpg)
As you can see,there are
lots of variants.
Double arrows show you the direction your tori will move, if you use the joints marked with arrows color.
~~~~~~~7.~~Basic~attack~from~set~up~~~~~~
You also can
attack right
from this
set up, getting something like this:
~~~~~~~8.~~Basic~wrists~comeback~~~~~~~~~
Back to
comebacks, that's how comebacks using
wrists goes:
![](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24204278/naab_wushu/set%20up6.jpg)
It doesn't mean that this is the best way to comeback with wrists.
You will have to adjust the comeback according to the situation, captain obvious again.
Using wrists and or elbow/elbows will most probably
give you
something like this:
VERY IMPORTANT:
when you comeback, try to fly low, close to ground.
few small low comebacks are better then one high and far.
~~~~~~~8.~~Tips~by~wushu~regulars~~~~~~~~
Some tips:
Stop moving, then comeback. It will make things easier.
also don't play for the win, play for fun.
comebacks is what you need to
try on your own because you
allways had to
ajust em.
you just need to
random click on 1st turn and
try to set up.
anyway if you wanna become better in wushu thats all up to you. thats only tips.
if you will keep trying,
you will improve,
otherwise not.
comebacks and
setups require practice all the time, thats not like move which you can learn and it will allways work.
try to
set up as
close to ground as it possible.
~9.~Few~words~about~prediction~by~Brucia~~