Wing Chun

First Section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭 Pt 6 In the first section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭, we have Tāan Sáu 攤手, four Wuh Sáu 護手 and three Fuhk Sáu 伏手. Why do we have these numbers? The answer is that our Wing Chun ancestors have told us which techniques are the most important, …

First Section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭 Pt 5 Once we Have opened our stance, when doing Siu Lim Tao 小念頭, we do not move it until we have finished the form. The main part of Siu Lim Tao is the first section, where we hold our position, relax, empty our mind and then just …

First Section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭 Pt 4 Once we are in a relaxed position, our mind will start to relax as well. The brain will have more blood supply and so the mind will feel better. Now bad thoughts, stress, worry, that are caused by tension in the mind will disappear. As we …

First Section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭 Pt 3 Sijo Ip Man perfoms Síu Lihm Tào小念頭 When practising the first section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭, many people find it hard to relax and empty the mind. The meaning of Síu Lihm Tào is minimising the thoughts. Siu小 manes small, Lim 念 means thinking, and …

First Section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭 – Pt2 Wuh Sáu 長護手 When performing Tāan Sáu 攤手 in the first section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭, the most important part is holding the final correct position. Therefore you we can move the hand forward at any speed we feel, but it should still be slowly. …

First Section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭 – Pt1 Hold the proper Tāan Sáu position Many of you might know that when we do the first section of Síu Lihm Tào 小念頭 we should perform it very slowly. But how slow should we be? This depends on how slow you can go and how long …

Kwán Sáu 綑手 and Gāan Sáu 挌手 pt4 Seuhng Gāan Sáu 上挌手 As we have seen, Kwán Sáu 綑手 moves from the inside to the outside, that is to come out from the centre of the body. Gāan Sáu 挌手 moves from the outside in. Kwán Sáu is applied when the hands are in contact …

Kwán Sáu 綑手 and Gāan Sáu 挌手 pt3 Train the Kwán Sáu to come from the whole body In the Muhk Yàhn Jōng 木人樁 – Wooden Dummy we have three basic techniques. They are Kwán Sáu 綑手, Gāan Sáu 挌手 and Hyūn Sáu 圈手.  All three of these hands use energy, Faat Gihng 發勁 and …

Kwán Sáu 綑手 and Gāan Sáu 挌手 pt2 Kwán Sáu 綑手 on the Muhk Yàhn Jōng 木人樁 When we practise Kwán Sáu 綑手 on the Muhk Yàhn Jōng 木人樁 – Wooden Dummy, we hit the dummy quite hard. In the technique the Bóng Sáu 膀手 is lower and the Tāan Sáu 攤手 is normal. What …

Kwán Sáu 綑手 and Gāan Sáu 挌手 pt1 Grandmaster Ip Chun using Kwán Sáu 綑手 In Wing Chun there are two very famous techniques, one is Kwán Sáu 綑手 and the other is  Gāan Sáu 挌手. If you look at all the Wing Chun techniques, you will see they mostly come in pairs. Kwán Sáu …